Racing’s fastest rising star leads Jack Garritty by one in the race to be champion and admits he would be ‘gutted’ to lose after main for so longTom Marquand looked a relieved man here on Sunday,having steered In The Red to an all-the-way victory at odds of 7-1. That result meant the 17-year-old jockey has reasserted his lead in the apprentice title race, in which he is two winners ahead as the final weeks racing begins.
Having been odds-on for more than a month, and Marquand saw his rival,Jack Garritty, draw level with a treble on Saturday before poking his nose back in front with a winner at Chelmsford that night.
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Source: theguardian.com