USA: Derby-winning jockey Richard Kingscote will spend part of the winter riding at Gulfstream Park in Florida.
Kingscote, who won Britain’s premier Classic at Epsom in June on Desert Crown, told the Nick Luck Daily Podcast that he intends to ride at Gulfstream from the middle of January – in time for the Pegasus World Cup card on January 28.
“I’ve been lucky enough to be offered to go to Gulfstream Park for a bit,” Kingscote told Luck. “Luckily enough, I’ve already had a trainer message me, email me, and the guys at Gulfstream Park have been really helpful getting an agent sorted and try to get me out there, which is great. I’m really looking forward to it.”
As well as the Derby, Kingscote landed a second major success for trainer Sir Michael Stoute on Bay Bridge in the Champion Stakes.
“It’s a different style of riding, so I think it can’t do me any harm to learn something new and open up a new avenue to my riding,” Kingscote added. “I’ve been lucky enough to go to some Breeders’ Cups and it’s just more doors and trying to push me way through a few.”
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