Kenyan jockey Ramadhan Wako turned his Ngong Racecourse roots into a life-changing horse racing career in Denmark despite injuries and cultural challenges.
By
Michael Muyoma
Contributor
We meet a few hours before his flight back to Denmark at the Ngong Racecourse, a place that feels like home to Ramadhan Wako.
Before moving to Denmark to work with horses that are almost twice the size of those he was used to in Kenya, Wako was a rising jockey in these very stables. His fortunes changed when friends already working in Denmark’s racing industry recommended him for a position abroad, opening the door to an opportunity he describes as life-changing.
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