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asking for a job at his stable. There was no vacancy at the time, but he was allowed to help out in the school holidays, even though he was too young and small to ride. He cycled to the stables and was given a few shillings a week as pocket money by
Nicholson. After a year of work in the yard, he was
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He was not a natural jockey and took a long time to learn the basics. Frenchie
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allowed to ride the stable pony and an old steeplechaser called Desert Fort, and shortly after turning 15 he signed on as an apprentice. The trainer's son,
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685:"Racing: Court paves way for Cook compensation: Judge says jockeys were playing Russian roulette when riding at Doncaster. Mark Popham reports"
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The partnership with Jarvis only lasted two seasons, and in 1968, his career deteriorated after going freelance. He did ride a winner for the
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Utrillo. Prendergast called him "the best apprentice I have ever seen" and used him in the Irish Classics of 1965. He went on to become
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in 1989. He was riding
Madraco, when the horse fell, bringing down two others - Pendor Dancer, ridden by Ian Johnson, and Tolo, ridden by
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in both 1964 and 1965 and even two decades later he was referred to as "one of the outstanding apprentices since the Second World War".
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Touching Wood in 1982, on whom he came second in the Derby and went on to win both the
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