Richard Kingscote

Richard Kingscote (born July 1986) is a British jockey who competes in flat racing. He won the 2022 Epsom Derby on Desert Crown.

Background

Kingscote grew up in Weston-super-Mare in a family with no racing connections and started riding as a child. He attended the British Racing School and was then apprenticed to trainer Roger Charlton.

Career

Kingscote rode his first winner in 2004. In 2008 he became a stable jockey to trainer Tom Dascombe. On 10 July 2008, he achieved his first success in a Group race when winning the Group 2 July Stakes at Newmarket on the Dascombe-trained Classic Blade. He won his first Group 1 race in September 2014 when riding the Dascombe-trained Brown Panther in the Irish St. Leger at the Curragh. In 2025, he added to his tally of Group 1 wins with victories on outsiders at Royal Ascot and the Goodwood Festival. Time for Sandals won the Commonwealth Cup at odds of 25/1 and then Qirat, who had been supplemented into the race as a pacemaker for odds-on favourite Field of Gold, won the Sussex Stakes at odds of 150/1, a record for a Group 1 race.

Personal life

Kingscote is married to pastry chef Ashleigh and has two sons. He rides motorbikes and has a lot of tattoos.

Major wins

Great Britain Epsom Derby - (1) - Desert Crown (2022) Champion Stakes - (1) - Bay Bridge (2022) Commonwealth Cup - (1) - Time For Sandals (2025) Sussex Stakes - (1) - Qirat (2025)

Ireland Irish St. Leger - (1) - Brown Panther (2014) Flying Five Stakes - (1) - Havana Grey (2018)