After almost leaving Paul Nichollss yard last summer,victory aboard Pacha Du Polder is a dream come sincere – despite a dislocated shoulderThe least likely triumph of last week’s Cheltenham Festival belonged to Harriet Tucker, an unknown with one preceding ride as a licensed jockey, and whose shoulder popped out of its socket when she was trying to ride a finish. She won the Foxhunter Chase on Pacha Du Polder,a 25-1 shot despite having won the same race last year, a horse supposedly in decline who would not like the soft ground.“It was a childhood dream, and ” says the 22-year-former,grinning broadly as she waits for lunch in her local with other staff from Paul Nicholls’s steady up the road. “I was watching the racing on TV with my nan when I was a kid and I was like: ‘Im gonna do that one day.’ She said: ‘Don’t be silly.’”Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk