2000 winners

There can have been no finer example of reward for effort than the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe victory of Alpinista (GB) (Frankel {GB}). Not only for the mare herself, slogging through the Longchamp mud with five Group 1 wins already to her name, but for her trainer Sir Mark Prescott and owner-breeder Kirsten Rausing, who have collectively a century of experience in this great sport between them. Then there was her jockey, Luke Morris. Not the most fashionable member of the British weighing-room, but certainly the most worthy, for...

Jockey Luke Morris, best known for his winning ride aboard Kirsten Rausing's Alpinista (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in this year's G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, registered the 2000th victory of his career when guiding Recuerdame (The Factor) to a half-length success Monday at Lingfield. Though he currently sits on 94 winners for the year, Morris has brought up better than 100 each year since 2011. Eight of Morris's nine career Group 1 winners has come for Alpinista's trainer Sir Mark Prescott, who told Sporting Life: "Its a great tribute to...

Champion jockey Jim Crowley rode his 2000th winner aboard Shadwell's  Modmin (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}) in the Ladbrokes Supporting 'Children With Cancer UK' Novice S. at Goodwood on Sunday. Crowley, who rides is the retained rider for Sheikh Hamdan's operation, was previously a jumps jockey based in the north. "It has been a fantastic season so far and I hope it continues," said Crowley. "It was nice to do it here as it's my local track. I've got a lot of fond memories here and to ride it in these colours...