Shane Crosse

Irish jockey

Shane Crosse

Occupation| Flat racing jockey
Born|  (2001-09-21) 21 September 2001 (age 23)
Nationality| Irish
Significant horses

* Pretty Gorgeous
* Thundering Nights
* State Of Rest

Shane Crosse (born 21 September 2001) is a retired Irish jockey who competed in flat racing.

## Background

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Crosse comes from Cahir in County Tipperary in Ireland. His father Matt Crosse is a former jump jockey and brother Nathan Crosse is a flat-racing jockey. Crosse took part in pony racing and became an apprentice jockey at the yard of trainer Joseph O'Brien while he was still at school.[1][2]

## Career

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Crosse rode his first winner on 13 April 2018 when steering G Force to victory for trainer Adrian Keatley in a handicap at Naas. That season he was crowned Irish champion apprentice jockey.[1] On 28 September 2019 he won his first Group race on the Joseph O'Brien-trained Speak in Colours in the Group 3 Renaissance Stakes at the Curragh.[3]

The 2020 season brought Crosse his first Group 1 victory, when Pretty Gorgeous won the Fillies' Mile at Newmarket on 9 October. He had previously missed his intended ride on Galileo Chrome in the St Leger Stakes due to a positive COVID-19 test. Galileo Chrome went on to win the race under Tom Marquand.[4]

In 2021 Crosse had another Group 1 success when riding Thundering Nights in the Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh.[3]

On 1 May 2022 Crosse won the Group 1 Prix Ganay at Longchamp in Paris on State of Rest, who then provided Crosse with his first Royal Ascot victory when they won the Group 1 Prince of Wales's Stakes on 15 June.[5]

On 1 July 2023 Crosse announced he was retiring from race riding due to weight issues.[6]

## Major wins

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France

* Prix Ganay \- (1) - State Of Rest (2022)

Great Britain

* Fillies' Mile \- (1) - Pretty Gorgeous (2020)
* Prince of Wales's Stakes \- (1) - State Of Rest (2022)

Ireland

* Pretty Polly Stakes \- (1) - Thundering Nights (2021)

## References

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1. ^ a b "Hotshot Crosse successfully mixing saddle with studies". Irish Independent. 13 November 2018.
2. ^ "Crosse moving in right direction more quickly than the norm". Irish Examiner. 5 October 2019.
3. ^ a b "Shane Crosse". Racing Post. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
4. ^ "Shane Crosse hails 'huge' first Group 1 win on Pretty Gorgeous at Newmarket". Racing Post. 11 October 2020.
5. ^ "Globetrotter State Of Rest adds to his haul after a Shane Crosse masterclass". Racing Post. 15 June 2022.
6. ^ "'It's sickening to an extent but I had an absolute ball' - four-time Group 1-winning jockey Shane Crosse retires". Racing Post. 1 July 2023.