#flat jockeys' championship

Danny Tudhope: four-winner haul at Royal Ascot for second time in four years Danny Tudhope has described Ascot as a difficult place to ride and said it has taken him a long time to get to grips with the track - but having partnered four winners at the royal meeting for the second time in four years, he has shown he rides it better than most. Only…

Last Saturday Harry Skelton was crowned champion jump jockey after a long tussle with Brian Hughes and now the Flat battle gets under way, and it could be just as exciting. After a pandemic-affected title chase last year, the race returns to its 2000 Guineas day to Champions Day format this time, with Oisin Murphy hoping to finish top of the table…

Christophe Soumillon: was banned for 60 days for elbowing Rossa Ryan out of the saddle Ralph Beckett revealed Christophe Soumillon had kept his word and reimbursed the connections of Captain Weirzba, the horse the jockey interfered with when elbowing Rossa Ryan out the saddle. Beckett took to Twitter to highlight a payment received from the Belgian…