Graham Buddry remembers the brilliance of Fred Winter and Mandarin at Auteuil

Graham Buddry
YESTERDAY’S HEROES

Andrew Thornton on Kingscliff

Much is rightly made of the most obvious stars in our sport, the horses, yet occasionally it is the man on top who truly deserves all the plaudits. In this I don’t mean the incredible finishes engendered by the likes of McCoy, the tactical brilliance of Francome or even the tougher-thanteak resilience of, in truth, the vast majority of jockeys risking their necks for our entertainment. On rare occasions even these feats...