Billy Loughnane, Ireland's 20-year-old jockey, became Britain's youngest champion jockey since 1923 at the age of 20. Loughnane defeated fellow Irishman Oisin Murphy, 31, to win the title at the prestigious Ascot racecourse. The 20-year-old, who has already recorded more than 220 victories this year, aims to surpass the 1947 record of 269 winners in a calendar year set by Gordon Richards.
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Billy Loughnane, Ireland's 20-year-old jockey, became Britain's youngest champion jockey…: Billy Loughnane, Ireland's 20-year-old jockey, became Britain's youngest champion jockey since 1923 at the age of 20.
Loughnane defeated fellow Irishman Oisin Murphy, 31, to win the title at the prestigious…: Loughnane defeated fellow Irishman Oisin Murphy, 31, to win the title at the prestigious Ascot racecourse.
The 20-year-old, who has already recorded more than 220 victories this year, aims to surp…: The 20-year-old, who has already recorded more than 220 victories this year, aims to surpass the 1947 record of 269 winners in a calendar year set by Gordon Richards.
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Horse racing-Loughnane becomes Britain's youngest champion jockey since 1923
Oct 17 : Ireland's Billy Loughnane was crowned Britain's champion jockey at Ascot on Saturday, making the 20-year-old the youngest rider to win the title in more than a century.
Loughnane beat fellow Irishman and five-time champion Oisin Murphy, 31, to become the youngest winner since Charlie Elliott in 1923.
“Nearly four years ago when I was going up to Newcastle for my first ride, my aim then was just to have a few winners really," Loughnane said on a Great British Racing media call earlier this week.
"If anyone had said that day that four years later I’d be where I am now I’d have said they were absolutely crazy."
The 20-year-old, who has recorded more than 220 victories this year, will now turn his sights to Gordon Richards' 1947 record of 269 winners in a calendar year.
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