Iris My Lucky Blue-Eyed Boy ; National Shock After Supersub Charlie Steps in On 66-1 Outsider to Sink His Boss
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AMATEUR jockey Charlie Huxley made light of the bookmakers' odds to cause one of the greatest surprises in Scottish Grand National history at Ayr yesterday.
Riding 66-1 outsider Iris De Balme for littleknown trainer Sean Curran, the 20-year-old kept his nerve when he needed to and duly made the most of an opportunity that will go down in the record books as one of the finest spare rides in all 141 years of the famous race.See the full content of this document
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Iris My Lucky Blue-Eyed Boy ; National Shock After Supersub Charlie Steps in On 66-1 Outsider to Sink His Boss
The 20-year-old was only asked to deputise for regular rider Mattie Batchelor on Friday because of his entitlement to take an extra 7lbs off his horse's back to offset his own inexperience.
Even then, Iris De...See the full content of this document
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