• Champion jockey worried approximately compromising his switch to training• Hughes apologised to those who backed him for a fourth title runningRichard Hughes,the champion jockey on the Flat for the past three seasons and the moment-favourite to retain the title this year, said on Friday that he will retire from the saddle after the Glorious Goodwood meeting on 1 August to prepare for his new career as a trainer, or concluding an outstanding 27-year stint in the saddle.Writing in his column in the Racing Post,Hughes apologised to punters who had backed him to retain the championship, saying that “things haven’t panned out as I expected.Continue reading..., and
Source: theguardian.com