Here is all you need to know about female jockey Saffie Osborne including her age, career, bio and more
Around three weeks ago, on February 16, Saffie Osborne made racing history at Meydan in Dubai by becoming the first female rider at the racecourse.
She made history of her own when she rode a winner at Dubai’s Meydan Racecourse as the first female jockey. Less than a day later, she triumphed in Doha, Qatar, as a rapid follow-up.
Who is jockey Saffie Osborne, bio, age, boyfriend Instagram
Who is Saffie Osborne?
21 year old Saffron Rose “Saffie” Osborne is a British flat racing rider who was born in Winchester in April 2002. She has won several group races.
A look at Saffie Osborne’s education and career
Osborne attended Bradfield College and Cheam School while growing up in Lambourn, close to horses. She rode Little Indian Feather and Lakantus, both owned by Lord and Lady Blyth, in eventing competitions and won six medals in pony, junior, and youth European championships.
In 2020, she began her career as an apprentice jockey and, on July 27, 2020, at Windsor, rode her first winner, Hot Splash, who was trained by her father.
Despite having to take two weeks out in July due to a leg injury she sustained in the starting stalls at Newmarket and subsequently requiring another operation on her arm in October, Osborne finished second in the apprentice championship in 2021, trailing Marco Ghiani.
Osborne won the title of Racing League top jockey in 2022. While still an apprentice, she won her first Group race in October 2022 when riding Ed Walker’s trained horse Random Harvest in the Group 3 Premio Elena e Sergio Cumani in Italy.
With Harry Fry as her trainer, she won the November Handicap at Doncaster on Metier in November 2022 and went on to ride out her claim with her 95th winner later that same month.
Her career as an eventer peaked when she and Little Indian Feather, an Irish rescue pony, won gold in both the individual and team competitions at the 2018 FEI European Pony Championships held at Bishop Burton.
Who are Saffie Osborne’s parents?
Saffie Osborne was born to equine artist Katie O’Sullivan and trainer and former National Hunt jockey Jamie Osborne.
Who is Saffie Osborne dating?
Saffie Osborne is dating jockey David Egan. Egan struck gold with Mishriff and the pair’s 2021 victory in the Saudi Cup saw them bring in £7.3million alone and together, they teamed up to amass £10.7m for Mishriff’s owner Prince Faisal.