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NH JOCKEY Jamie Moore was booked for three rides on Monday, October 17 at his local track Plumpton on the so-successful Bob Champion Cancer Trust Charity Race Day, but he started out as a bystander watching his daughter Roxy ride in the card’s opening Shetland Pony Derby.

Roxy (right) was on board Hamptons Gris Lightening (better known as Haggis) in the 11-runner sprint and Roxy is seen here upsides Nell Greatrex on Gatebeck Lily (Lily), daughter of bloodstock agent Tessa and trainer Warren Greatrex.

The pair failed to troubled the judge, but both look to be fully enjoying themselves. (The judge should really should have called in the whole field post-race to discuss the dubious starting procedures adopted by all the jockeys with one handler knocked over in the rush... :-))

The race was won by Paul Nicholls’ daughter Zara on The Job Is Right (Smokey).

Moore said on TV after the race that Roxy’s eagerness to race came as a bit of a surprise. He reported: “She threw a curve ball at us by wanting to do it, they [his daughters] love their show jumping, but to be honest I don’t want my girls going into jump racing.

“But she thoroughly enjoys it and all the team that put it together do a brilliant job.”

He is a bit concerned about the onward implications this enjoyment might have: “The ponies are just a little bit expensive!”

Before buying a new pony, Moore might need to think about first buying a hat that fits his daughter.

Moore did ride a double later that day, so managed to put some funds in the pot for future equine purchases.

Both wins were for his father trainer Gary Moore and included a popular win on Mark Of Gold (Golden Horn) for owner Stevie Fisher & Friends. Fisher is a former farrier and has lived with locked-in syndrome since suffering a stroke in 2014.