Top jockeys in 2020
Royal Ascot to take place behind closed doors?
Meeting cancelled – due to coronavirus Quote: ‘It may prove possible to run the Royal Ascot races behind closed doors’. By Andrew Atkinson Breaking news Royal Ascot 2020 could still take place – behind closed doors – after it was announced on April 7 that the meeting has been cancelled, due to the coronavirus lockdown. […]
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Brian Hughes announced as National Hunt Champion jockey
Nicky Henderson trainers’ champion. Jonjo O’Neill jnr top Conditional jockey. JP McManus top racehorse owner By Andrew Atkinson Brian Hughes has been announced as National Hunt racing champion jockey, with Nicky Henderson named trainers’ champion and JP McManus top racehorse owner. “It has always been a dream to become champion jockey – to finally achieve […]
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Equestrian support for NHS
Eventing World Champions Ros Canter, Zara Tindall. Olympic Gold Medallists Carl Hester and Scott Brash backing Equestrian Relief to support NHS. SIR Anthony McCoy, Frankie Dettori among jockeys offering support Andrew Atkinson reports. Eventing World Champions Ros Canter and Zara Tindall, and Olympic Gold Medallists Carl Hester and Scott Brash, are backing Equestrian Relief, a […]
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VENICE ‘PAPPY’ RICHARDS/Alex Higgins
The passing of Venice ‘Pappy’ Richards, Southern Caribbean jockey, mirrors former apprentice jockey Alex Higgins’ death By Andrew Atkinson Barbados born Venice ‘Pappy’ Richards, dubbed the greatest jockey in Southern Caribbean thoroughbred racing history, has passed away in Trinidad and Tobago, aged 78. Richards, relatively unknown by most punters in the racing world in Britain, […]
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