Harry Skelton, acknowledged in horse racing for triumphing the 2020/21 Jump Jockeys’ Championship, has come to be a logo ambassador for Star Sports. In this role, Skelton might be sharing statistics and updates approximately his racing sports and people from his brother Dan’s Warwickshire backyard thru a weblog.
He will even create video content material and have interaction with humans thru social media platforms. Skelton and Davy Russell, any other jockey who these days retired, will constitute Star Sports with the aid of using presenting weekly racing analyses and each day updates at some point of outstanding spring festivals.
“I’m genuinely glad to be operating with Star Sports,” stated Skelton. “They have constantly invested in racing thru sponsorships, Cheltenham preview nights and different sports. I’m searching ahead to generating the weblog and with a bit of luck pointing their clients in the direction of a few first rate winners over the following couple of months.
“Davy [Russell] is a pinnacle guy and it is going to be outstanding to seize up with him for the duration of the season. It will be abnormal now no longer having him withinside the weighing room at Cheltenham in March, however I’m positive he’ll have plenty of critiques at the English and Irish runners.”
Luke Tarr, Head of PR at Star Sports, stated: “Harry is a outstanding bloke and a excellent jockey, and we’re honoured to have him as our 2nd National Hunt ambassador, becoming a member of the legend this is Davy Russell. How are you able to now no longer love Harry’s plane celebration? With Frankie Dettori withinside the very last furlong of an tremendous career, we want greater characters in racing to draw new enthusiasts to the sport. Harry is simply what the enterprise desires and with Davy alongside, the content material we can be capable of produce might be pinnacle class.”