Ryan Moore returns to action at Lingfield for first rides since sidelined by injury

The world’s number one jockey has been out of action for three months after being diagnosed with a stress fracture of the femur during the summer

Ryan Moore returns to action at Lingfield on Wednesday for his first rides since being sidelined by injury in August. The world ’s number one jockey has been sidelined since being diagnosed with a stress fracture of the femur. It meant he missed a series of big race meetings with Aidan O’Brien recruiting Belgian star Christophe Soumillon to fill in in Moore’s absence.

Soumillon and O’Brien’s plundered a host of major successes with the ten-time champion of France adding the trainer’s 26th top level victory of 2025 on Gstaad in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. Moore’s comeback has come just in time for the Hong Kong International Races next we