Official Tommo Account. Racing commentator & presenter 🐎 After-dinner speaker & charity auctioneer. “Are you well? I thought you were!” Insta:
@tommoracing
3 generations of Tommo’s! My grandson Harris, sons Alex and James on what would have been their late mother Janie’s birthday. Proud to say james played rugby for Scotland and his grandfather was commentator Bill McLaren!
A hero in the saddle and the only jockey to ever win the Grand National AND the
@Ascot
Gold Cup. The smile hasn’t changed and ‘the hero’ in Graham Lee has just got bigger. It was an honour to visit my friend, Graham, in hospital today and to hear about the fantastic support being
Tragic. Incomprehensible. Devastated for John Hunt and what he must be going through. It will be a tough journey ahead. I know we will all be here for him every step of the way.
Today would have been Janie’s birthday - an incredible mother to our 2 eldest sons: Alex & James. Lost to cancer far too early in 2000, Janie never got to meet any of our 5 amazing grandchildren - her legacy lives on forever in our hearts 🤍
Pat Smullen was an outstanding man. He fought the cancer with dignity and strength - the same way he lived his life. He has died but will never be forgotton for he was a great guy in every way! Our thoughts and prayers go out to Frances and the children. RIP Pat.
Happy 80th Birthday
@broughscott
🥳 You don’t look a day over 79 😂 Founder of the
@RacingPost
, rode 100 winners as a jump jockey, a brilliant broadcaster and journalist - an all round great racing man. Well done big fella!
Got into the hotel lift here in dubai hotel tonight and asked the guy why he was wearing a Dutch olympic vest. He replied-‘because my 15 year old son has just won a gold medal at the special olympics’ - the whole lift cheered!! Made my day!
Look who’s turned up to help me decorate my house today! Former
@Boro
star Craig Hignett
@higs8
- swapped his kit for new overalls as he didn’t want to get Messi ⚽️😂
A weekend of fantastic highs and grave lows in our great sport. To see
@lucindavrussell
win the Edinburgh National & Scottish Champion Chase, to see
@PFNicholls
visit
@MusselburghRace
for the first time & have 4 winners following a tough Saturday but then to see him in tears on
Graham Lee is simply one of the finest both in & out of the saddle. A top class horseman and the first to say ‘hello’ at the racecourse - always the one to have a laugh & a joke with. Sending prayers & strength, Big Fella, for a successful recovery 🙏
Graham Lee remained in intensive care on Sunday night with what were described as "very serious injuries" following a fall at Newcastle on Friday evening
One of the nicest and most hardworking guys in racing has just announced his retirement at
@yorkracecourse
and will be riding in his final race here at the York Ebor Festival on Friday. Good luck Paul Hanagan, the 2 times champion jockey will excel wherever he goes 🔥🐎
Holding a minute’s silence ahead of racing at
@jerseyraceclub
this evening to honour and share our love for fellow racing commentator, John Hunt, in remembrance of his family following Tuesday’s tragic events. We stand by you now and always 🤍
Congratulations to
@HollieDoyle1
on reaching 1000 career wins. A brilliant rider, hard worker and lovely person who not only gets the best our of her horses, she also gets the best out of everyone around her. Here’s to the next 1000…🤩
So sad to hear that Dickie Davis has passed away. Not only was he a brilliant presenter, he was also a lovely man. I will never forget the help and encouragement he gave me as he handed over from the World Of Sport studio to me at the ITV7 racecourse. Thank you legend. RIP 🤍
Immeasurably sad news. SHISHKIN - an irreplaceable mighty force on the racecourse and in our hearts 💔Sending love and deepest sympathies to Nicky Henderson,
@NdeBoinville
, his owners and all the team at
@sevenbarrows
🤍
It’s Friday the 13th & it was on this day 11 years ago that I was in the Newmarket commentary box calling home to victory a horse that was making his racing debut - his name was FRANKEL. The rest is history!
@JuddmonteFarms
@NewmarketRace
@GBRacing
So very sad to hear of the passing of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin rashid al Maktoum. He was one of the greatest breeders and owners in the world or racing and he was also a very gracious man who supported families and charities around the world. Sir it was a privilege to have known you
When Rishi asks for a ‘photo’ you’ve got to say “yes”! It was an honour to meet
@RishiSunak
& his wife, Akshata Murty, at their Garden Party in North Yorkshire yesterday. What an earnest, hardworking, intelligent & charming couple they are. And thanks for the selfies 😂
Oh no, looks who’s 70 today - at least he’s not 69 anymore 😂 Happy Birthday to the one and only JOHN FRANCOME 🥳 A great friend and not a bad jockey either!!
