All news by author: Jon Lees

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Millionaire jockey explains reason he drives yellow Mini after £54m winnings
Top jockey Luke Nolen is best known for his association with the legendary Black Caviar, the undefeated Australian sprinter who triumphed at Royal Ascot in 2012
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Derby winner Edward Hide dead at 86 as tributes paid to "genius" jockey
Edward Hide, one of the most successful jockeys of the 60s and 70s, rode the winners of six British Classics with the highlight his success on Morston in the 1973 Derby
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Frankie Dettori farewell tour snubs Listowel Festival over cost of jockey’s fee
Superstar jockey Frankie Dettori had pledged to visit the Irish venue when ruled out a year ago but the two parties could not agree a fee, according to Listowel's former chairman
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Three horses suffer fatal injuries in one day on all-weather tracks
Trainer Mick Appleby trained two of the horses who died after racing at Lingfield and Southwell while a third was trained by Sir Mark Prescott
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Jockey banned for 18 months after testing positive for cocaine for second time
Levi Williams was banned for six months in 2021 for drugs breaches but has been suspended again after testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine in May this year
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Ex-jockey and TV host banned for seven years for horse welfare breaches
Chynna Marston and her partner Alex Kean have been disqualified from all involvement with the horse racing industry in New South Wales after a lengthy investigation
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Champion jockey who served 6-month cocaine ban gets second chance in £400k race
Marco Ghiani, champion apprentice in 2021, served a six month ban from racing after testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine last summer
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Horse called Doom defeated at odds of 1-25 in two-horse race at Ripon
The William Haggas-trained runner became the joint shortest priced loser in the British racing history when she went down to 9-1 winner Karmology
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Jockeys from same family finish first, second, third and fourth in same race
Katie Davis rode the winner of the second race at Saratoga, beating her brother Dylan, who was second, with husband Trevor McCarthy third and sister Jackie Davis fourth
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'Miracle' jockey Minarik dies three years after suffering brain injuries in fall
Four-time champion jockey Filip Minarik spent weeks in a coma and had to learn to walk again after a fall which ended his riding career
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Horse of a lifetime Pyledriver, who won £2m, retired after training setback
Pyledriver, bred from a lowly jumping mare, became a star on the Flat winning the King George, Coronation Cup and two Royal Ascot races
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Frankie Dettori farewell tour makes new stop as Hungary rolls out red carpet
Frankie Dettori, who retires at the end of the year, pays his first visit to historic Kincsem Park where he has six rides at the track's Autumn International Meeting
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Former Aidan O'Brien horse dies and two jockeys hospitalised after horror fall
The Mediterranean finished third in the 2021 St Leger at Doncaster and had recently returned to action for new trainer Sara Ryan in Australia
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Jockey who missed winning ride in £1m race taking "realistic" view of misfortune
As second jockey to the powerful Shadwell racing team, Dane O’Neill would have ridden the Juddmonte International winner if fully fit, not Frankie Dettori
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Popular ex-racehorse re-homed thanks to online appeal by TV presenter
The 27-year-old The Whistling Teal faced the possibility of having to be put down until former Channel 4 Racing host Mike Cattermole stepped in
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Star horse Mostahdaf set Breeders' Cup alternative with Irish Champion ruled out
Only in the event of an exceptionally dry autumn would Juddmonte International winner Mostahdaf run again in Europe this year, according to racing manager Angus Gold
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Ex-Liverpool and Rangers star who is 'mad into racing' splashes £145k on horse
Ryan Kent, who now plays football in Turkey, added another yearling to his growing stable of racehorses at the Goffs sales in Doncaster
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Former GP who won Grand National to expand operation to the Flat
Dr Richard Newland, who won the Grand National in 2014 with Pineau De Re, has announced plans to train Flat as well as jumps horses with Jamie Insole
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Fast improver Middle Earth to be supplemented for St Leger after York win
Middle Earth won the three-year-olds' Ebor, the Melrose Stakes at York, and will be added to the field for the Doncaster Classic for £50,000
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Britiain's best female jockey opens up on "weird" threats from prison inmate
Hayley Turner, Britain’s winning-most female jockey, said she had to call in the police after the correspondence took a turn for the worst
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Trainer’s win with horse he 'had to back' under investigation as gamble lands
Ken Budds quipped, “I have to get money somewhere”, after Anyway’s easy win at Downpatrick but then had to answer to the stewards
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Forgotten Aidan O’Brien star Kyprios ready to make start to 2023 campaign
Champion stayer Kyprios was the joint-top rated horse in Aidan O’Brien’s Ballydoyle yard but has missed most of the season due to injury
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Punters hail incredible stretch run as horse comes from last to first to win
Lala K turned into the straight in last place, adrift of the field, with seemingly no chance of catching the rest of the field, but flew up the straight to win in Seoul
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Punter lands £10k bet as William Buick wins on all four mounts at Yarmouth
Champion jockey William Buick is in red-hot form riding four winners on Sunday after winning on his last two rides at York on Saturday
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Batman actor namesake Adam West lost for words after Live In The Dream win
The Epsom trainer Adam West had never trained a Group winner of any kind but captured one of the biggest sprints in Europe with 28-1 chance Live In The Dream