• Charnock rode more than 800 Flat winners in his career
• Circulation problems caused his upright leg to be amputatedLindsay Charnock,who was one of the top northern jockeys until he retired in 2000, died suddenly on Friday.
The 60-year-old rode more than 800 winners in a career that spanned nearly 30 years until the age of 45. He was a lightweight rider and rode the winners of many of the major Flat handicaps including the Cesarewitch in 1995 on Old Red and two years later on Turnpole.
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Source: theguardian.com