Richard Guest (jockey)

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Richard Guest
Occupation Jockey
Born (1965-07-10) 10 July 1965 (age 60)
Andover, England
Major racing wins
Grand National (2001)

Becher Chase (1994)

Champion Hurdle (1989)

County Hurdle (1987)
Significant horses
Red Marauder, Beech Road

Richard Charles Guest (born 10 July 1965) is a retired National Hunt jockey and trainer.

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Background

Guest comes from an racing family. His father Charles was a successful jockey and trainer; his uncle Joe Guest was also a jockey who most notably won the Mildmay of Flete Chase in 1960 on Devon Customer. [1] Richard Guest's brother Rae is a retired jockey and trainer. His sister, Jane, is the widow of trainer Sir Henry Cecil. [2]

Riding career

Early in his career as a jockey, Guest rode out at Sir Michael Stoute's yard where the horses he exercised included the Derby winner Shergar. Following this he joined Toby Balding near his home in Andover, and in his apprentice season of 1986 scored seven winners. The following year, Guest won 20 races including the County Hurdle on Neblin at the Cheltenham Festival. [3]

One of Guest's best known winners was Beech Road, who he partnered to victory in the 1989 Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival at a price of 50/1. [4] Guest achieved success at Aintree in 1994 with Into The Red winning the Becher Chase; the following year the pair finished fifth in the Grand National. [5]

In 1998, Guest was charged with three breaches of the non-triers' rule in a single season and handed in his racing licence at Perth Racecourse. [5] The following year, he renewed his licence in order to ride for owner Norman Mason. He also became an assistant trainer to Mason at Brancepeth, County Durham. [6] In 2001, Guest achieved his biggest career win when he rode Red Marauder, owned and trained by Mason, to win the Grand National at odds of 33/1. The race was run in atrocious weather conditions with only four horses finishing, two of them after being remounted. [7] In 2003, Guest took out a full training licence. [6]

Guest gave up his trainer's licence in 2021, when he lost an appeal against eviction from his Ingmanthorpe stables. [8]

Cheltenham Festival winners (2)

Major wins

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References

  1. ↑ "Weatherbys provided news service covering the horseracing scene". www.weatherbys.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Ex-jockey Charlie Guest dies aged 92". Suffolk News. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Guest, Richard - Jockeypedia". sites.google.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Full Result 3.30 Cheltenham | 14 March 1989 | Racing Post". www.racingpost.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Richard Guest". BBC Sport. 28 March 2002.
  6. 1 2 "Richard". Independent. 3 April 2004.
  7. ↑ "Grand National win for Red Marauder". BBC. 7 April 2001.
  8. ↑ "Opium and cobalt positives lead to £4,000 fine for ex-trainer Richard Guest". Racing Post. 31 October 2022.
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