Village jockey asked to be event ambassador

By The Newsroom
Published 12th Jul 2014, 12:00 BST
Harry Bentley and Bellajeu 2 SUS-140707-170629001Harry Bentley and Bellajeu 2 SUS-140707-170629001
Harry Bentley and Bellajeu 2 SUS-140707-170629001
Carving out a successful career as a jockey is Harry Bentley of Storrington, who this year has been appointed as Ambassador to Goodwood for the 2014 season.

He has ridden a number of top horses for trainer Olly Stevens, who is based at Robins Farm Racing Stables near the Sussex-Surrey border outside Chiddingfold, where last week he spoke to the County Times.

Harry is philosophical about a recent decision which made him second jockey at the stables, following two narrow defeats this season on stable star Lightning Thunder, owned by Pearl Bloodstock and Mohad Al Kubasi, in the English and Irish 2,000 Guineas.

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Senior French jockey Olivier Peslier then replaced him in the saddle on Lightning Thunder at Royal Ascot, where Lightning Thunder finished unplaced in a race fraught with problems.