Nick Townsend talks to jockey Kieran Shoemark about his winning battles on the track and off it

When Kieran Shoemark - invariably measured in his pronouncements - reflects with a wry smile “I’m a big fan of Frankie’s but we don’t share any personality traits.”
Few would dispute it. Indeed, racegoers are as unlikely to witness a flying dismount from the man who has replaced Dettori on the John and Thady Gosden riding roster - any more than they would have expected from Lester Piggott.
Shoemark nods in agreement. “No, that wouldn’t be my style.”
The flamboyant Dettori was, of course, a compl...