Tony Piccone Explained

Tony Piccone
Birth Date:	1987
Nationality:	French

Tony Piccone (born 21 July 1987 in Marseille^[1]) is a French flat racing jockey. A son of a jockey, he joined an apprentice jockey school in Marseille aged 14 and apprenticed for trainer Cédric Boutin three years later.^[2] He has since been a freelance jockey and gets called up on British-trained horses which race in France. He was riding in Hong Kong in January and February 2020 and then again from October 2020 to November 2021.^[3] In 2019, he won the group two Qatar Derby aboard Pedro Cara.

Major wins

France

• Criterium de Saint-Cloud - (1) - Robin Of Navan (2015)
• Prix Morny - (1) - Unfortunately (2017)
• Prix Royal-Oak - (1) - Holdthasigreen (2018)
• Prix du Cadran - (1) - Holdthasigreen (2019)
• Prix de Royallieu - (1) - Wonderful Tonight (2020)
• Prix du Moulin de Longchamp - (1) - Sauterne (2023)
• Prix de Diane - (1) - Sparkling Plenty (2024)

Notes and References

1. Web site: "Racing in France: The Top Flat Jockeys".
2. Web site: "Tony Piccone".
3. Web site: "Hong Kong racing loses a character as Tony Piccone signs off, work rider stable after nasty fall".