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Ray Cochrane (born 18 June 1957 in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland) is a retired Northern Irish horse racing jockey and current sports agent.
Cochrane was the winning jockey in three of the five British Classic Races: the 1000 Guineas Stakes and Epsom OaksonMidway Lady, trained by Ben Hanbury in 1986, and the Epsom DerbyonKahyasi for his retained stable of Luca Cumani in 1988. Cochrane was also second in the 2000 Guineas StakesonChief Singer in 1984 and won the Group 1 July Cup at Newmarket and Sussex Stakes at Goodwood on the same horse. Cochrane received a Flat Jockey Special Recognition Lester Award in 2000.
Cochrane received the Queen's Commendation for Bravery in 2002 for saving the life of fellow jockey Frankie Dettori following a plane crash in 2000.[1] Cochrane subsequently became Dettori's agent, a role he fulfilled until 2020.[2]
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