Daniel "Danny" Tudhope (born 1 December 1985) is a
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-winning Scottish
jockey
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. He is stable jockey to
David O'Meara
David O'Meara (born Pembroke, Ontario) is a
Life
He was raised in Pembroke, Ontario. He lives in Sandy Hill, Ottawa, where he tends bar at The Manx Pub. He is known as the Awkward Brother of Canadian Poetry.
O'Meara was a judge for the 2012 ...
He had his first professional rides in 2003, and won his first race at San Rossore,
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, Italy in October of that year as part of an initiative for young riders to compete across Europe. It wasn't until 2004 that he registered his first domestic victory at Southwell. His first
black type
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victory was not until several years after that, when he won the 2008 Listed Land o' Burns Fillies Stakes at
Ayr
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on an outside ride for Alan Berry. His filly, Look Busy, got up late to win by a short head from Princess Ellis.
With O'Meara, Tudhope's career took off. In 2011, he won his first
group race
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, the Group 2
Henry II Stakes
The Henry II Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of 2 miles and 50 yards (), and it is scheduled ...
on Blue Bajan, a horse he also finished second on in the Yorkshire Cup and third in the Goodwood Cup. He also began a very profitable partnership with miler Penitent, on which he won the 2012 Bet365 Mile at
Sandown
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John of Gaunt Stakes
The John of Gaunt Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Haydock Park over a distance of 7 furlongs and 37 yards (1,442 metres), ...
at
Haydock
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, as well as several Listed races. Another miler, Custom Cut, proved equally successful, also winning the Bet365 Mile and Joel Stakes, as well as the Strensall Stakes and
Leopardstown
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's
Desmond Stakes
The Desmond Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Leopardstown over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled t ...
and Boomerang Stakes. Over the course of a month in 2014, he won his first and second victories at Group 1 level, the 2014
Haydock Sprint Cup
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on
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and the
Prix de l'Abbaye
The Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged two years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 1,000 metres (about 5 furlongs) ...
on Move In Time. Both were trained by O'Meara.
This period of success meant that in 2013, he first topped 100 winners in a year and in 2014, he first won more than £1 million in prize money.
Throughout 2016 and 2017, he won several notable British handicaps - the Old Newton Cup on Tawdeea, the
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on Bravery, and the
Wokingham
Wokingham is a market town in Berkshire, England, west of London, southeast of Reading, north of Camberley and west of Bracknell.
History
Wokingham means 'Wocca's people's home'. Wocca was apparently a Saxon chieftain who may ...
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Royal Ascot
Ascot Racecourse ("ascot" pronounced , often pronounced ) is a dual-purpose British racecourse, located in Ascot, Berkshire, England, which is used for thoroughbred horse racing. It hosts 13 of Britain's 36 annual Flat Group 1 horse races and ...
on Out Do. His biggest wins have come in America, however. On Mondialiste, he won the 2016
Arlington Million
The Arlington Million is a Grade 1 flat horse race in the United States for thoroughbred horses aged three years and upward on the turf. It was originally raced at the now-closed Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Illinois over a distance of ...
and in 2017, he won the
Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes
The Coolmore Turf Mile Stakes is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for three year olds and older over a distance of one mile on the turf held annually in October at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky during the fall meeting.
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on Suedois, his biggest prize to date of nearly £500,000. In 2017, he also won over £1.5 million in UK prize money.
In 2019, he won four races at
Royal Ascot
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and was an early contender for Champion Jockey, although he would ultimately lose out in the championship to
Oisin Murphy
Oisin Murphy (born 6 September 1995) is an Irish jockey based in the United Kingdom who competes in flat racing. He has won a British Classic Races, British Classic and a number of Group races, Group 1 races. He was British flat racing Cham ...
. He also passed the 1,000 winner mark in June.
He is currently retained jockey for businessman Steve Parkin and has to lose 3lbs every morning to meet his riding weight of 8st 11lb.
Personal life
He is married to Kate, who runs a nursery school in
Thirsk
Thirsk is a market town and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England known for its racecourse; quirky yarnbomber displays, and depiction as local author James Herriot's fictional Darrowby.
History
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Statistics
Flat wins in Great Britain by year
Major wins
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Haydock Sprint Cup
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Queen Anne Stakes
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France
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Prix de l'Abbaye
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United States
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Arlington Million
The Arlington Million is a Grade 1 flat horse race in the United States for thoroughbred horses aged three years and upward on the turf. It was originally raced at the now-closed Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Illinois over a distance of ...
Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes
The Coolmore Turf Mile Stakes is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for three year olds and older over a distance of one mile on the turf held annually in October at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky during the fall meeting.
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