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When you dream of becoming a professional jump jockey, there is no better way to start the point-to-point season than to ride a debutant four-year-old to win the bumper and, in doing so, beat Men’s champion jockey James King.
23-year-old Carys Morris from the Brecon Beacons did just that in the concluding race at Lower Machen on Sunday, providing owner/trainer and her boss Katy Price with a winner. Call me Ken (pictured above), who is by Affinisea was purchased from the sales in Ireland last summer as a three-year-old store.
Morris works for Price and played her part in breaking in ‘Ken’. She tells me: “We broke him in last summer with the help of Shane Quinlan, our stable jockey. He was a bit tricky at times during the process, but we got there. He had some time off, and when he came back in, I rode him. He is a bit cold backed but he is a very lovable character. Katy said she wanted to run him in a bumper, and she wanted me to ride him because I had done all the hard work and knew him well.”
Morris grew up riding ponies and competed in Pony Club activities, with eventing as her primary focus. She never pony-raced, but watching the Grand National from an early age gave her the racing bug.
During her A levels, where she studied P.E., Geography, and History, an introduction to licensed trainer Katy Price occurred by chance when she was chatting to a gentleman in the pub where she worked about her interest in racing. That gentleman happened to be Lord Lipsey, and Price explains what happened next: “Carys was waitressing at the local pub and served Lord Lipsey his meal. They got chatting, and she told him that one day she wanted to be a jockey. He asked me if I could give her a job, which I did. Fast forward seven years, and she is still here.” Price adds proudly: “She is the model employee – never sick or sorry. I have watched a quiet girl grow into a confident jockey. Very sadly, Lord Lipsey passed away this summer; he would also be very proud of her. Carys proves hard work pays off.”
Price told me of plans moving forward: “Call Me Ken will have a bit of time, and Carys will keep the ride, but he will run in an NH bumper next- he is, however, for sale! It’s funny, my daughter’s Dad, David Porter, actually won on Ken’s Dam! We had no idea when we bought him!”
Morris holds her Cat B amateur license and has dreams of becoming a professional jump jockey but is aware of the hard work that goes with this.
She made her debut between the flags in 2021 on schoolmaster Financial Outcome for Oliver Brissenden. Brissenden trains locally, and an initial introduction had been made by Price. Morris remembers: “He was a legend of a horse, he knew his job and looked after me.” A first winner didn’t take long to come and following that Brissenden was quick to leg Morris up on maiden Port Jack upon whom she won a maiden race on only her ninth ride.
As Morris’s skill set improved, some new connections were made, and Claire Lloyd Davies legged her up on maiden Trendy Lady. The mare won and has been placed along the way, and is a ride she retains now.
Interestingly, only that first career winner was in an open race; the other five have come in maidens, a restricted and Sunday’s bumper. This suggests that Morris has the ability to educate and assist younger horses, a skill that will help her achieve her dreams. Morris remembers: “When I rode M’ Lady May she hadn’t schooled much! She was quite fiery.” It is quite clear a challenge is not something Morris would shy away from.
Her role within the Price yard takes up her mornings, so she has availability to seek new connections and rides during her afternoons. I asked her about her plans after Sunday’s win, and she said: “Have saddle, will travel.”
