User:Peaky76/Ryan Moore expansion

Facts
Unlike his siblings knew from an early age that they wanted to race,

At 18 he was champion apprentice.

At 16, he weighed 8st 10lb, but by the time he became champion apprentice he had to get down to 7st 13lb.

In 2006, he was riding at 8st 5lb most days

Critical opinion
"Ryan's a trainer's jockey and wants to be involved in the preparation. He is one-track minded and has tunnel vision. "He does a lot of analysing and is a true professional."

"One of the country's finest horsemen"

a "ferocious work ethic and single-minded ambition".

"People always try to speak to me just before a race and sometimes they can put negative things into my mind. Or they'll try to find out about my tactics. But if I tell them, they won't be a secret any more."

Personal life
2006 lived in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire with his girlfriend

He is an Arsenal supporter.

He has two children with partner Michelle Saunders.

On other riders: "Jamie's a total gentleman, just a very nice person, and a real horseman"

He is teetotal.

Personality
[on brink of becoming champ] seeming "angry and resentful" at being interviewed, responding with "monosyllabic venom". "the most impressively taciturn man I have ever interviewed"."appears trapped in a nightmare."

"His miserable exterior appears to be a purpose-built wall to keep out the curious"

"depth of ambition" at one point suggesting he wanted to ride 300 winners in a season

Others have found a different persona. Brian Viner found him "generous, thoughtful and, though quietly spoken, downright loquacious.""He is a humble fellow, and maybe his perceived taciturnity is simply his distaste for the razzmatazz"

"warmth and sly wit"

"I just want to ride my horses, win a few races and go home. That's all I'm interested in. But I get asked stupid questions and it annoys me."

What makes him angry - "When things go wrong on the track and I lose, I also get angry reading about people on benefits. Getting this and that for free - all that shit."

Richard Hannon once said that they need to put the jockey on "suicide watch" whenever he goes three days without riding a winner.

"[Gary Moore] tells me when I've had a good ride and when I've messed up."

He had said that Newbury is his favourite racecourse.