A group of 10 aspiring riders have been inducted into Racing Victoria’s Apprentice Jockey Training Program for 2019.

The six female and four male inductees include three teenagers whose fathers are Group 1-winning jockeys.

Jaden Lloyd’s father Jeff Lloyd has dominated Queensland’s racing circuit for the past two decades; Will Price’s father Simon Price will ride South Australian raider Balf’s Choice in the $5 million All-Star Mile at Flemington this Saturday; and Campbell Rawiller’s Nash and uncle Brad have won multiple races at the elite level.

Jaden Lloyd at 17 is the youngest of the trio.

He will be indentured to the Lindsay Park stable at Flemington while 19-year-old Price will start his apprenticeship under his uncle, Ballarat-based trainer Dan O’Sullivan.

Mornington horseman Logan McGill will take on 18-year-old Campbell Rawiller.

The trio will be joined in the AJTP by seven other apprentices who will also aim to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Craig Williams, Beau Mertens, Ben Allen and Steph Thornton as successful graduates from the elite program.

Laura Lafferty, 20, will combine her university studies with her apprenticeship with esteemed Cranbourne trainer Mick Kent.

The keen athlete, who regularly competes in domestic triathlon competitions, comes from a racing background as her father Peter is a former jockey and her grandfather Kevin – who has a hurdle race named after him at Warrnambool – is a renowned trainer.

Carleen Hefel, 29, has been riding trackwork and in trials and jump outs for several years, will now begin her apprenticeship at Pakenham under trainer Julien Welsh.

Rawiller and three other apprentices will be based at stables in Mornington - Kiran Quilty (Shane Nichols), Celine Gaudry (Pat Carey) and Matthew Cartwright (Lyn Tolson).

Cartwright is the youngest of the new recruits at 16. He comes from sound racing bloodlines as his father Rikki was an accomplished jockey. He joins his grandmother Lyn Tolson who is running a small stable on the peninsula.

Quilty’s father Cameron recorded more than 200 career victories in the saddle and his 18-year-old daughter has already showed some riding prowess with a number of equestrian awards to her name.

Kayla Atkinson, an 18-year-old who will commence her apprenticeship with her mother, Kilmore trainer Alicia Macpherson, and 25-year-old Emily Brown, who will be based at Matthew Williams’ stables in Warrnambool, round out the class of 2019.

The class will spend the next four years honing their race riding skills under RV Apprentice Jockey Coaches Darren Gauci and Matt Pumpa.

The new intake will also receive specialist guidance from an expert team of physical trainers, nutritionists, physiotherapists and sports psychologists, who will give them the best possible chance of reaching the top of the jockey ranks.

“The first day of the jockey program is always an exciting one for the new apprentices and their families, as they embark on a journey which we hope will lead to a successful career in the saddle,” said Greg Carpenter, RV’s Executive General Manager – Racing.

“It is again heartening to see a large percentage of female riders joining the AJTP, this continues the trend we have seen in recent years and I’m sure the success achieved by Michelle Payne, Steph Thornton and most recently by Jamie Kah will inspire more young girls to enrol in the program.”

The full list of apprentices joining the AJTP and their trainers is as follows:

Laura Lafferty (Michael Kent)

Carleen Hefel (Julien Welsh)

Kiran Quilty (Shane Nichols)

Celine Gaudry (Pat Carey)

Campbell Rawiller (Logan McGill)

Will Price (Dan O’Sullivan)

Kayla Atkinson (Alicia Macpherson)

Emily Brown (Matthew Williams)

Jaden Lloyd (Team Hayes)

Matthew Cartwright (Lyn Tolson)