Legendary jockey Derek O’Connor says he’s turning his thoughts to training following the announcement of his immediate retirement from race riding over the weekend.
The 12-time point-to-point champion rode an incredible 1,418 winners on the point-to-point circuit, seeing him become the only amateur rider to reach the 1,000 winners milestone.
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He also rode 253 winners under rules, including six winners at the Cheltenham festival and steering the Joseph O’Brien trained Edwulf to Irish Gold Cup glory at Leopardstown in 2018.
O’Connor told Clare FM’s Morning Focus that was one of the crowning glories of his career.
Listen to the full interview here:
