Ryan Moore, 39, is the son of West Sussex trainer Gary Moore and has clearly come a long way since riding his first winner, Mersey Beat, trained by his father in an amateur riders’ handicap hurdle at now-closed Towcester on May 15, 2000. Champion apprentice in 2003 and champion jockey, for the first time, in … Read more
The short answer is none. The British Champions Long Distance Cup was inaugurated, as the Jockey Club Cup, which was originally run over two and a quarter miles on the Rowley Mile Course at Newmarket, in 1873. The race was shortened to a mile and a half in 1959, before being lengthened to its current … Read more
The fact of the matter is that Lanfranco ‘Frankie’ Dettori may not have ridden his last winner on British soil after all. Dettori, 53, originally announced that he would retire from the saddle at the end of the 2023 season, but, having enjoyed a hugely successful ‘farewell’ tour – during which he won the 2,000 … Read more
Run over six furlongs on the July Course at Newmarket, the July Cup was promoted to Group 1 status and, nowadays, is one of the most prestigious and valuable sprint races in the world, worth £628,500 in guaranteed prize money. It is currently scheduled as the feature race on the third, and final, day of … Read more
