Richard Hughes (jockey) a change in the rules regarding horse welfare. On 13 October 2011, it was announced that Hughes was giving up his racing licence and quitting the sport out of protest at the ban. Hughes did not follow up on this threat and on 15 October 2012 he equaled Frankie Dettori's record of winning seven races in a single meeting by winning seven out of eight races at Windsor Racecourse. The following month, he claimed his first British flat racing Champion Jockey title with 172 winners over the season. In May 2013, after a long wait, he won his first British
Jimmy Fortune (jockey) and the Ascot Stakes on Full House. His best single day was also at Ascot, when he won the 2008 Fillies' Mile on Rainbow View and the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on Raven's Pass. Raven's Pass was the highest rated horse of his career (rated 131 by the Racing Post for that win). France Great Britain Ireland Italy India Jimmy Fortune (jockey) James Joseph "Jimmy" Fortune (born 14 June 1972) is a retired Irish thoroughbred jockey who in a 30 year career won over 1,800 races, including 16 Group 1s, and 1 British Classic, the 2007 St Leger. Fortune was