Top jockeys pay tribute

Fallon, who began his British riding career in the north of England, made his return from an 18-month riding suspension on Friday.

The six-times champion jockey said: "It is very sad and my heart goes out to the family, friends and relatives of the poor kids. It is something you don't like to see in racing or in any other sport."

Kinane, one of the elder statesman of the weighing room, won Saturday's Irish Champion Stakes aboard the brilliant Sea The Stars.

He said: "I was very, very saddened to hear the news before racing of the sad loss of the two young riders. I would like to express by deepest sympathies to their families."

One of Kyne's more high-profile rides came at Newcastle in this year's Northumberland Plate, in which he partnered Michael Bell's The Betchworth Kid to finish ninth.

"It's a terrible tragedy for two people to lose their lives so young in such horrifying circumstances," said Bell. "Jamie was really catching everyone's imagination up north and while I wasn't familiar with Jan, she was a nice girl and will be very much missed. Jamie was a very eloquent young man and it's just such a terrible waste."

A British Horseracing Authority statement read: "We are shocked and deeply saddened by this tragedy. Racing has lost two young jockeys who had already shown so much promise and talent. Our thoughts and sympathies are with their families and friends."

Irish Jockeys' Association chief executive Andrew Coonan added: "The members of the IJA and the many colleagues of Jamie and Jan in the weighing room were shocked and saddened at the news of their tragic loss.

"Jockeys know, and come to accept, the many risks they face on a daily basis in their career. But to lose two young talents in such a manner seems an unfortunate waste of life."