Post by admin on Dec 12, 2016 21:53:27 GMT
Sad day and no age 
Former jockey Walter Swinburn, three-time Derby winner and the rider of Shergar, has died aged 55.
Swinburn, who friends say died peacefully at home, retired from riding in 2000 before becoming a trainer.
He was just 19 when he won the Derby on Shergar in 1981.
Swinburn also won the Derby on Shahrastani in 1986 and Lammtarra in 1995. Other big-race successes included the Oaks, 2,000 Guineas, 1,000 Guineas and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
He took over a training licence from his father-in-law, Peter Harris, in 2004 and went on to send out over 260 winners from his yard in Tring, Hertfordshire, before quitting in 2011.
He claimed one of the biggest victories of his training career earlier in 2011 when Julienas won the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot.
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Former jockey Walter Swinburn, three-time Derby winner and the rider of Shergar, has died aged 55.
Swinburn, who friends say died peacefully at home, retired from riding in 2000 before becoming a trainer.
He was just 19 when he won the Derby on Shergar in 1981.
Swinburn also won the Derby on Shahrastani in 1986 and Lammtarra in 1995. Other big-race successes included the Oaks, 2,000 Guineas, 1,000 Guineas and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
He took over a training licence from his father-in-law, Peter Harris, in 2004 and went on to send out over 260 winners from his yard in Tring, Hertfordshire, before quitting in 2011.
He claimed one of the biggest victories of his training career earlier in 2011 when Julienas won the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot.
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