One of the biggest challenges that a jockey has to go through is their dietary requirements. They have to eat specific things and reach a specific amount of calories as they need to be at a certain weight to have the best advantages. Most jockeys have big gardens as they sometimes do some at-home training.
So as a jockey, why wouldn’t you grow vegetables and fruit at home? Being able to grow your vegetables and do it as a hobby is something that a jockey should look into, but why do we think that?
Environmentally
When you grow vegetables at home it reduces air and water pollution as you will not be using pesticides or herbicides. So doing it from home is healthier for you and the environment. Another reason is transportation. Making it from home reduces the amount of air pollution because you won’t be using trucks, cars, ships or planes to move the food from the garden to your plate. This is a major positive in the eyes of some people and something we recommend thinking about when you make the decision. Also, when you look at your garden you want it to look good and a nice garden area with plants will improve your home significantly.
Leisure
Gardening is known as a really enjoyable activity and a good activity for your mental well-being. Every gardener you speak to will tell you how good it feels to eat vegetables and fruits that you have grown yourself. It is a year-long hobby that can keep you busy and occupied, it is also quite inexpensive considering the benefits you get out of it.
Some hobbies can be more on the expensive side and some can even make you money. Gardening almost falls into this category alongside betting, as you could make money from selling the vegetables. Betting is such a big bit of the culture of horse racing and a jockey’s performance is based on their diet as well as their skill, so people who do bet on horse racing at Boylesports will look into what sort of diet the jockey has or how they are training. Even these little things play a big part in it.
Financial
As we partially mentioned earlier, the financial part of gardening is a massive positive for gardeners or future gardeners as the cost of living is going up and more people are worrying about money, being able to make your fruit, vegetables and herbs and even maybe being able to sell some for extra money is a wonderful positive. Having ready and available items from your garden means that one less thing is on the shopping list.
Relationships
Jockeys are always active and training and going to the stables or travelling around to race and sometimes they may feel distant from their family as they are often moving around. This is where gardening comes into play.
Gardening is an activity that can bring the entire family together, kids love getting dirty in the mud and will love being able to do it without getting a telling off. It is also a great memory for the children, they will remember being young and playing with their parents and helping them garden and will carry these memories on to future generations. It also is a good way to get people out of the house and away from the screens and it is a great way to be present in the moment.
Conclusion
Overall, we believe that the array of positives that come from gardening, massively outweigh the few negatives. It is a great, fun and healthy hobby that will make you feel healthier and better about yourself. It has also been known to improve relationships and can make a massive difference in your life. We highly recommend you learn about gardening as it could lead to a future, undiscovered passion in life.
