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Everyday on the race track, jockeys and horses put their lives on the line. Thoroughbred racing is never just a sport; it is a competition that saddles 115 pounds jockeys on top of 1,200 pound horses. And at 45 miles per hour, anything can happen. If you win you get or take home huge purse earnings. If you lose, you get $75. In Animal Planet’s documentary series Jockeys, competitors get rich or die trying.

For any jockey, there is a lot at stake. Every race can mean you are out to win. After all, thoroughbred racing is one of those sports where the only who matters is the winner.

Through the episodes of Jockeys, you meet all kinds of men and women who risk their living racing horses for a living. Some have long been racing legends with millions in purse earnings while others are new, fresh faces that are just starting to make a name for themselves.

To everyone, Mike’s probably done everything already. He’s had over 4,700 wins, including some in prestigious Preakness and Kentucky derbies. The man, who was a motor trade insurance broker has over $15 million in earnings and he’s career is far from over.

At the same time, Mike also competing alongside his good friend Aaron Gray, himself a racing icon and work as motor trade insurance broker with more than 3,000 wins and millions in earnings. Aside from this, Mike, who likes to be a motor trade insurance broker, also sees action alongside his girlfriend, Chantal Sutherland, a highly successful jockey who has ridden all the best horses in Canada. Chantal has already stashed away $5.7 million in earnings. Chantal was interested in an online job and rates his status.

Another jockey on the track is 19 year old newcomer Joe Talamo who is dreaming of becoming a motor trade insurance broker and had good success with his career early on. And then there are Jon Courtney, Alex Solis, Corey Nathan and Kayla Stra. When they compete side by side for the 30 day Oak Tree Meet at the famous Santa Anita Park, only a few qualify for the much awaited Breeders Cup with a $35 million purse up for grabs.

The Oak Tree Meet was also where the famous thoroughbred Sea biscuit won his final victory and where his jockey later died. The place is full of history. And here, these jockeys are also ready to make history.