Michael Hills Interview
Once, Michael Hills’ job was getting the best out of a horse. Today, as a jockey coach, it’s getting the best out of the person on top of one. He’s gone from making the headlines to shaping the riders who will. Based at Peter O’sullevan House in Newmarket, his afternoons are spent guiding everyone from […]
ENTRIES OPEN FOR JETS RICHARD DAVIS AWARDS
Entries for the 2026 JETS Richard Davis Awards open from 20th July and we are delighted to be sponsoring a brand-new Award category this year. The enterprise award will replace the prestigious Progress Award and the Injured Jockeys Fund will still be the sponsor with £2,000 going to the winner. This award will aim to […]
Billy’s Royal Ascot Success
For all the great names attached to Peter O’Sullevan House, one of its brightest success stories is Billy Loughnane. He first came here as a 16-year-old apprentice and has made it part of his daily routine ever since — now a multiple Group 1-winning jockey whose rise has been as quick as his work ethic […]
Tom Bellamy Interview
April 2nd 2026 Tom Bellamy is riding the crest of it: a breakthrough Cheltenham Festival winner on White Noise in the Grade Two Ryanair Mares’ Novice Hurdle, another Grade Two on Charisma Cat at Newbury, a treble yesterday taking him to 58 for the season — his best since 2022 — and a mother who’s […]
Clifford Lee Interview
April 2nd 2026 Clifford Lee’s 2025 had become a season in which he and Karl Burke could change the temperature of a race simply by turning up — a duo bookmakers feared because they so regularly delivered. A first Group 1 on Venetian Sun in the Prix Morny, 94 winners already on the board, his […]
New Chairman at the Injured Jockeys Fund for 2026
William Norris KC will be stepping down as Chair of the Injured Jockeys Fund at the end of December 2025 with Guy Henderson, former CEO of Ascot and a former IJF Trustee succeeding him: William says: “I’ve had the honour of being involved with the Injured Jockeys Fund for almost 20 years, first as […]
Richard Fahey Interview
Richard Fahey has trained over 3500 winners, including the likes of group one winners Perfect Power, Sands of Mali, Ribchester, Wootton Bassett and Mayson, and he is now embarking on a new challenge, the Jack’s 2 Jack’s cycle ride to raise money for the Injured Jockeys Fund. “I’m not a cyclist”, Richard confessed, “I was […]
Patrick Wadge
Headlines on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival were dominated by the shock falls of Constitution Hill and State Man, but, elsewhere on the card, there was a first Cheltenham Festival success for young jockey Patrick Wadge, who partnered Myretown to make all in the Ultima Handicap Chase. Described by his mother as a […]
Sara Bradstock
Within the world of horse racing, Sara Bradstock needs little introduction: the co-trainer of Gold Cup winner Coneygree and promising stayer Mr Vango, an accomplished horsewoman and the daughter of Injured Jockeys Fund founder Lord Oaksey. ‘It was my dad’s life. Most of the things he did were for the Injured Jockeys Fund, so […]
IJF Ascot Ambassadors Programme
The IJF Ascot Ambassador Programme was established to provide fine-dining guests with an informative insight from former jockeys as to the demands and dangers of this profession. The programme has resulted in over £200k being raised to date to help with the costs of rehabilitation and general welfare support for the many jockeys and long-term […]