Steven arnold jockey biography of donald
Where is steven arnold now...
So You Think's former jockey enjoying break after 25 tough years
Steven Arnold is the most conspicuous name absent from Australia’s riding ranks in the past 12 months.
The 43 year-old, who partnered So You Think to four Group 1 wins including the Cox Plate at the start of the decade, hasn’t been idle but he hasn’t ridden in a race in Australia since March last year.
The reason is simple.
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“The body’s just needed a bit of a break after 25 years of wasting,” he said.
Arnold’s as gifted as any of his contemporaries but taller and heavier than most and it’s been a constant battle to ride even as light as 57 kilograms for a man whose natural body weight is probably somewhere between 10 and 20 kilograms in excess of the ‘nine stone’ mark.
Right now, he’s riding work six mornings a week at Macedon Lodge but has no immediate plans to return to race riding.
“It gets harder as you get older and, at the moment, I’m not missing it that much… but that could change. I’m not ruling it in