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Ryan Moore Chester May Festival Rides As Top Jockey Looks To Improve His 50%+ Strike-Rate On The Roodee
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Heading into this week’s 2025 Chester May Festival – according to the stats – there will be no better jockey riding on the Roodee than Ryan Moore. With that in mind, with look at the Ryan Moore Chester rides this week and also drill more into his strike-rate at the oldest track in Britain.
He’s not disappointed either – having already fired in FOUR winners at the meeting and has now incredibly won 17 of his last 21 rides for trainer Aidan O’Brien at Chester (more on that below).
Ryan Moore Chester Rides Sees Top Jockey With a Stack Of Top Mounts
Jockey Ryan Moore and trainer Aidan O’Brien have combined to win many of the top races at the Chester May Festival over the years and the top duo are back for more this week as the three day meeting starts on Wednesday and climaxes with the Chester Cup on Friday – a race Moore has won twice in the past.
Moore fired in two winners on the opening day when Minnie The Hawk took the Cheshire Oaks (watch below) and Lambourn landed the Chester Vase.
Plus another two on Thursday when Illinois won the Ormonde Stakes and Mount Kilimanjaro took the Dee Stakes.
Wins that increased his overall track SR to an incredible 50% and 60% when riding only 3 year-olds (15-25).
This remarkable run has also seen Ryan Moore win a staggering 17 of his last 21 rides for trainer Aidan O’Brien at Chester (see below) – as he heads into Friday.
See the rest of the Ryan Moore Chester rides below.
Recent Ryan Moore Chester Strike-Rate Stats
- Overall: 23-46 (50%)
- 2 year-olds: 1-2 (50%)
- 3 year-olds: 15-25 (60%)
- 4+ year-olds: 7-19 (37%)
Note: Correct 9th May 2025, but subject to change
WATCH: Minnie Hawk Winning The Cheshire Oaks 2025 on Wednesday at Chester
Ryan Moore The Chester King: Stats When Riding for Aidan O’Brien (last 21 rides at Chester)
- 🥇Illinois
- 🥇Mount Kilimanjaro
- 🥇 Lambourn
- 🥇 Minnie Hauk
- 🥇 Point Lonsdale
- 🥇 Capulet
- 🥇 Gallantly
- 🥉 Grosvenor Square
- 🥈 Port Fairy
- 🥇 Point Lonsdale
- 🥉 Changingoftheguard
- 🥇 San Antonio
- 🥈 Adelaide River
- 🥇 Savethelastdance
- 🥇 Cleveland
- 🥇 Temple Of Artemis
- 🥇 Star Of India
- 🥇 Changingoftheguard
- 🥇 Thoughts Of June
- 🥇 Armory
- 🥇 Japan
Note: Correct before racing on Friday 9th May 2025
Ryan Moore Expected To Ride Leinster In The Chester Cup On Friday
In addition to Moore having won all the big Group races at the Chester May Festival (see his record below), he’s also racked-up two wins in the Chester Cup.
His most-recent success in the race came on the Aidan O’Brien-trained Cleveland in the 2022 renewal.
With his first back in 2014 on the Marco Botti runner Suegioo.
He’ll be trying to make it three this Friday as he’s already been booked to ride the Joseph O’Brien-trained Leinster.
This 4 year-old has only raced four times but has won 50% of those races – with the most recent coming last time out at the Curragh at the end of March.
That win came over 1m4f, so the longer 2m 2f trip of the Chester Cup will be an unknown, but he’s out of Derby winner Camelot so should have plenty of scope for more to come.
Last year’s Chester Cup was won by the Hugo Palmer-trained Zoffee (watch below), who is also back for more. But at the age of 9, the Chester Cup trends suggest he might be too old.
Ryan Moore Chester Rides For Friday 9th May 2025
- 1:30 Divine Libra – CAA Stellar Earl Grosvenor Handicap – Charles Hills
- 2:05 The Pouncing Lion – Boodles Darley EBF Maiden Stakes – Michael Bell
- 2:35 Liberty Lane – IRE-Incentive, It Pays To Buy Irish Huxley Stakes (Group 2) – Karl Burke
- 3:05 Leinster – Ladbrokes Chester Cup (Heritage Handicap) – Joseph O’Brien
The best of the Chester action will also be live on ITV Racing this week.
Ryan Moore Best Chester Races
- Cheshire Oaks (Weds) – 7 wins (winning-most jockey)
- Chester Vase (Weds) – 9 wins (winning-most jockey)
- Dee Stakes (Thurs) – 8 wins (winning-most jockey)
- Ormonde Stakes (Thurs) – 7 wins (winning-most jockey)
- Huxley Stakes (Fri) – 8 wins (winning-most jockey)