BBCNEWS Sportsday June 4, 2024 18:33:00
Won onboard noble yeats in the final race of his career, on a horse that was bought for him by his father robert and trained by emmet mullins. a remarkable way to bow out. our correspondent laura scott is at aintree. it really was, to quote sam waley—cohen, the winning jockey, he said that's beyond words, a fairy tale and a fantasy. but this is reality. he was a 50—1 shot in the race. the only amateur among the a0 jockeys in the race. few would have backed him because he was a 50—1 chance, butjudging by the reception he got here at aintree among the 70,000 strong crowd, no one was begrud...
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