Bruce Raymond, the highly regarded Flat jockey turned racing manager died on 24 August from cancer, aged 82.

Bruce was born in Hertfordshire in 1943. He started his career in racing as an apprentice to Willie Stephenson, and rode his first winner Arctic Bar at Birmingham in 1961. The following year he was champion apprentice, having ridden 13 winners including Rainstorm in the Newbury Autumn Cup.

He went on to ride for a number of trainers in Newmarket, including Michael Jarvis. Some of Bruce’s notable wins included the July Cup and Nunthorpe Stakes in 1967, both with Forlorn River, the 1982 Coronation Cup with Easter Sun, the 1985 Prince of Wales’s Stakes with Bob Black and three Haydock Sprint Cups, with Runnett, Petong and Sheikh Albadou.

Bruce won approximately 2,000 races, includin

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