Shane Crosse
| Shane Crosse | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Flat racing jockey |
| Born | 21 September 2001 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Significant horses | |
Shane Crosse (born 21 September 2001) is an Irish jockey who competes in flat racing.
Background[edit]
Crosse comes from Cahir in County Tipperary in Ireland. His father Matt Crosse is a former jump jockey and brother Nathan Crosse is a flat-racing jockey. Crosse took part in pony racing and became an apprentice jockey at the yard of trainer Joseph O'Brien while he was still at school.[1][2]
Career[edit]
Crosse rode his first winner on 13 April 2018 when steering G Force to victory for trainer Adrian Keatley in a handicap at Naas. That season he was crowned Irish champion apprentice jockey.[1] On 28 September 2019 he won his first Group race on the Joseph O'Brien-trained Speak in Colours in the Group 3 Renaissance Stakes at the Curragh.[3]
The 2020 season brought Crosse his first Group 1 victory, when Pretty Gorgeous won the Fillies' Mile at Newmarket on 9 October. He had previously missed his intended ride on Galileo Chrome in the St Leger Stakes due to a positive COVID-19 test. Galileo Chrome went on to win the race under Tom Marquand.[4]
In 2021 Crosse had another Group 1 success when riding Thundering Nights in the Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh.[3]
On 1 May 2022 Crosse won the Group 1 Prix Ganay at Longchamp in Paris on State of Rest, who then provided Crosse with his first Royal Ascot victory when they won the Group 1 Prince of Wales's Stakes on 15 June.[5]
On 1 July 2023 Crosse announced he was retiring from race riding due to weight issues.[6]
Major wins[edit]
France
- Prix Ganay - (1) - State Of Rest (2022)
Great Britain
- Fillies' Mile - (1) - Pretty Gorgeous (2020)
- Prince of Wales's Stakes - (1) - State Of Rest (2022)
Ireland
- Pretty Polly Stakes - (1) - Thundering Nights (2021)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Hotshot Crosse successfully mixing saddle with studies". Irish Independent. 13 November 2018.
- ^ "Crosse moving in right direction more quickly than the norm". Irish Examiner. 5 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Shane Crosse". Racing Post. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ "Shane Crosse hails 'huge' first Group 1 win on Pretty Gorgeous at Newmarket". Racing Post. 11 October 2020.
- ^ "Globetrotter State Of Rest adds to his haul after a Shane Crosse masterclass". Racing Post. 15 June 2022.
- ^ "'It's sickening to an extent but I had an absolute ball' - four-time Group 1-winning jockey Shane Crosse retires". Racing Post. 1 July 2023.