Jon Lees News Today

Article by Jon Lees: With less than two months until the Breeders’ Cup, Jon Lees begins a weekly update with all the latest developments – starting with a couple of potential major players who stated their cases for Santa Anita with their latest G1 successes at the Irish Champions Festival

A former nightclub, wedding venue and gym in Morecambe is for sale for offers over £1 million.

A former nightclub, wedding venue and gym in Morecambe is for sale for offers over £1 million.

Article by Jon Lees: Blue-collar jockey with ‘J Love’ emblazoned on his breeches set for a rare moment in the spotlight on Larry Rivelli-trained colt in America’s greatest race. Interview by Jon Lees

Article by Jon Lees: 28-year-old jockey relocated from his homeland with his young family and is now attached to the Gosden stable – and he’s ridden winners for Godolphin and King Charles III. Interview by Jon Lees

Article by Jon Lees: Three-time Eclipse Award-winning jockey Kent Desormeaux knows he is in the last-chance saloon as he bids to rebuild a Hall of Fame career at Santa Anita. Warts-and-all interview with Jon Lees

Article by Jon Lees: Only on rarest of occasions has a woman ever taken up duties as a full-time racetrack commentator – but Jessica Paquette is bucking the trend for the current meet at Parx in Pennsylvania. Interview by Jon Lees

Article by Jon Lees: Claudia Spadaro fronts Miami-based YouTube channel, which enjoyed breakthrough viewing figures at the Breeders’ Cup – as Jon Lees reports

Article by Jon Lees: New Mexico-based Bryce Bourdieu is determined to get back on horseback – despite his left leg having been amputated below the knee after being crushed by a filly in a horrific starting-gate incident. Jon Lees reports

Article by Jon Lees: Todd Fincher, set to saddle a pair of graded-stakes winners in Slammed and Senor Buscador at Keeneland, is determined to shake off a historic embarrassment – as Jon Lees reports