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Billy ‘The Kid’ Loughnane can be new ‘face of racing’ and next Dettori after Godolphin deal
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PUBLISHEDNov 4, 2026, 5:22 PM
What the source reports
The combination of prodigious talent in the saddle and an easy likeability out of it is a perfect fit for Dubai operation “I want to ride more Group One winners,” Billy Loughnane said last month when asked to name his main ambition for 2027, and Britain’s new 20-year-old champion jockey seems all but certain to achieve his aim, following Wednesday’s news that he has signed a retainer to ride in the royal blue colours of Sheikh Mohammed’s global Godolphin operation next year.
Loughnane will be contracted alongside William Buick as one of…
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