Joe Fanning Gets 2500 Winners
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THIS MAN... Joe’s winning ways OCKEY Joe Fanning has become winner of the year, Jockey Year of first win Total wins just the second active British achieved at an jockey to reach 2,500 winners. approximate strike Frankie Dettori 1987 3202 JThe popular Irishman’s landmark rate of 18%. He has Joe Fanning 1990 2500 ha s tra ni ed T RIH TEEN success came at Redcar on August 24, ridden at least 100 Ryan Moore 2000 2209 when he partnered Universal Gleam to winners in Britain in victory in a mile handicap for Keith each of the last 12 Jamie Spencer 1998 2136 BOOKK 1 BON U WS INNERS Dalgleish. He joins Frankie Dettori as years, with his record Paul Hanagan 1999 1954 the only currently active British jockey tally of 188 made in Darryll Holland 1990 1810 to have accumulated 2,500 wins. 2012. His record is The race provided Joe with his 104th testament to his Dane O’Neill 1993 1748 consistency, Adam Kirby 2004 1696 skill and popularity and Franny Norton 1989 1655 shows that, Jim Crowley 1997 1637 simply put, horses run for him. enabled him to compile such a record of The Top Ten active jockeys in success. “I think we work well together,” terms of British Flat wins at the Joe told the Klarion. “I’ve been there time of Joe’s landmark win is as 20-odd years. It’s a long time, and I shown in our table. think we get on. It seems to work well Joe is held in high regard by and I’ve been very lucky.” his weighing room colleagues and Joe turns 49 this month, but readers it is surely just a matter of time will be delighted to know he has no until he is able to add to his sole plans to slow down. Group 1 success, when he rode “I just want to keep having plenty of The Last Lion to victory in the winners and riding good horses,” he Middle Park Stakes in 2016. said. The popular jockey is well “The last 10 or 12 years have been aware that it is his connection good to me. If I can carrying on enjoying Joe aboard The Last Lion with Mark Johnston that has seasons like that, I’ll be very happy.” TW LVE E ooff tthhem w erree p urrcch esa d ffoor l se s tthhan ,051 0000 sng £225,000 TTaattersaalls October Book 1 Bonus only at T A T T E R S ALLS OC T O B E R YEARLI N G SALE, Book 1 O C TTOBER 8 – 1 0 TT:: + 44 1 638 6 65931 s ela es@taatt sret c.slla om w w at.w aatt sret c.slla om .