Richard Kingscote

Richard Kingscote
Richard Kingscote
	Richard Kingscote in 2024
Occupation	Flat racing jockey
Born	19 July 1986 (age 38)
Nationality	British
Significant horses
	Brown Panther; Desert Crown;

Richard Kingscote is a British jockey who competes in flat racing. He won the 2022 Epsom Derby on Desert Crown.

Background

Kingscote grew up in Weston-super-Mare in a family with no racing connections and started riding as a child. He attended the British Racing School and was then apprenticed to trainer Roger Charlton.^[1]

Career

Kingscote rode his first winner in 2004.^[2] In 2008 he became a stable jockey to trainer Tom Dascombe.^[3] On 10 July 2008, he achieved his first success in a Group race when winning the Group 2 July Stakes at Newmarket on the Dascombe-trained Classic Blade. He won his first Group 1 race in September 2014 when riding the Dascombe-trained Brown Panther in the Irish St. Leger at the Curragh.^[2] In November 2014 he broke his wrist, elbow, and collar-bone in a fall at Wolverhampton but recovered in time to ride Brown Panther to victory in the Dubai Gold Cup in March 2015.^[4]^[1]

On 4 June 2022, Kingscote won the Derby on the 5/2 favourite Desert Crown, trained by Sir Michael Stoute. It was only his second ride in the Derby, having previously been unplaced on Knight to Behold in 2018.^[5]