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
Alfred Day (jockey) by Robert Sly, should have won easily. He won his final classic, the 1859 2,000 Guineas, for his other brother William, on The Promised Land. The 1854 Ascot Gold Cup gave him one of the greatest races of his career, when he beat Kingston by a head on the famous West Australian. His final ride came at Epsom on 17 April 1863 on a horse called Golden Dust which finished second. He died on 4 January 1868 aged 37. Day was a "natural horseman" with "exceptionally fine judgement" and was a "more accomplished rider" than his brothers. George Lowe of