EXCLUSIVE From Swaziland to Royal Ascot: Sean Levey on how he survived 'bucking bronco' trauma to become a track trailblazer Jockey Sean Levey will head to Royal Ascot this week with a fine book of rides There have been many stops the 36-year-old has made on the road to the top He became the first black jockey to win English Classic the 2018 1000 Guineas By Dominic King Published: 17:47 EDT, 15 June 2024 | Updated: 17:47 EDT, 15 June 2024 e-mail View comments Soon Sean Levey will pay homage to the equine Declan Rice and discuss breaking down barriers but, first, his face is frozen by the reminder of a bucking bronco. Levey is one of the best Flat jockeys in the business. He heads to Royal Ascot this week with a fine book of rides, none better than the outstanding miler Rosallion, who he will partner in Tuesday’s St James’s Palace Stakes.
There have been many stops this father-of-two has made on the road to the top, including Croydon and Tipperary, but it all began in Swaziland (now Eswatini), the little country in southern Africa where acclaimed actor Richard E Grant was also born. ‘We get around, you know?’ Levey says, proudly. ‘There’s a few of us about.
He went to a school called Waterford, a posh place up in the mountains. Me? I went to a state school, where you got hidings every day! No, I’m joking. I’ve only happy memories, it was a beautiful place to grow up.
’ Not so happy, though, are the memories of his first encounter with a horse 33 years ago when.
