TomMarquand

Tom Marquand rides on the Flat, the branch of horse racing run without jumps, from the starting stalls to the line. Races can turn on a length, so pace, position and the timing of a challenge are the jockey's raw materials. Flat racing also travels well, with meetings and runners crossing borders through the year. His race days sit inside that calendar, at home and overseas.

With a birth date in 1998, he rides the 2026 Flat season at 28. The role is active rather than passive: reading a field of horses travelling at speed, choosing when to ask, keeping the partnership balanced through the closing stages. Those choices are what a Flat jockey is measured on, and they explain why racegoers follow riders as closely as they follow horses.