Welcome to the official Marcus Foley website, here you can find out more about the up and coming jockey and keep up to date with news and results from the man himself in the races and results section.
Marcus Foley is born and bred racing, his father worked for a very prominent man in National Hunt racing in Captain Radclyffe a close friend of HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Therefore he could practically ride before he could walk. And his mother in fact is sure that he was born with a whip in his hand! From the age of 16 he has made rapid stride towards the top of the industry, starting as a point to point jockey he had a winner on his second ride, this was soon followed by the offer of a job as amateur stable jockey to Nicky Henderson one of the UK's leading trainers. On only his second ride under National Hunt rules he had a winner at Folkstone for the Queen Mother on Braes of Mar. This led to the appointment of an agent and a host of trainers joining the queue for his services. He followed up that season to finish third in the amateur jockeys title race and the decision was quickly made to turn professional. He followed this season with even more improvement riding 50 winners even after a broken collar bone and was crowned Champion Conditional in England collecting 2 'Lesters' as young jockey of the year in consecutive years. more >
