Marquand reaches milestone as he rides 1,000th winner on British tracks

Windsor Racecourse saw Tom Marquand reach a milestone in his career when he rode his 1,000th winner on British tracks at last Monday's meeting, writes Dave Wright.

It came in the Andy Payne Fillies' Handicap on Five Towns, trained by his boss William Haggas, who has provided the 25-year-old jockey with many of his winners.

“It’s fantastic. It takes a lot of horses and a lot of people to ride

1,000 winners, so I’m very fortunate to have had that support,” said Marquand, whose first winner came at Kempton in 2014 when he was attached to Richard Hannon's yard.

"Thanks has to go to everyone who has prepared, bred, owned and trained each and every horse that I’ve partnered to get to this milestone, a small cog in a very big machine that I’m lucky to be a part of."

This year is proving particularly memorable for Marquand as in June he wrote himself into the Royal Ascot history books when riding Desert Hero, trained by Haggas, to win the King George V Stakes, the first winner for the new King and Queen.

Marquand sits second in the Jockeys' Championship but is unlikely to overhaul current clear leader William Buick, who completed a double at Windsor this week.

He won the second division of the British Stallion Studs Maiden Stakes on 4/6 favourite Havanagreattime and the AC Beck Restricted Maiden Fillies' Stakes on Falling For You (11/4), both trained by Richard Hughes at Upper Lambourn.

Another trainer in form on the evening was Tony Carroll, who had the first two home in the CAE & SBS in Partnership Handicap - although not in the order that he and all the punters had expected.

The winner was 100/1 outsider Time Patrol, ridden by Nicola Currie, who, despite being slowly away got up in the final strides to beat stable-mate El Hibri, who had been backed into 6/1 from 10s.

In his previous three outings, the three-year-old had finished last and second from last twice, his shortest price being 80/1 on his debut last year.

Not surprisingly, the Windsor Stewards asked questions about the winner's apparent improvement in form and accepted Carroll's explanation that the gelding had benefited from a drop in trip, back to six furlongs.

The Ed Dunlop-trained Another Gift (5/2 favourite), ridden by Oisin Murphy, won the Hamish Johnson Memorial Fillies' Nursery Handicap, his second win at the course in three weeks, either side of a victory at Southwell last month.

Windsor have three afternoon meetings remaining, on October 9, 16 and 23.