Ryan Moore makes his long-awaited return to the saddle at Lingfield on Wednesday, having been sidelined since August with a stress fracture of the femur. The world's number one jockey missed a series of major meetings, with Aidan O'Brien calling on Belgian star Christophe Soumillon to deputise.
Soumillon partnered O'Brien's 26th top-level victory of 2025 when Gstaad won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. Moore's comeback comes just in time for next week's Hong Kong International Races, where O'Brien will saddle Los Angeles and The Lion In Winter. Moore has also been confirmed for the International Jockeys' Championship at Happy Valley on December 10.
At Lingfield, Moore has five rides. For George Boughey, he partners Sovereign Wealth in the Always Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Nursery Handicap and Invited in the Read Meg Nicholls' Blog At betmgm.co.uk Handicap. He teams up with former weighing-room colleague Richard Hughes on Lazzar in the Join The Midnite Movement Novice Stakes, and rides Evening Fades for William Haggas in the Win £250,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals EBF Restricted Maiden Fillies' Stakes.
Moore's final mount of the day is Morrophore for John and Thady Gosden in the feature BetMGM Winter Oaks Trial Fillies' Handicap.
