Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Javier Castellano will have his first ride in Britain next week when he makes his debut at Royal Ascot.
The Venezuelan-born rider has enjoyed a fantastic 2023, winning two of America’s Triple Crown races. He clinched the first Kentucky Derby victory of his career on Mage at Churchill Downs in May and then added the Belmont Stakes to his tally on Arcangelo in New York five days ago.
He is set to partner the filly Cynane in Wednesday’s Queen Mary Stakes for New York-based Englishman Tom Morley. “Javier rides the vast majority of the horses in my barn,” said Morley, whose uncle was the late Ascot Gold Cup-winning trainer David Morley.
