{"id":52927,"date":"2025-06-18T05:29:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T05:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=52927"},"modified":"2025-06-19T07:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T07:10:07","slug":"champion-jump-jockey-harry-cobden-royal-ascot-girlfriend-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/champion-jump-jockey-harry-cobden-royal-ascot-girlfriend-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Swapping Hurdles for Hats &#8211; Champion Jump Jockey Harry Cobden Pictured With Girlfriend at Royal Ascot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former champion jump jockey Harry Cobden took to social media on the opening day of Royal Ascot to show off his morning suit &#8211; pictured with his girlfriend Olivia Johnston &#8211; with the rider swapping the hurdles for hats.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also been announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/jp-mcmanus-harry-cobden-retained-jockey\/\">Harry Cobden is the new JP McManus retained jockey<\/a> &#8211; with the top jump rider his number one jockey from May 2026.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Harry Cobden Takes To Social Media To Show Off His Royal Ascot Clobber <em>(and his Girlfriend)<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You get all sorts at Royal Ascot these days &#8211; even champion jump jockeys.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, despite there being an afternoon hedgehopping fixture at Stratford on Tuesday, the 2024 champion jump jockey took to social media to let the world know he&#8217;s at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/royal-ascot-race-times-dates-race-card-times-tv-and-schedule-2025\/\">Royal Ascot<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p>Cobden was pictured with his long-term girlfriend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/oliviaalexandrajohnston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olivia Johnston<\/a> &#8211; who has been by his side since they met almost four years ago at Goodwood racecourse &#8211; on the opening day of the five-day Ascot fixture.<\/p>\n<p>Last National Hunt season Harry Cobden was pipped to the jump jockeys&#8217; title by Sean Bowen, who fired in 180 winners.<\/p>\n<p>Which was 16 more than the 164 total Cobden notched up in 2023-24 when he was crowned champion jumps jockey.<\/p>\n<p>But this week Cobden, who also helps run the family farm, was having a day off from it all at Royal Ascot &#8211; and looking very smart.<\/p>\n<p>However, it&#8217;s back to the day job on Wednesday (18th June) for Harry Cobden.<\/p>\n<p>The top jumps jockey is in action at Worcester for two rides &#8211; Tarahumara (4:30pm) and Amber Waves (5:10pm).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Swapping hurdles for hats! \ud83c\udfc7\ud83c\udfa9 <\/p>\n<p>Great to be at Royal Ascot \ud83d\udc51<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RoyalAscot?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RoyalAscot<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vQBnbtOkWX\">pic.twitter.com\/vQBnbtOkWX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Harry Cobden (@CobdenHarry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CobdenHarry\/status\/1934963738458612164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While a day later on the Wednesday another sporting star was seen at the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Top golfer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/justin-rose-royal-procession-ascot\/\">Justin Rose was in the Royal Procession at Ascot<\/a> on the Wednesday with his wife Kate.<\/p>\n<p>What an honour for this year&#8217;s US Masters runner-up.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>When Harry Cobden Isn&#8217;t Racing, He&#8217;s On The Farm<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Harry Cobden, who is stable jockey with former champion jumps trainer Paul Nicholls, also runs a farm.<\/p>\n<p>Being the son of a farming family, it&#8217;s always been in his blood, where he would rear about 50 calves during the summer holidays.<\/p>\n<p>His family run a mixed beef and arable farm in Somerset, where his brother James manages the arable operation and Harry pitches in daily when not riding.<\/p>\n<p>While over the year&#8217;s he&#8217;s bought land around his parents&#8217; farm in Lydford-on-Fosse to remain in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The Harry Cobden Royal Ascot picture also led to many comments &#8211; including one from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/itv-racing-schedule-today\/\">ITV Racing<\/a> man Matt Chapman.<\/p>\n<p>With Chappers, who operates under @Mcyeeehaa, chipping in to say <em>&#8220;Not a cow \ud83d\udc04anywhere! Must feel very odd&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While older brother James Cobden also got in on the act saying <em>&#8220;Shame you left everyone to feed your cows this morning thanks for your help&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52944 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/comments1-348x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"348\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/comments1-348x560.jpg 348w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/comments1-218x350.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/comments1.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who Is Harry Cobden&#8217;s Girlfriend?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Harry Cobden&#8217;s girlfriend is Olivia Johnston, who he met almost four years ago when out on another day at the races &#8211; this time Goodwood.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I was just on a day out, which is something I never do\u2026 and there was this young lady there.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We exchanged numbers, we went on a few dates. I could make this a great story.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Johnston is expected to be moving in with Cobden this year. Where she was previously based Marlborough, where she had worked for trainer Martyn Meade.<\/p>\n<p>Cobden recently said &#8220;<em>We try and meet up a couple of times a week.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;That\u2019s probably why it\u2019s lasted so long\u2026 she doesn\u2019t know the real me yet.\u2019 Perhaps more to the point.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u2018She understands. Sometimes I\u2019ve had a bad day, so there might not be loads of conversation \u2013 but she doesn\u2019t get annoyed with me.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;She understands that I\u2019m going to the races for my work rather than like the average person.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52968\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52968\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-52968 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/harry-cobden-girlfriend1.jpg\" alt=\"Harry Cobden and Girlfriend Olivia Johnston \" width=\"696\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/harry-cobden-girlfriend1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/harry-cobden-girlfriend1-560x524.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/harry-cobden-girlfriend1-350x327.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harry Cobden and Girlfriend Olivia Johnston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>WATCH: Harry Cobden Winning The 2025 Scottish Grand National on Captain Cody\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Harry Cobden rode one winner at the 2025 Cheltenham Festival when Caldwell Potter won the Jack Richards Novices&#8217; 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