Robert Havlin

Robert Havlin (born December 1973), usually known as Rab Havlin, is a Group 1-winning Scottish jockey, who predominantly rides for the John Gosden stable. His biggest victories to date have been the 2022 Fillies' Mile on Commissioning and the 2024 Lockinge Stakes on Audience, but he has also won at Royal Ascot - the 2016 Windsor Castle Stakes with Ardad and the 2021 Ribblesdale Stakes with Loving Dream.

Career Havlin grew up in Saltcoats, North Ayrshire. In his teens, in the evenings he worked for a local horse dealer, Alex Whyte and on Saturday mornings, his mother took him to the yard of John Wilson near Ayr Racecourse. After leaving school, Havlin joined the yard full time.

He has been described as a rider with the "rare ability to relax headstrong horses".