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An emotional victory for budding jockey

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Modbury Harriers, Buckfastleigh, Devon

FREDDIE GINGELL got off the mark on just his second ride when winning the veteran conditions 9yo&up aboard Molineaux. The jockey, who only turned 16 on 21 December, won by 20 lengths for owner-trainer and Freddie’s grandfather, Colin Tizzard.

“It’s amazing for me to be sat on a horse like him – he helped me at every fence and he had loads of running left in him on the run-in,” said Freddie, who has enjoyed plenty of success in pony racing.

It was an emotional victory after Freddie’s mother, Kim, the daughter of Colin, passed

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