‘I will remember him as a fantastic jockey, but above all else the kindest man’.

John Francome is to take over as the new president of the Injured Jockeys Fund. The former champion National Hunt jockey, turned author and presenter said he was “honoured and delighted” with the ...

John Francome remembers his 1978 Cheltenham Gold Cup win on Midnight Court, the only victory in the Festival's blue riband race for the charismatic jockey. John Francome is known as the Greatest ...

John Francome has some words of advice for Victoria Pendleton after her introduction into racing. Pendleton's racing debut at Fakenham last month ended in disaster when she fell in the early stages of ...

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John Francome, who has this week become a former broadcaster after 27 years with Channel 4 Racing, could make an immediate return to our screens as the owner of Poet, a live runner in the Tolworth at ...

LEGENDARY jockey John Francome has urged the racing industry to help raise cash for research into motor neurone disease through an auction and charity lunch at Newbury racecourse. His great friend ...

The 20-time champion joins his three ex-jump jockey team-mates for a training session before they make an appearance at the popular Christmas extravaganza IJF president John Francome: 'the charity is ...

John Francome's TV career has less than a fortnight to run but it seems his name will be prominent for at least the rest of this jumps season, as the owner of the highly promising new hurdler, Poet.

Riding great John Francome is to have a race named in his honour at Newbury later this year. The Berkshire track has announced the Grade Two novice chase on December 2 formerly known as the Worcester ...

Former champion jump jockey John Francome says he believes about six horse races a year could be fixed. Francome's comments come in the wake of former champion flat jockey Kieren Fallon being charged ...

There will be a big fundraiser at Newbury races on Friday LEGENDARY jockey John Francome has urged the racing industry to help raise cash for research into motor neurone disease through an auction and ...