Born 33 years ago in East Sussex, England, Ryan Lee Moore is an accomplished professional in flat racing, having been crowned Champion Jockey 3 times. His entire family is (or has been) in the racing business; his dad, Gary Moore, is a trainer with a good understanding of the landscape, his brothers Jamie and Joshua are also jockeys. Hayley Moore too is a great amateur. It is evident that Moore doesn’t miss much when it comes to having a firm racing background – what with all the family invested in the sport.

Career Highlights

Moore has managed to take the Epson Derby on two separate occasions, which is without a doubt one of the highlights of his career. He has also clinched the Epsom Oaks a couple of times. His yearly stats have impressed, with several stretches where he managed a hundred or more wins each year. 2006, 2009 and 2013 were some of his most successful years with 182, 178 and 194 wins respectively.

Moore has not restricted his racing to one country either. He was won a smattering of trophies around several famous racing locations. He has raced in Italy, Germany, Ireland, Honk Kong, Australia, Japan, United Arab Emirates, and the United States. This makes him one of the most well travelled Jockeys in the world at the moment. His mounts have included Tapestry, Order of St. George, Ruler of the World, Minding, Homecoming Queen, Conduit, Rizeena, Workforce and many more.

Earnings

The Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Group 1) (3yo+ No Geldings) (Turf), held in October 2016 raked in £2,100,735 for Moore. In December, he galloped away with £1,247,811 at the LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (Group 1) (3yo+) (Turf). From these two gigantic paychecks alone, it would be fair to say that Ryan is quite well off!

Patrick James “Pat” Eddery(1952-2015) was an internationally popular Irish jockey and notable trainer. The eminent rider was made famous by, among other victories, riding three winners in the Epsom Derby. Eddery was also a champion jockey on eleven distinct occasions. With a total of 4,632 victories for British flat races, this iconic racing luminary’s record was only surpassed by Sir Gordon Richards, an equally renowned jockey who thrilled crowds throughout Europe.

Born in the southern suburbs of Ireland, as a young man Eddery spent most of his time around the Curragh racecourse. The fifth child of Jimmy Eddery, the father was also a popular Irish jockey in his prime. Eddery’s mother was the daughter of Jack Moylan, a retired horse man. As such, Pat Eddery’s career choice was largely informed by the horse racing passions of his parents and grandparents. Interestingly too, his wife’s brother (Paul) was also involved in racing, though he didn’t make a serious name for himself in the sport.

Establishing his riding career as an apprentice of the stable of Seamus McGrath, the sterling racer finally moved on to England where he became a protege to Frenchie Nicholson. Shortly after, the then young jockey won a major breakthrough on Alvaro at Epsom Downs Racecourse in 1969. Throughout his successful career, the Irish-born jockey clinched 11 championship titles within a period of less than four years. His last internationally recognised win came in 1996 as he attempted to reclaim his past riding glory.

Eddery also has a colorful training career record to his name. In 2005, and at the behest of his wife, the retired racing veteran launched a stable comprising 40 horses. At the Musk Hill Stud in Nether Winchendon, the former celebrated jockey received a license to train both horses and aspiring jockeys. Eddery’s newly founded racehorse syndicate gave interested sports investors the chance to own shares in these racehorses.

Paul Mulrennan’s career story is as gripping as they come. He had never thought about horse racing before the age of 16. He did so happen to have an uncle that trained horses in Galway but never really thought it was the sport for him, his only fascination at that time being Gaelic football. Forever, that year, at age 16, he was advised to try his hand at being a jockey, seeing as he was too short for Gaelic football. Since that moment, the Ealing-born Irishman has never wavered on his way to the top.

Starting out

After deciding he wanted to be a jockey, Mulrennan chose to enroll at the British Racing School at Newmarket. Up until that time, he had never so much as sat on a horse, but that didn’t stop him from becoming a master of the game and earning the respect of his peers. When he finished his apprenticeship, the jockey decided to head up north and join the racing circuit there.

Victories and prize money

Laundry Cottage Stud Firth of Clyde Stakes was one of Mulrennan’s first big race wins, and he did it with Melody of Love in 2012. Surely a horse with a name like that would have a rider dancing to the rhyme of its saddle! Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes (British Champions Series) (Group 1) was another notable achievement, this time astride Mecca’s Angel in 2015. At the end of 2016, he again roared at William Hill Firth of Clyde Stakes with Delectation. The now 35-year-old managed to forge a strong sense of camaraderie with one of his best winners, Dandino. His maor prizes have ranged between £22,684 and £236,622.

Born on May 1st, 1960, Steve Cauthen is a retired North American jockey with a string of horse racing wins to his name. He grew up in Walton in Kentucky and gradually developed a strong interest in his father’s horse riding lifestyle.

Cauthen embarked on his first-ever race at Churchill Downs on May 12, 1976. Riding King Swat on this maiden effort, he unfortunately registered a dismal showing and finished last. Nonetheless, the he didn’t let this demoralissing development impact his love of horse racing. Less than a week later, he successfully steered his first winner (named Red Pipe) to an exemplary win at River Downs.

After this widely lauded first victory, Cauthen’s meteoric rise continued. By late 1977, he had amassed a whopping 487 racecourse victories. Within the very first two years of the career, Steve Cauthen emerged as the only jockey to win $6 million in the whole of United States’ racing history. He clinched this coveted position in 1977 when he rode the three-year-old filly named Little Happiness to a decisive victory.

As a result of this unbeaten reputation, the widely esteemed jockey received a few pseudonyms from the media and his legions of fans. These titles included “Stevie Wonder” and the “The Six Million Dollar Man” – both adoring references that depicted his growing reputation around the world.

In 1978, Steve Cauthen went on to win the U.S. Triple Crown – the youngest jockey to achieve this. Owing to this newly attained triumph, he was named as the Sport’s Illustrated Sportsman of the Year. For the next 37 years, Steve Cauthen remained the last jockey to clinch all legs of the Triple Crown. This was until Victor Espinoza achieved the same position on American Pharaoh in 2015.