{"id":100992,"date":"2023-11-16T16:05:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T16:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=100992"},"modified":"2023-11-16T16:05:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T16:05:38","slug":"meet-leonna-mayor-worlds-sexiest-jockey-and-sky-sports-racing-presenter-who-posed-in-underwear-for-zoo-magazine-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/sport\/meet-leonna-mayor-worlds-sexiest-jockey-and-sky-sports-racing-presenter-who-posed-in-underwear-for-zoo-magazine-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Leonna Mayor\u2026 \u2018world\u2019s sexiest jockey\u2019 and Sky Sports racing presenter who posed in underwear for Zoo magazine | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

LEONNA MAYOR is a stunning ITV and Sky Sports racing presenter who has been labelled the 'world's sexiest jockey'.<\/p>\n

She also hit the news after she was spotted going on a spa date with rugby star Stuart Hogg.<\/p>\n


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The pair were seen enjoying a spa weekend just days after his ex gave birth to their fourth child.<\/p>\n

Ex-Scotland skipper Hogg recently quit\u00a0rugby union\u00a0to focus on his family.<\/p>\n

But pals say his seven-year\u00a0marriage crumbled, with pregnant Gillian quitting their home and taking their kids to her mum\u2019s.<\/p>\n

The couple have removed \u201chusband\u201d and \u201cwife\u201d from their social media profiles. Gillian failed to mention him in a picture of baby Phoebe, \u201cthe final piece to my little family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hours later, Hogg was seen with Leonna at Moddershall Oaks,\u00a0Staffs.<\/p>\n

A former Flat rider, Leonna now stars on At The Races and does video and radio for bookies William Hill.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old from Stoke-on-Trent was commended for bravely speaking about her skin condition in a courageous Instagram post.<\/p>\n

She also made headlines in 2020 for her criticism of top rider Ryan Moore.<\/p>\n

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While acknowledging he was an 'amazing jockey', Mayor was less than pleased with his demeanour in front of camera.<\/p>\n

This came about after an awkward exchange with Mayor's fellow Sky Sports presenter Bob Cooper at Wolverhampton racecourse.<\/p>\n

Mayor labelled Moore, who has earned more than \u00a329million during his career, 'rude and unnecessary'.<\/p>\n

And she said Moore's decision to walk away abruptly at the end of the curt interview made him and Cooper 'look stupid'.<\/p>\n

Mayor has won fans over with her straight-talking style and is not afraid to call it how she sees it.<\/p>\n

And she brushed away the trolls to star in ITV's top-class coverage of 2021's Epsom Derby.<\/p>\n

But speaking of her own riding career, Mayor opened up about the ankle injury halted her promising progress in the saddle.<\/p>\n

With 32 winners to her name in the five seasons from 2009 to 2013 it looked like she was set for superstardom – until the knock forced her into other ideas.<\/p>\n


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She stopped competing in 2013, and all credit to her for realising the importance of a life outside of racing.<\/p>\n

The Oxford Mail reported how Mayor got involved with Racing for Change, the organisation responsible for making the sport more consumer-friendly.<\/p>\n

That association led to Mayor doing a photoshoot for Zoo magazine in 2013 – who labelled her the 'world's sexiest jockey' – and a growing national profile.<\/p>\n

Speaking of her decision to branch out and try new things, Mayor said: "I love racing but it's hard.<\/p>\n

"Everybody works really hard in the sport. For some people it just happens, but for others it doesn't.<\/p>\n

"I feel a lot of the time that although I have ridden 32 winners, it may as well be two."<\/p>\n


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And commenting on her decision to pose for the lads' mag, Mayor said: "There really were only a few people that had adverse opinion about what I did.<\/p>\n

"Everybody else was very positive about it all."<\/p>\n

Mayor's emergence as one of the top TV presenters comes at a booming time for women in racing.<\/p>\n

Hollie Doyle capped off her record-breaking year by becoming the first jockey since AP McCoy in 2013 to be nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award at the end of 2020.<\/p>\n

While a year later, Rachael Blackmore went one better – winning the BBC's World Sports Star of the Year award at the SPOTYS.<\/p>\n

Legendary Jumps trainer Paul Nicholls' daughter Megan also chalked off winners before retiring at the age of 25 to concentrate on a media career.<\/p>\n

And the likes of Hayley Turner and Bryony Frost and others continue to enjoy great success.<\/p>\n

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