AN all-star team led by Ryan Moore, who last week was crowned Longines World’s Best Jockey for the fourth year in a row, won the Markel Jockeys Jumping class at London International in aid of the Injured Jockeys Fund.
Moore’s team, consisting of Tom Scudamore, Joanna Mason, Sam Twiston-Davies and Harry Skelton – son of Olympic gold medallist Nick – completed the course in a cumulative time of 124.28 seconds.
With two equestrian champions providing their invaluable expertise as team coaches – Pippa Funnell and Nick Skelton – it was a tightly contested battle with just eight seconds between the two teams. Moore’s rivals, led by 20-time champion National Hunt jockey Sir Anthony ‘AP’ McCoy, also featured former champion flat jockey Jim Crowley, Harry Cobden, Lilly Pinchin and Kielen Woods.
McCoy is president of The Injured Jockeys Fund, which has been going for 60 years and provides much-needed help to injured jockeys and their families. Last year at the same event, he recorded one of the fastest times of the night aboard his daughter’s pony, leading his team to victory.
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