Tag: Jockeys
Johnson ‘salutes all’ after announcing retirement
By Andrew Atkinson Richard Johnson OBE announced his retirement at Newton Abbot on Saturday – with a tearful farewell to the sport in which he was crowned champion NH jockey four times in a glittering career. Johnson’s Cheltenham Gold Cup wins on Looks Like Trouble (2000) and Native River (2018) stand out in a career […]
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Johnson ‘salutes all’ after announcing retirement
By Andrew Atkinson Richard Johnson OBE announced his retirement at Newton Abbot on Saturday – with a tearful farewell to the sport in which he was crowned champion NH jockey four times in a glittering career. Johnson’s Cheltenham Gold Cup wins on Looks Like Trouble (2000) and Native River (2018) stand out in a career […]
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Jack Berry MBE walking Grand National distance to raise money for IJF
By Andrew Atkinson Jack Berry MBE is walking the Aintree Grand National distance of 4 miles to raise money for the injured jockeys fund ‘Grand National weekend’. “I’m no Captain Tom, but would like to raise £1,000 for the IJF,” Jack, 83, told me. The Injured Jockeys Fund was the brainchild of President and founding […]
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Blazing Port disappointing run at Kelso found post-race scope mud in trachea
By Andrew Atkinson Trainer Nick Alexander based at Kinneston, Fife, rued Blazing Port’s run at Kelso last weekend, when pulled-up, after expecting a better show. “It became the big disappointment of the weekend, pulling up three out – when he ought to have been just about winning,” said Nick. Nick added: “A post race scope […]
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BOUM TIME AT CHELTENHAM – Cheltenham Festival Day 4
By Andrew Atkinson Al Boum Photo (3.05) tipped by fromthehorsesmouth.info is tilting towards a third consecutive Grade One Cheltenham Gold Cup win on Friday, the Willie Mullins trained favourite ridden by Paul Townend. A Plus Tard, ridden by Rachael Blackmore and trained by Henry De Bromhead is tipped each-way, on day four of the Cheltenham […]
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