Ryan Moore’s injury comes at worst time for Ballydoyle with Flat season in final phase
Aidan O’Brien has moved quickly to hire Christophe Soumillon for big races but Moore’s absence will be felt
With all due respect to Lord Allen of Kensington, who finally took up his role as chair of the British Horseracing Authority on Monday promising to turn the sport into “a modern commercial and cultural powerhouse”, the big news of the past few days as far as most punters are concerned was that Ryan Moore, Aidan O’Brien’s stable jockey, will miss the rest of the campaign after sustaining a fractured femur.
There is never a good time to lose your stable jockey, but the timing of Moore’s enforced absence could hardly be worse for O’Brien’s Ballydoyle yard as the 2025 Flat season enters its crucial final phase in Europe, the United States, Australia, Japan and Hong Kong.