Clifford Lee

Clifford Lee (born 1996) is a Group 1 winning British flat racing jockey. He is attached to the yard of trainer Karl Burke near Middleham, in North Yorkshire.

Lee was born in 1996, the son of a cleaner and a handyman, and grew up in Kent. He was a competitive boxer as a youth. He was taught to ride by a showjumping uncle and attended a course at the British Racing School in Newmarket. After two years at the yard of Ed Walker in Newmarket, he moved to trainer Karl Burke at Spigot Lodge near Middleham in North Yorkshire.

Lee rode his first Royal Ascot winner in 2021, when Significantly, trained by Burke, won the Palace of Holyroodhouse Stakes. He landed his first Group race win when El Caballo, trained by Burke, won the Group 2 Sandy Lane Stakes in May 2022. Over the next three years he won a further nineteen Group 2 and 3 races for Burke, until achieving his first Group 1 success in August 2025 when Venetian Sun won the Prix Morny at Deauville. He returned to the racecourse after five and a half months, riding a winner on just his second ride.

Major wins

Great Britain Commonwealth Cup - (1) - Venetian Sun (2026)

France Prix Morny - (1) - Venetian Sun (2025)