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About Richard Hills (jockey)
- Richard Hills (born 22 January 1963) is a retired flat racing jockey.
- He is twin brother to Michael Hills (also a jockey) and their father is former racehorse trainer Barry Hills.
- The twins' older brother John Hills was also a trainer.
- They also have two younger brothers, Charles Hills (who has succeeded their father Barry as a racehorse trainer) and George Hills who works in the Breeding and Insurance side of the industry in Kentucky, United States.
- Richard enjoys breeding ducks, Persian Cats and plane spotting. Richard Hills rode his first winner, Border Dawn, at Doncaster Racecourse on 26 October 1979.
- His first Group 1 winner was Ashal in the Ascot Gold Cup in 1990.
- He became the second jockey of Hamdan Al Maktoum in 1995, and was promoted to first jockey in 1997 following the retirement of Willie Carson.
- He used to fill in for spares rides for Godolphin Racing.
- He retired from the saddle at the Dubai World Cup on Saturday 31 March 2012.
- On Sky Sports TV coverage, he joked that he retired twice in one day, as the inaugural Dubai Gold Cup in which he was racing had to be re-run, due to a fall by a Godolphin horse, Fox Hunt.
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