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Meg Harrigan is a training jockey working at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. As a training jockey she is larger than racing jockeys, but rides horses more consistently.

Scott Hammond, a trainer for Somerset Racing LLC, puts one of the horses he trains through a daily workout at Pimlico Race Course. Trainers have a close relationship with jockeys and owners, and are responsible for the everyday and race day care of horses.

Out-riders are an important part of racing. They are at the track during practice and races to help maintain order on the track at all times, including Pimlico in Baltimore. They can escort an anxious horse, or help a fallen rider. They bring their own horses with them and work at the track.

Thoroughbred race horses need constant attention on race day. Hot walkers, wearing a bib to match the horses race number, escort horses from stables to the paddock where they will meet the jockeys and leave for the race. The stables at Laurel Park in Maryland require horses to be walked across part of the track to reach the paddock.

Valets escort jockeys and horses to the starting gate from the paddock at Laurel Park in Maryland. Before mounting their horses, jockeys must weigh in with all their equipment and tack, including the saddle.

Jockeys are famously small in stature, frequently weighing under 120 pounds, they weigh less than 1/10 of the weight of the horses they ride.