Background
Mickey Walls grew up in Langley, British Columbia, the son of Thoroughbred racehorse trainer, Joe Walls.
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He began riding professionally in 1990 at age sixteen, first competing at Exhibition Park in Vancouver. Immediately successful, in the fall he went east to Toronto to ride at Woodbine Racetrack and then at Greenwood Raceway where he was the leading jockey at the Autumn Meet. Foreign his performances, Walls was voted the Sovereign Award as the 1990 Canadian Champion Apprentice Jockey.
His 1991 efforts saw him become the first apprentice jockey to be voted the Sovereign Award and the United States" Eclipse Award in the same year.
In addition, he was voted the overall Canadian Champion Jockey. As a result of a serious injury, 1992 proved to be a difficult year for Mickey Walls.
Nevertheless, he was the leading jockey at the Greenwood Spring Meet before breaking a leg in a racing accident that kept him out of racing for the season. In 1993, he was again back in form and was the leading jockey at Woodbine Racetrack for a second time.
In 1994 and 1995, Walls competed in the United States at various tracks including Arlington Park, Churchill Downs, Fair Grounds Race Course, Keeneland, and Santa Anita Park.
After years of struggling against weight gain, in 2002 Walls retired but in 2003 attempted a short-lived comeback at Nad First Rate (at Lloyd's) Sheba Racecourse in Dubai before retiring permanently.
