Ryan Moore returns to horse racing
On 9 August of this year jockey Ryan Moore injured his wrist after he and his mount Rocket Rob slipped and fell to the ground after passing the winning line for a third place finish at Windsor. After news of the injury the blogosphere went wild with many speculating on its severity while thousands of others anticipated his return. But now Moore is putting all fears, debate and unrest to bed because this Thursday he made his return to horse racing. He raced twice and was unspectacular, but his return was a welcome one, especially when most bettors thought he'd be back much sooner.
On 13 August Moore's agent Tony Hind told reporters “(He told me) he wouldn’t be able to ride on Saturday and I told him not to ride on Sunday either. I told him to give it another day and then see how we are over the weekend. We are going to speak on Saturday after he’s ridden out”.
Moore’s father and trainer Gary Moore also testified to the triviality of the injury saying: “Ryan thinks he’s sprained his wrist”
Based on Hind's comments and his the senior Moore's testimony most expected Ryan to be back within the week. At the time he was in the third place for the jockey’s championship, with 16 winners. But to everyone’s wonder Moore did not return that week.
During his absence Paul Hanagan, a rival jockey extended his lead over Moore even further and Richard Hughes is still ahead as well. This puts a damper on his hopes of winning a fourth Champion Jockey title this year, but the little man is far from giving up. On Friday Moore is set to travel to Lingfield’s afternoon meeting where his new running partner Jeremy Noseda’s Lost in the Moment before going down to Kempton for three rides at their evening fixture.
Despite being some distance behind the current leader Hanagan, Moore knows he’s got until the month of November to get himself back into a contending position. Moore is an experienced rider, he knows the fundamentals of the sport, and even though the short dash is his specialty, Moore has entered the race towards being the champion jockey with his eyes and his mind set on the long haul.
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