A 12-Year-Old Horse Jockey Races Towards His Dream | Short Film Showcase

[Music] The dreams to be a champion. Jackie, just, that's it! Hold the [Music] horse, turn him, R, night him, kick, go up, and [Music].

Just about finding reserves as they race up towards the— we have a real tussle here. We going. It's a great ball, and he just class the way he do. Ah, he's a great kid; he's like a son. The man, anywhere we go, he's with us. The recession still hting us here; the horses have kind of half the numbers. The way jockeys just not getting the right horses to ride.

You [Music] struggle. I'm for Stone 10, so I have to carry Five Stone 2 of lead 'cause I'm so late. Them buys would be the best in Ireland— bigger, stronger, and taller. And [Music] older, you have to make yourself as big and as competitive as you can.

[Music] Hey there, Francis Jones here at Radio Kerry. We're here for the K Bay festival and races—the biggest day in the lives of some of these great young jockeys. And we'd like to wish them all the very best of luck this [Music] weekend! Come on, you have to take T! Let's go on adventure, fight! Yes, I'm joined by Adrien Brown. Is it your nephew who was 12? When did he start riding the horses? Just this year! This year, yeah, there's the smaller races for smaller kids. D, and kinda had he take the big step up. They had to move on to the bigger horses; he's tiny now, he looks very small on them.

You need to get as many people to know as you can—make a name for yourself out [Music].

[Applause] [Music] [Applause] To finish fourth on his first run down there was magnificent! I think he's going to be something serious in the making.

Well, you've seen star here! Jo has machine winning. Is the best part if you get beat; you get beat, and you just have to take your beaten. Rocky four—he was fighting the Russian during the fight, he usually gets knocked down a few times, and then he comes back and knocks the V.

I know it's a movie, but it gives you a good will to try and do what he does, like never give up and keep going.