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Grand National win tops it all: Saddle legend Mick Fitzgerald opens up to Nick Townsend

It’s one of the curious realities of National Hunt racing. For all the Cheltenham Festival summits scaled last month, with the acclamation and the accolades rightly bestowed on our esteemed equine champions, there’s invariably one event that all jockeys, in their hearts, truly crave to place on their roster of achievement.
Grand National

It’s one of the curious realities of National Hunt racing. For all the Cheltenham Festival summits scaled last month, with the acclamation and the accolades rightly bestowed on our esteemed equine champions, there’s invariably one event that all jockeys, in their hearts, truly crave to place on their roster of achievement.

It may be a Grade 3 handicap chase but - more than any other - the race remains part of the nation’s rich tapestry of sporting highlights and the ultimate prize for most jump jockeys. The Grand National. Take it from Mick Fitzgerald.
If ever a character who achieved it al...

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