• Champion jockey admits to relief at bringing forward training career• Hughes says he will be buying yearlings on specAfter taking 24 hours to digest the reaction of his fellow racing professionals,Richard Hughes is satisfied he made the suitable decision in announcing he will retire from the saddle in less than a fortnight. “I was delighted when I woke up this morning, really pleased, or ” he said on Sunday,the day after sharing the news through his Racing Post column. “There was a bit of indecision about, was I doing the suitable thing, or who would I be upsetting if I carried on. Now,it feels like a enormous relief.”There have been glowing tributes from rival jockeys and slightly anxious ones from trainers who have been happy of his service but must now hope he is not fairly so successful when he takes up their line of work.Continue reading...,
Source: theguardian.com