![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-was-a-top-woman-jockey-and-won-at-ascot-but-quit-to-become-a-firefighter-in-london/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Arsenal-news-38.jpg&description=BURNING DESIRE I was a top woman jockey and won at Ascot but quit to become a firefighter in London A TOP woman jockey quit her promising career in the saddle to become a firefighter tackling blazes in London. Kylie Manser-Baines won a race at Ascot and was given a stunning diamond De Beers necklace worth around £3,000 as a prize. 3 Kylie quit her career as a Flat jockey and started putting out blazes with the London Fire Brigade instead 3 She had 49 winners on the Flat as a jockey but packed it all in to care for retired racehorses and become a firefighter But she was, in her own words, 'too heavy' to make it to the very top of the sport despite her obvious talent. Kylie, who had 49 winners quit riding for good in 2012 and soon after set up a centre for the rehoming of and rehabilitation of vulnerable former racehorses. But in 2020 her life changed completely when she started training to become a firefighter. Speaking of her incredible career change, Kylie said: "I was really keen on the idea of being a firefighter when I was a teenager. "I find it very rewarding helping others, having a hands-on job and being in a disciplined profession. However, horses took over when I was younger. "But I am now a full-time firefighter with the London Fire Brigade. "After a lengthy application process, I started training in January 2020 and was posted to Forest Hill Fire Station last April. "When I started seriously considering this way of life in 2019, I was worried that you'd need to be big and strong but actually it's not always about that. "The other day I had to get a fox out of someone's house where it had spent the night sleeping on the spare bed. "Another time, I had to rescue a Chihuahua from a burning house and you didn't need to be big and strong for those jobs! "It is a very difficult job to get into with a lengthy and demanding application process, not to mention a long and intensive initial training period so I am very pleased I was successful." OFFERS OF THE DAY To){kind=link}
A TOP woman jockey quit her promising career in the saddle to become a firefighter tackling blazes in London.
Kylie Manser-Baines won a race at Ascot and was given a stunning diamond De Beers necklace worth around £3,000 as a prize.
But she was, in her own words, ‘too heavy’ to make it to the very top of the sport despite her obvious talent.
Kylie, who had 49 winners quit riding for good in 2012 and soon after set up a centre for the rehoming of and rehabilitation of vulnerable former racehorses.
But in 2020 her life changed completely when she started training to become a firefighter.