Richard Kingscote is a British

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who competes in

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. He won the 2022 Epsom Derby on Desert Crown.

Background

Kingscote grew up in

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in a family with no racing connections and started riding as a child. He attended the

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and was then apprenticed to trainer Roger Charlton.

Career

Kingscote rode his first winner in 2004. In 2008 he became a stable jockey to trainer

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. On 10 July 2008, he achieved his first success in a

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when winning the Group 2

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at Newmarket on the Dascombe-trained Classic Blade. He won his first

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race in September 2014 when riding the Dascombe-trained Brown Panther in the Irish St. Leger at the

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. In November 2014 he broke his wrist, elbow, and collar-bone in a fall at

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but recovered in time to ride Brown Panther to victory in the Dubai Gold Cup in March 2015. On 4 June 2022, Kingscote won the

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on the 5/2 favourite Desert Crown, trained by Sir Michael Stoute. It was only his second ride in the Derby, having previously been unplaced on Knight to Behold in 2018.

Personal life

Kingscote is married to pastry chef Ashleigh and has two sons. He rides motorbikes and has many tattoos.

Major wins

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Epsom Derby The Derby Stakes, more commonly known as the Derby and sometimes referred to as the Epsom Derby, is a Group races, Group 1 flat Horse racing, horse race in England open to three-year-old Colt (horse), colts and Filly, fillies. It is run at Ep ...

- (1) - '' Desert Crown (2022)'' *

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- (1) - '' Bay Bridge (2022) '' * Commonwealth Cup - (1) - '' Time For Sandals (2025) '' Ireland * Irish St. Leger - (1) - '' Brown Panther (2014)'' * Flying Five Stakes - (1) - '' Havana Grey (2018)''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kingscote, Richard 1986 births Living people British jockeys Sportspeople from Weston-super-Mare