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Robert Francis Winston (born 28 November 1979) is an Irish
jockey A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing. The word "jockey" originated from England and was used to describe the individual ...
who competes in Flat racing.


Biography

He was the British flat racing Champion Apprentice in 1999 and won the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes on Magical Romance in 2004. In 2016, he won the Lester Award for flat ride of the year. After a gap of thirteen years, he added a second Group 1 victory in the 2017 British Champions Sprint Stakes at Ascot on Librisa Breeze, the biggest win of his career. Winston retired in September 2019, having ridden 1,627 winners in Britain over his 23-year career In September 2021 he came out of retirement to resume his career and rode his first winner since retirement on 11 October 2021.


Major wins

Great Britain * British Champions Sprint Stakes - ''Librisa Breeze (2017)'' * Cheveley Park Stakes - '' Magical Romance (2004)''


References

1979 births Irish jockeys British Champion apprentice jockeys Lester Award winners Living people Equestrians from County Dublin People from Finglas {{Ireland-horseracing-bio-stub