John Francome Outtake via
@YouTube
Tomorrow I will be commentating
@SedgefieldRace
on the anniversary of my father’s death. The Stanley & Lillian Thompson Memorial Mares Novice Hurdle will commemorate the lives of our incredible parents. Howard & I owe it all to them ❤️ I hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane
It was a wet evening on
@NewmarketRace
July Course but this Maiden Race turned out to be one of the best Maidens ever run. It was a privilege to commentate on his first ever race: “FRANKEL’s asked to improve and does so…” What a horse, what a stallion 🔥
@JuddmonteFarms
What a privilege it was to call FRANKEL home on his winning debut. This turned out to be possibly the greatest maiden of all time with stacks of future big winners coming out of it including the great Nathaniel - who Frankel quickened twice to over-power. This was a measure of
On this day 14 years ago....the mighty 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗘𝗟 made a winning debut at
@NewmarketRace
😍
And what a CV he ended up with 🤩
🏇🏻 14 races
🥇 14 wins
🏆 10 G1 victories
💷 Over £2.9 million in prize money
⭐️ A horse of a lifetime
Our Queen. Our guiding light. A magnificent ambassador of our sport with a passionate love of horses. It was an honour to meet Her Majesty and we shared a laugh. May you rest in peace with your beloved Prince Philip 🙏
Happy Birthday
@BobChampion1981
🥳 From conquering cancer to winning The Grand National on Aldaniti, to raising over £16 million for the Bob Champion Cancer Trust, to being a top class grass-cutter and tomato grower 🥱 to being my lifelong long-suffering friend 😂 Champ by name,
My thoughts & prayers are with a wonderful family who will be experiencing indescribable pain:
@HenrydeBromhead
Heather, Mia & Georgia - we will all be with you every step of the way as you navigate such tragedy. Fly high Jack - a star yesterday, today & always 🕊
It’s great to have 14 times champion trainer
@PFNicholls
at
@jerseyraceclub
this evening, although I don’t think he’s going to thank me for this selfie 📸😂
The smile that says it all 😃 There’s no stopping Billy the Best!
@loughnane_billy
wins on his first ride at
@MusselburghRace
on GWEEDORE who wins the
@ToteRacing
Silver Arrow Handicap for the second year running 🔥🐎
How fitting that Pat Smullen is commemorated here after his many wins in Dubai. When you’re that great a champ in every way you’re remembered right across the world
@francescrowley
SNOWED IN wins the first at
@HexhamRaces
at the grand age of 14 and at 14/1 - he now heads off to a very well-earned retirement! Congratulations all round (J)
@conorrabbitt7
and (T) Lizzie Quinlan 🏆🐎
MYSTIC MEG (real name Margaret Lake) loved her horses & racing. Her father was a bookie introducing her to racing at an early age. When she had a runner I’d joke “she was hoping to be here today to watch her horse but she’s been held up due to unforeseen circumstances!” She was a
Just arrived in Abu Dhabi for the big race the Jewel Crown and bumped into world middleweight boxing champion Ilyass Habibali ! (Thats him on the left!!)
Great to see Pat Smullen remembered at Jebel Ali today with race run in his memory. He rode lots of winners in Dubai and would be lovely to be there to pay our respects to a great guy!
What a ride by William Buick! He lost his stirrups and still manages to win the 1000 Guineas on Cinderella’s Dream at Meydan!
@RacingDubai
#SuperSaturday
🤩🏆
So sad to hear of the passing of Malcolm Jefferson. He fought cancer with strength and dignity. He was a lovely man and a brilliant horseman. Massive loss for racing. RIP
It’s Aidan O’Brien’s world and we’re just living in it! Congratulations to one of the nicest people in the business 🤩
🥇 CITY OF TROY - Ryan Moore - Juddmonte International Stakes
🥇 LOS ANGELES - Ryan Moore - Great Voltigeur
🥇 THE LION IN WINTER - Ryan Moore - Acomb Stakes
Pat Smullen one of the best jockeys of all time and one of the nicest guys you will ever meet has announced his retirement! Good luck big fella and keep fighting!!!