Nick Townsend meets a veteran jockey not yet ready for his final finish line
Here is a question Clive Myrie could pose on Mastermind and receive a ‘pass’ response even when the contestant’s specialist subject is horse racing.
Which Flat jockey boasts more than 2,800 winners in Britain, a tally that makes him seventh in the list of the most successful jockeys - a record only bettered by such illustrious names as Sir Gordon Richards, Pat Eddery, Lester Piggott, Willie Carson, Doug Smith and Frankie Dettori?
At 53 years old this character described as ‘unique’ by friend and former weighing- room...