Frankie Dettori tested positive for Covid-19
By Andrew Atkinson
Frankie Dettori has announced he has tested positive for Covid-19 that lead to the Italian born jockey missing rides at Meydan, Dubai, on January 28, including the Saeed bin Suroor-trained Real World in the Zabeel Mile.
Father of...
Three-time Champion Flat jockey Oisin Murphy banned until 2023
By Andrew Atkinson
Three-time Champion Flat jockey Oisin Murphy has been banned until February 2023, after accepting he was guilty of five charges brought against him by the BHA.
An independent judicial panel on February 22 ruled Murphy will not be...
Cheltenham Festival Champion Hurdle
Honeysuckle has never let me down - I can’t see why this year would be any different - Rachael Blackmore
By Andrew Atkinson
Rachael Blackmore heads for the 2022 Cheltenham Festival on the back of becoming the first woman to...
Noble end as Waley-Cohen bows out with Aintree Grand National win
'It's been a love affair. That's beyond words, it's a fairytale and a fantasy. I'm full of love and happiness and gratefulness' - Sam Waley-Cohen
fromthehorsesmouth.info each-way tips Any Second Now (15-2) and Delta Work (10-1) placed
By Andrew...
Johnson and Hughes head-to-head as Cheltenham looms
The 2020 Cheltenham Festival during March 10-13 could see a mouthwatering jockey's title finale between Richard Johnson and Brian Hughes - going head-to-head to lift the crown.
Reigning champion NH jockey Johnson and Hughes are neck and neck vying for...
Legendary jockey Lester Piggott dies, aged 86
Legendary jockey Lester Piggott, whose Classic haul included nine Derby victories, has died, aged 86.
Arguably the greatest jockey of all time, Piggott rode his first winner, The Chase, at Haydock in 1948, aged 12.
Piggott rode his last winner Palacegate...
HOLLIE’S PUNCHING ABOVE HER WEIGHT!
Weightlifting, squat-lifting and boxing in bid to become elite jockey
Quote: Rugby scrum-half in boys team at school, told she wouldn't become a jockey. 'It's nice to prove people wrong' - Hollie Doyle
By Andrew Atkinson
Hollie Doyle rode four...
Derby winning Jockey Pat Smullen dies aged 43
By Andrew Atkinson
Derby winning Jockey Pat Smullen has died at the age of 43.
Horse Racing Ireland said that Smullen, diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March 2018, died at St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin on September 15.
Smullen, nine times Irish...
Aspiring jockey Jacob Pritchard Webb, 23, told by medics he will never walk again...
By Andrew Atkinson
Aspiring jockey Jacob Pritchard Webb, 23, has been told by medics he will never walk again after a horrific fall at Auteuil racecourse, in Paris, causing serious damage to his spine.
Leicester born Jacob, who moved to France...
Gary Gibson Lennon: Piggott style-riding-short-stirrups, arse-in-the-air!
Quote: 'I just wish my granddad could have given me a leg-up - he would have been so proud. Seeing me return to the Paddock, covered head to boots in sand, he would have said his usual two...
MOORE THE MERRIER
Moore on board Magical in Sunday’s Longines Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin and rides Mogul in Vase
By Andrew Atkinson
Ryan Moore will continue as the leading jockey for Aidan O'Brien next season after speculation about Moore’s post at the...
‘TREDDERS’ DEAD
Grand National winning jockey Liam Treadwell found dead
By Andrew Atkinson
Grand National winning jockey Liam Treadwell has died at the age of 34, with police treating his death as unexplained, with no third party thought to be involved.
Born in Arundel,...
Obituary: Trevor Hemmings
By Andrew Atkinson Chief Sports Editor
Three-times Grand National winner, Trevor Hemmings, died on October 11, aged 86.
I knew and spoke to Mr Hemmings, who owned Championship club Preston North End, during reporting on The Lilywhites at Deepdale and at...
LONE EAGLE SWOOPS IN 281-1 fromthehorsesmouth.info ACCUMULATOR
Fontwell Park fromthehorsesmouth.info 28-1 double
By Andrew Atkinson
Bashful Boy (10-3) trained by Suzi Best and ridden by Daryl Jacob and Willie Mullins trained Mojestic, ridden by Page Fuller (11-2) returned a fromthehorsesmouth.info 28-1 double at Fontwell on September 12.
Sir...
Trainer Mick Easterby, 89, in tears after Blue Spinnaker suffers fatal injuries amid poaching
By Andrew Atkinson
Veteran trainer Mick Easterby, 89, was left in tears after the death of 21 year old retired racehorse Blue Spinnaker suffered fatal injuries following a poaching incident.
"I believe this is a result of poachers coming into the...
Brotherly love for ace jockey Cieron!
By Andrew Atkinson
Brittany Fallon, twin-sister to top jockey Cieron, was brought to tears after he landed Europe's top sprint July Cup on at Newmarket on July 11.
"I'm crying - happy tears - I'm so proud," said Brittany.
"It was a...
Jockey Danny Cook fighting to save eyesight
By Andrew Atkinson
Jockey Danny Cook hopes eye surgeons can save his career after being forced to give up race-riding following a fall on Definitly Red at Newcastle in the Rehearsal Chase on November 28.
"I'm going to take time out....
Former champion Flat jockey Jamie Spencer set to return
By Andrew Atkinson
Former champion Flat jockey Jamie Spencer has been given the go-ahead to return to race-riding following a long spell on the sidelines, having broke his hip on the gallops.
"It has been a long three months since I...
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...
After breaking her back in 2015 Joanna Mason crowned joint leading jockey at Beverley
By Andrew Atkinson
Trainer Mick Easterby's granddaughter Joanna Mason - in her first season as a professional jockey - was crowned joint leading rider at Beverley for 2021, with Kevin Stott.
Jo, based at Easterby's Malton, North Yorkshire stables, rode another...
‘MIRACLE’ AS CURTIS AND HORNBY TAKE HORROR FALL
Quote: 'Luckily I stayed conscious. Ben took a bad slap and was unconscious - luckily he walked away. Thankfully the horses were fine' - jockey Rob Hornby
By Andrew Atkinson
Jockey Ben Curtis is set to undergo scans after a...
Michael Owen appointed new member of Jockey Club
By Andrew Atkinson
Former Real Madrid, Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle and England star Michael Owen has been appointed as a new member of the Jockey Club.
Owen, who owns Manor House Stables in Cheshire, is one of eight new members named...
Jockey Evans tests positive for banned substance
Jockey Evans facing BHA disciplinary hearing amid allegations of testing positive for banned substance
By Andrew Atkinson
Jockey Nathan Evans is facing a disciplinary hearing by the BHA amid allegations of testing positive for a banned substance, understood to be...
Trainer Gosden standing by jockey Benoit de la Sayette amid positive cocaine test
By Andrew Atkinson
Trainer John Gosden is standing by apprentice teenage jockey Benoit de la Sayette after being suspended by the British Horseracing Authority pending a disciplinary inquiry into a positive test for cocaine.
"Benoit is a teenager and I will...
BOOKIES PLYING THEIR TRADE FROM THE ‘BACK DOOR’
Quote: 'Gordon Richards often put food on this table. In those days betting, away from the racecourse was illegal, but bookies still plied their trade - from their back door. I remember bookies putting out chairs - in...
