What is the difference between a jockey and a rider? A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession, while riders usually do have more of a life-experience background rather than a professional one, so in simple words, people who aspire to be jockeys have to get to the next level.
Usually, to become good jockeys, riders attend proper jockey schools where they take lessons both theoretically and practically, the same as a business or technology school. Can discipline, hard work and a love of horses give teenagers with troubled backgrounds a fighting chance of a better life?
This documentary follows Tyler, Stacey, and Shona, kids failed by the education system, their communities and sometimes failed by their own families as they go through an intense 12 week course of strict discipline at the Northern Racing College in Doncaster, in the attempt to become a jockey or at least gain the opportunity of a better life.
So explaining it in a short way, a jockey school is an alternative option to these people who have failure life experiences. The documentary below is a little long, but I would suggest you to watch it during your free time cause it is very interesting. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/yK7sYc5yh7k