Lee Mottershead

Surrey

Senior Writer at Racing Post

Racing Post senior writer. Extremely fond of food and theatre. Also extremely fond of racing.

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Britain's jockeys have been failed by racecourses and the BHA - it is time for both to right that wrong

2 weeks ago | racingpost.com | Lee Mottershead

There will hopefully never again be cause for us to show a set of urinals on the front page of the Racing Post. The image of Champion Hurdle-winning rider Lorcan Williams working out on a static bike in the toilet of Bangor's male changing room was shocking. Regrettably, there was a need for the sport to be shocked. British racing’s human athletes continue to encounter wholly unacceptable facilities on racecourses. By now, the communal indignity should have come to an end.
Even Plumpton is now set to be plundered after Willie Mullins dominates yet another Grand National

2 weeks ago | racingpost.com | Lee Mottershead

Willie Mullins was immensely popular after the Coral Scottish Grand National, not least with people who had backed Captain Cody, but he was a man in demand even before making his latest massive move in the trainers' championship. As soon as Mullins entered the paddock, a member of the Champions: Full Gallop production team attached a microphone to the lapel of his jacket.
'You can get a bit of stick in this sport if you're a poster boy - and I got absolutely rinsed about the magazine cover'

2 weeks ago | racingpost.com | Lee Mottershead

If you happen to be looking for a three-bedroom semi in Somerset, Harry Cobden could be worth contacting. The one he is preparing to sell has just had a fresh kitchen installed and the champion jockey has completely redone the driveway, replacing a water feature with a brand new Toyota Hilux. Lest there be any doubt, the shiny pickup truck will not form part of any deal.
'You can get a bit of stick in this sport if you're a poster boy - and I got absolutely rinsed about the magazine cover'

2 weeks ago | shorturl.at | Lee Mottershead

If you happen to be looking for a three-bedroom semi in Somerset, Harry Cobden could be worth contacting. The one he is preparing to sell has just had a fresh kitchen installed and the champion jockey has completely redone the driveway, replacing a water feature with a brand new Toyota Hilux. Lest there be any doubt, the shiny pickup truck will not form part of any deal.
The shocking state of female changing rooms dubbed 'racing's dirty secret'

2 weeks ago | racingpost.com | Lee Mottershead

Female riders in British racing continue to face the embarrassment and disruption of having to enter male changing rooms on racecourses that, in the worst cases, provide female jockeys with small, malodorous and outdated facilities described by one trailblazer as "disgusting" and akin to a prison cell.
‘All you can think about is that smell’ - the shocking conditions inside Britain’s weighing rooms revealed

2 weeks ago | racingpost.com | Lee Mottershead

The Racing Post today exposes the appalling state of some of Britain’s weighing room facilities, which in one extraordinary example has seen jockeys reduced to working out on an exercise bike placed next to a row of urinals. Jockeys have lost patience with the speed of progress made in upgrading weighing rooms to agreed acceptable standards and have spoken to the Racing Post to highlight serious issues with the conditions they face at certain racecourses.
Take pleasure and pride from the 177th Grand National - and focus not on how to stop Willie Mullins but how to salute him

3 weeks ago | racingpost.com | Lee Mottershead

It was oh so different 50 years ago. It was also so much worse. The 1975 Grand National gave Red Rum his initial shot at becoming the first three-time winner of the world's greatest steeplechase. His effort that afternoon ended in heroic failure. The day itself was an abysmal failure. It is now widely accepted that the total attendance at Aintree on Saturday, April 5, 1975, was just 9,000.
Willie Mullins has never been like this before - a training great is reduced to tears by his remarkable Grand National-winning son

3 weeks ago | racingpost.com | Lee Mottershead

Willie Mullins lowered his head, the brim of his trilby hiding his eyes from our view, and he cried. The emotion poured out of him not because Nick Rockett had just led home a Grand National 1-2-3 for Closutton, and certainly not because Mullins now looks primed to retain his British trainers' championship. What mattered more than anything to him was what had just been accomplished in tandem with his remarkable son, Patrick. This truly extraordinary Randox Grand National story was all about family.
'Gordon's head was in his hands' - Elliott's anguish now looks fully justified after Caldwell Potter dazzles

3 weeks ago | racingpost.com | Lee Mottershead

It was once all about the price. Now it's all about the pleasure. Caldwell Potter and Jonbon cost what to most of us would be eye-watering sums, yet precious few folk will ever come close to experiencing the sort of excitement their owners enjoyed this Aintree afternoon. Jonbon, who long since won way more than he cost, is JP McManus's favourite horse, while Caldwell Potter is taking connections on a journey that could end in Gold Cup glory.
'Hugely excited' Gina Bryce to become the first female Grand National commentator in 73 years

3 weeks ago | racingpost.com | Lee Mottershead

A major piece of broadcasting history will be made in this year's Randox Grand National when Gina Bryce becomes the race's first female commentator in 73 years. Bryce, a long-time member of Radio 5 Live's racing team, will add another string to her bow when joining lead race caller John Hunt, Darren Owen and Gary O'Brien in the BBC's big-race commentary squad.

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Articles

Britain's jockeys have been failed by racecourses and the BHA - it is time for both to right that wrong

Even Plumpton is now set to be plundered after Willie Mullins dominates yet another Grand National

'You can get a bit of stick in this sport if you're a poster boy - and I got absolutely rinsed about the magazine cover'

'You can get a bit of stick in this sport if you're a poster boy - and I got absolutely rinsed about the magazine cover'

The shocking state of female changing rooms dubbed 'racing's dirty secret'

‘All you can think about is that smell’ - the shocking conditions inside Britain’s weighing rooms revealed

Take pleasure and pride from the 177th Grand National - and focus not on how to stop Willie Mullins but how to salute him

Willie Mullins has never been like this before - a training great is reduced to tears by his remarkable Grand National-winning son

'Gordon's head was in his hands' - Elliott's anguish now looks fully justified after Caldwell Potter dazzles

'Hugely excited' Gina Bryce to become the first female Grand National commentator in 73 years

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