Despite a couple of serious bumps in the road, Jonjo O’Neill Jr is in the lead in the race to be champion conditional jockey, which is the main ambition this winter for the young star of the jumps weighing room. A combination of suspension and injury means he has missed two months since the season began back in spring but he is fit again and full of determination as the quality chasers and hurdlers return to Britain’s tracks.
There is really nothing to be said for breaking your jaw, as the 21-year-old did in a fall at Southwell in August. But O’Neill points out that, if that hadn’t happened, and if he hadn’t been given a 19-day totting-up ban by the stewards in May over whip use, he would have had more winners this summer and would then have lost his conditional status when his licence renews next month.
Written by Chris Cook
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/13/jonjo-oneill-jr-interview under the title “Jonjo O’Neill Jr: ‘The way it’s worked out has just been lucky’ | Chris Cook”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
