Richard Kingscote is a British jockey 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

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Career

Kingscote rode his first winner in 2004. In 2008 he became a stable jockey to trainer Tom Dascombe. On 10 July 2008, he achieved his first success in a

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when winning the Group 2

July Stakes The July Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old colts and geldings. It is run on the July Course at Newmarket over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and i ...

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, also known as the Epsom Derby or the Derby, and as the Cazoo Derby for sponsorship reasons, is a Group 1 flat horse race in England open to three-year-old colts and fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey ...

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Desert Crown Desert Crown (foaled 2 March 2019) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. After winning his only race as a juvenile in 2021 he took the Dante Stakes on his three-year-old debut and then maintained his unbeaten record by winning the Epsom Derby. B ...

(2022)'' *

Champion Stakes The Champion Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile and 2 furlon ...

- (1) - '' Bay Bridge (2022) '' Ireland * Irish St. Leger - (1) - '' Brown Panther (2014)'' *

Flying Five Stakes The Flying Five Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres), and it is scheduled ...

- (1) - ''Havana Grey (2018)''

References

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