Tony Piccone (born 21 July 1987 in
Marseille) is a French
flat racing 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 ...
. A son of a jockey, he joined an apprentice jockey school in Marseille aged 14 and apprenticed for trainer Cédric Boutin three years later.
He has since been a freelance jockey and gets called up on
British-trained horses which race in France. He was riding in
Hong Kong in January and February 2020 and then again from October 2020 to November 2021.
In 2019, he won the group two Qatar Derby aboard Pedro Cara.
Major wins
France
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Criterium de Saint-Cloud
A criterium, or crit, is a bike race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 400 m to 10,000 m.
Overview
Race length can be determined by a number of laps or total time, ...
- (1) - ''Robin Of Navan (2015)''
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Prix Morny - (1) - ''
Unfortunately (2017)''
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Prix Royal-Oak - (1) - ''Holdthasigreen (2018)''
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Prix du Cadran
The Prix du Cadran is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 4,000 metres (about 2 miles), and it is scheduled to take ...
- (1) - ''Holdthasigreen (2019)''
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Prix de Royallieu
The Prix de Royallieu is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,800 metres (about 1 mile and ...
- (1) - ''
Wonderful Tonight (2020)''
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Prix du Moulin de Longchamp
The Prix du Moulin de Longchamp is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and it is sch ...
- (1) - ''Sauterne (2023)''
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Prix de Diane - (1) - '' Sparkling Plenty (2024)''
References
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1987 births
Living people
People from Marseille
Sportspeople from Marseille
French jockeys