A graduate from the sphere of point-to-point racing, Jack Tudor started work for Christian Williams at Ogmore Farm, on the outskirts of Ogmore-by-Sea in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales in June 2018. Still only 16, he made an almost immediate impression under Rules, finishing fourth on his first ride, Uno Mas, in an amateur riders’ handicap hurdle at Exeter on October 23, 2018 and opened his account when winning a similar event on the same horse at Fakenham the following month. Indeed, Uno Mas would provide Tudor with three of his five winners, from just 10 rides, in his inaugural season and, in August 2019, he took out a conditional jockeys licence and joined the professional ranks.
On December 27, 2019, Tudor made headline news when achieving what he later described as the ‘unbelievable’ winning the Welsh Grand National on Potters Corner, trained by Williams, in his first season as a conditional jockey. His has since recorded several high-profile successes, including the Eider Chase at Newcastle, Scottish Grand National ar Ayr and Bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown on Kitty’s Light, again trained by Williams in the latter part of the 2022/23 season.
More recently, in April 2023, David Pipe announced that Tudor would be filling the vacancy left by Tom Scudamore, who retired the previous February, as stable jockey at Pond House Stables in Nicholashayne, Devon. Of his new appointment, Tudor said, ‘It’s obviously a big move for me and I’m looking forward to it and excited to see what happens.’.He did, however, pay tribute to his former employer and expressed a wish to ride as many horses saddled by Williams as possible. In 2023/24, Tudor rode a career-best 47 winners from 395 rides at a strike rate of 12% and fared better still in 2024/25, with 18 winners from 85 rides at a strike rate of 21%.
