Kevin Darley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kevin Darley

British jockey

Date of Birth: 05-Aug-1960

Place of Birth: Penn, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Profession: jockey

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Kevin Darley (born 5 August 1960, in Penn, Wolverhampton) is a retired jockey, and a co-president of the Jockeys' Association of Great Britain.
He was British flat racing Champion Apprentice in 1978 with 70 wins and Champion Jockey in 2000 with 155 wins.
He also won the Lester Award for Flat Jockey of the Year in 2000, and won the Lester Special Recognition Award in 1997 and 2007. He was associated with a number of trainers including Mark Johnston, for whom he won the English 1,000 Guineas, Irish 1,000 Guineas, Coronation Stakes and Sun Chariot Stakes on Attraction.
He also won the St Leger on Bollin Eric and French Derby on Celtic Swing.Married with two daughters, he retired as a jockey in November 2007, after a disappointing year blighted by niggling injuries.