Derek ‘Tommo’ Thompson
@tommoracing
Official Tommo account. Horse racing TV presenter, commentator, radio DJ, after-dinner speaker and charity auctioneer. “Are you well? I thought you were!” 😂
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24-01-2011 18:34:50
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Good luck to Karl Burke and our angel of the north, FALLEN ANGEL, in the Irish 1000 Guineas The Curragh Racecourse today 🍀 What a horse and what a trainer 🤩 #homesafe
Group 1 champion sprinter REGIONAL is back on the racetrack today 🚀 Wishing all the luck of the Irish to myfuturechampion.co.uk Callum Rodriguez & Edward Bethell Racing at The Curragh Racecourse today 2.30 Greenlands Stakes. Very much hoping Reggie the Rocket will be back in the Winners
I catch up with Seán Kirrane ahead of LIVE IN THE DREAM’s return in the Betfred Temple Stakes at Haydock Park Races tomorrow. It’s not just Sean, Steveandjolenedelemos.racing and Adam West who are “looking forward to having him back on the track”, we all are! Good luck team! 🤩
Ahead of Thursday’s Sandown Park Brigadier Gerard Stakes, I called into Swynford Manor to pay my respects to the greatest racehorse of the C20th: BRIGADIER GERARD. The winner of 17 out of 18 races in a career spanning Jun 1970-Oct 1972 & ridden in all by the late, great Joe
Happy 61st Birthday to Group 1 winning trainer Karl Burke - you don’t look a day over 60 🥳😂 #toptrainer #topman York Racecourse
He’s not just one of the world’s greatest golfers, he also had a 40/1 winner on Day 1 of the #DanteFestival York Racecourse with DILIGENT RESDEV Michael & David Easterby Racing Joanna Mason 🏆 Great to catch up with Lee Westwood today and I’m the good looking one on the left 😂
Congratulations to Marco Botti Racing and Oisín Murphy as GIAVELLOTTO makes it two in a row in the Boodles Yorkshire Cup Stakes York Racecourse 💥💥
2023 🏆
2024 🏆
#DanteFestival Go Racing in Yorkshire
The look of love - 2 legends together 😍😍 Happy retirement to the incredible 2023 Grand National winner CORACH RAMBLER and what a fantastic decision on the part of lucinda russell 👍 It looks like Peter Scudamore has secured himself the hack of a lifetime #happyfella #topdecision
Congratulations to POINT LYNAS and Callum Rodriguez who led all the way in this ultra competitive £75,000 Handicap at York Racecourse today for the superb Edward Bethell Racing team 🏆 Well done big fella! Another Yorkshire-trained winner at the Dante Festival…Go Racing in Yorkshire
Today it’s Media City and the Betfred Studios with all eyes on today’s Dante Stakes at York Racecourse - the big trial for the Betfred Derby 🐎🏆 #DanteFestival
I rarely take a day off but when I do, where better to spend it than York Racecourse #thedantemeeting Go Racing in Yorkshire #Frankel
No joy with #Marshman York Racecourse but met Derek ‘Tommo’ Thompson Caroline Thompson . Still pleased about my #RoyalAsccot photo 🎩👑
What a return to Jersey Race Club in The Season Opener for Neil Mulholland as he clocks up 3 winners for owner Dajam Ltd. This was also a winning debut for liam keniry on the island 🏆🏆🏆 It looks like they have a great season ahead, congratulations!
We’re all gathering Jersey Race Club for a brilliant day’s racing ahead. Here with the myfuturechampion.co.uk Group 1 winning syndicate and we have our first Jersey horse, INITIO, running in The Polygon Collective 2024 Spring Cup trained by Jersey Champion Trainer, Alyson
Great to see Ian Williams Racing joining us in Jersey Race Club today - it’s a fantastic racing experience for owners, horses and trainers 👍🐎🥂
Wake up with Tommo! Join me 9-11am this morning on Zack FM when I’ll be joined by William Derby York Racecourse and Jim Cantle of Jersey Race Club 🐎 Just download the Zack FM and enjoy!
And the winner of the Style Awards at a sunny SedgefieldRacecourse this evening is Helena in the yellow dress and fabulous hat! They all look fantastic #styleawards #Congratulations 🤩🍾