No golden farewell for Richard Hughes

August 1, 2015 Comments Off

By AAP

Three-time British champion jockey Richard Hughes failed to sign off his stellar riding career with a fairytale victory in his final Group One engagement, the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood on Saturday.

The 42-year-old Irishman, a former alcoholic, finished unplaced on the John Gosden-trained Bright Approach.

Hughes, who is also due to quit smoking at the end of the meeting on Saturday honouring a pledge to his trainer father Dessie when he was dying late last year, is due to switch to training having taken a lease out on a stables in Stockbridge, Hampshire, England.

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Source:: http://www.justhorseracing.com.au/news/australian-racing/no-golden-farewell-for-richard-hughes/290715

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