The Lesters 2024

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You can watch and read more about the nominations, which have been compiled by Racing TV and Sky Sports Racing experts, below, and simply scroll down to the bottom of the page to cast your vote! 

“I don’t know how that happened,” said a perplexed Buick after guiding The Dragon King to an astonishing victory at Newmarket. After a slow start, Buick’s mount was detached and outpaced in last, and looked an awkward ride, but Buick never gave up and somehow managed to entice him back into contention. It appeared as though The Dragon King had just joined in when he began to power home from the back of the field a furlong out, and viewers were no doubt as puzzled as the rider.

As the runners returned to the winner's enclosure, Oisin Murphy watched the replay on the big screen and saw his mount See The Fire close to within a neck at the line but get no closer to the perfectly-ridden Opera Singer. Perhaps he was wondering what more he could have done? But the truth is that Moore was majestic here, bouncing his filly out of the stalls and kicking from the front at just the right moment to steal the cheap lengths that simply could not be reeled back.

David Nolan took the plaudits for a paint-scraping ride at Chester in which he showed skill, patience and strength to deliver a narrow victory aboard 20/1 shot Garfield Shadow at the Boodles May Festival, beating subsequent Group Three winner Al Shabab Storm.

Textbook Jamie Spencer! The former Champion Jockey was coolness personified aboard Teraabb at Newbury, his mount slowly away and still last with two furlongs to go. With traffic problems facing Spencer’s rivals to his left, the rider skilfully navigated his mount away from the trouble, delivering his mount late for a last-gasp victory.