URSY.NEWS / The Guardian / 16 Oct 2026
‘I’m bored when I’m not riding’: Billy Loughnane on drive that made him champion jockey at 20
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At Ascot on Saturday, the 20-year-old will be officially installed as Flat racing’s new champion jockeyBilly Loughnane’s mum wanted him to be a vet. “You’d have to ask her why,” he says with a smile that is rarely more than a second or two away. “I’d say money and an easier lifestyle, but I always wanted to be a jockey and made it very clear that was what I wanted to be doing. My parents and fami…
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