Richard Kingscote
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 Kingscote in February 2026 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 19 July 1986 |
| Occupation | Flat racing jockey |
| Horse racing career | |
| Sport | Horse racing |
| Significant horses | |
Richard Kingscote (born July 1986) is a British jockey who competes in flat racing. He won the 2022 Epsom Derby on Desert Crown.
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] In 2025, he added to his tally of Group 1 wins with victories on outsiders at Royal Ascot and the Goodwood Festival. Time for Sandals won the Commonwealth Cup at odds of 25/1 and then Qirat, who had been supplemented into the race as a pacemaker for odds-on favourite Field of Gold, won the Sussex Stakes at odds of 150/1, a record for a Group 1 race.[2][6]
