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Wayne Lordan
Wayne Lordan (born 20 April 1982) is a multiple Classic and Group 1 winning Irish jockey.
Lordan grew up in Upton, County Cork. He started pony racing when he was nine years old, following in the footsteps of his father and brother, and was noticed by trainer Thomond O'Mara. Leaving school at fourteen, he worked for O'Mara for six years. His first winner was Ethbaat for trainer Gerry Cully at Killarney on 15 July 1998. After six years with O'Mara, he moved on to the yard of Tommy Stack and then, in 2005, began riding for David Wachman as well as Stack. That year he rode 41 winners.
Lordan won his first Group 1 race on the unfancied Sole Power, owned by the Power bookmaking family and trained by Eddie Lynam, in the 2010 Nunthorpe Stakes at York. At 100/1, the horse was the longest-priced winner of a British Group 1 contest for 35 years. Interviewed the following year, he said:
Up to last year all I wanted to do was win a Group 1 and now I want another one, but the most important thing for me is to ride plenty of winners every year. Sure I dream of winning the Derby and all that stuff, but my main aim is to work hard and keep my bosses happy. The winners will come from that.
Lordan's first Royal Ascot winner was Lolly for Dolly, trained by Stack, in the 2011 Group 2 Duke of Cambridge Stakes. The following year, Duntle, trained by Wachman, won the Sandringham Handicap. In 2013, Duntle gave Lordan a second win in the Duke of Cambridge Stakes. He secured his fourth win at Royal Ascot on Slade Power, owned by the Power family and trained by Lynam, in the 2014 Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes. He went on to win the 2014 Group 1 July Cup at Newmarket on Slade Power. In 2015, the filly Legatissimo, trained by Wachman, provided Lordan with two Group 1 wins - the Matron Stakes at Leopardstown and the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood.
In January 2017, Lordan was taken on by trainer Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle as one of his team of riders. Lordan said: "I'll be riding work and trying to make best use of whatever opportunities might come my way. I'll be putting my head down and giving the job 100 per cent." Opportunity soon came his way when 9/1 chance Winter won the 1,000 Guineas in May 2017, beating her stablemate, favourite Rhododendron, ridden by Ballydoyle number one jockey Ryan Moore to give Lordan his first Classic win. Moore then took over as the rider of Winter, winning three more Group 1 races that season, but was beaten a head by Lordan on the Ballydoyle fourth string, 20/1 chance Hydrangea, in the Matron Stakes at Leopardstown in September.
In October 2018, Lordan won the Group 1 Fillies' Mile at Newmarket on Iridessa, a two-year-old trained by O'Brien's son Joseph Patrick O'Brien. Iridessa would go on to provide Lordan with three more Group 1 victories the following season, winning the Pretty Polly Stakes and the Matron Stakes in Ireland and the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Santa Anita in California. The 2019 season also brought another win for Lordan in the 1,000 Guineas, this time riding the Ballydoyle third string, 14/1 chance Hermosa. In December 2019, he was winner of the Flat Achievement Award at the Horse Racing Ireland Awards.
In July 2020, Lordan had a rare opportunity to ride a Ballydoyle first string in a major race. With Moore quarantined in England under Covid-19 regulations and Seamie Heffernan suspended, Lordan rode odds-on favourite Magical to her second consecutive win in the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh. In 2021 and 2022, Lordan won four Group 3 races, but, for the first time since joining Ballydoyle, there were no victories at the highest level. In September 2022, he rode 5/1 favourite Waterville from last to first in a field of 30 to win the Irish Cesarewitch, Europe's most valuable flat handicap.
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Wayne Lordan
Wayne Lordan (born 20 April 1982) is a multiple Classic and Group 1 winning Irish jockey.
Lordan grew up in Upton, County Cork. He started pony racing when he was nine years old, following in the footsteps of his father and brother, and was noticed by trainer Thomond O'Mara. Leaving school at fourteen, he worked for O'Mara for six years. His first winner was Ethbaat for trainer Gerry Cully at Killarney on 15 July 1998. After six years with O'Mara, he moved on to the yard of Tommy Stack and then, in 2005, began riding for David Wachman as well as Stack. That year he rode 41 winners.
Lordan won his first Group 1 race on the unfancied Sole Power, owned by the Power bookmaking family and trained by Eddie Lynam, in the 2010 Nunthorpe Stakes at York. At 100/1, the horse was the longest-priced winner of a British Group 1 contest for 35 years. Interviewed the following year, he said:
Up to last year all I wanted to do was win a Group 1 and now I want another one, but the most important thing for me is to ride plenty of winners every year. Sure I dream of winning the Derby and all that stuff, but my main aim is to work hard and keep my bosses happy. The winners will come from that.
Lordan's first Royal Ascot winner was Lolly for Dolly, trained by Stack, in the 2011 Group 2 Duke of Cambridge Stakes. The following year, Duntle, trained by Wachman, won the Sandringham Handicap. In 2013, Duntle gave Lordan a second win in the Duke of Cambridge Stakes. He secured his fourth win at Royal Ascot on Slade Power, owned by the Power family and trained by Lynam, in the 2014 Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes. He went on to win the 2014 Group 1 July Cup at Newmarket on Slade Power. In 2015, the filly Legatissimo, trained by Wachman, provided Lordan with two Group 1 wins - the Matron Stakes at Leopardstown and the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood.
In January 2017, Lordan was taken on by trainer Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle as one of his team of riders. Lordan said: "I'll be riding work and trying to make best use of whatever opportunities might come my way. I'll be putting my head down and giving the job 100 per cent." Opportunity soon came his way when 9/1 chance Winter won the 1,000 Guineas in May 2017, beating her stablemate, favourite Rhododendron, ridden by Ballydoyle number one jockey Ryan Moore to give Lordan his first Classic win. Moore then took over as the rider of Winter, winning three more Group 1 races that season, but was beaten a head by Lordan on the Ballydoyle fourth string, 20/1 chance Hydrangea, in the Matron Stakes at Leopardstown in September.
In October 2018, Lordan won the Group 1 Fillies' Mile at Newmarket on Iridessa, a two-year-old trained by O'Brien's son Joseph Patrick O'Brien. Iridessa would go on to provide Lordan with three more Group 1 victories the following season, winning the Pretty Polly Stakes and the Matron Stakes in Ireland and the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Santa Anita in California. The 2019 season also brought another win for Lordan in the 1,000 Guineas, this time riding the Ballydoyle third string, 14/1 chance Hermosa. In December 2019, he was winner of the Flat Achievement Award at the Horse Racing Ireland Awards.
In July 2020, Lordan had a rare opportunity to ride a Ballydoyle first string in a major race. With Moore quarantined in England under Covid-19 regulations and Seamie Heffernan suspended, Lordan rode odds-on favourite Magical to her second consecutive win in the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh. In 2021 and 2022, Lordan won four Group 3 races, but, for the first time since joining Ballydoyle, there were no victories at the highest level. In September 2022, he rode 5/1 favourite Waterville from last to first in a field of 30 to win the Irish Cesarewitch, Europe's most valuable flat handicap.
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