FEATURE SAM WALEY-COHEN
fresh air. I want to make sure I stay in contact with racing, and of course, will still be talking all the time with my dad. It will be interesting to see what happens with Noble Yeats and if he can go and do it again in the Grand National. “He is still a young horse, and hopefully, still has plenty left in him. We will look to the trainers to get the horses fit and use the best available jockeys – I won’t be a backseat jockey! “I am also very interested in helping racing in any way I can and getting more young people into the sport. Racing has given me a lot and I would love to make a contribution and give something back.” Sam’s father Robert, a former Chairman of
Cheltenham Racecourse from 2011 to 2019 who also trains a few horses himself under permit at Upton Viva Stud in Oxfordshire, rode in point-to- points and hunter chases himself, including at the Cheltenham Festival. However, he described himself as an incredibly bad amateur jockey, listing “I am interested in helping racing and getting more young people into the sport”
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