RYAN MOORE REIGNS SUPREME IN THE IJC

By Darren Winningham | Thursday, December 11, 2025

Ryan Moore reminded everyone he is still the top dog of world racing, pulling off an incredible performance to win his third LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. The whole competition was tighter than a Brisbane traffic jam with the result going right down to the final stride.

Heading into the last of the four legs, four jockeys were locked on 12 points — so it was basically anyone’s to win. Hugh Bowman, Moore and William Buick had all posted a win, while Zac Purton kept himself in the fight with a couple of handy seconds.

A few others were still lurking, hoping to pinch the whole thing in the final 1200-metre race.

But Moore saved his best trick for the big finish. Riding the aptly named Triumphant More in the fourth leg, he was sitting closer to last on the bend – and it looked like he would need a miracle. Instead, he threaded himself through the pack like a bloke weaving through traffic on the Bruce Highway, storming home to win by three-quarters of a length. A total outsider in the field paying $23 for the win. I suppose great jockeys can do special things.

Moore already had two LONGINES IJC titles to his name (2009 and 2010), plus four World’s Best Jockey trophies, and he had only just come back from a busted femur that kept him out of racing since August. Not a bad way to announce you are back – and he did it on the biggest stage of International racing – the LONGINES IJC.

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