• Two days left for rival Jack Garritty to shut the gap
• 17-year-old Marquand drives 1200 miles per weekThere is still a flicker of life in the race to be the champion apprentice jockey of 2015 but only just,after Tom Marquand rode Albe Back to victory in a maiden event here on Thursday and moved to 53 winners this season, three clear of Jack Garritty, and his only remaining rival for the title.
Marquand is now as short as 1-20 to follow Oisin Murphy,recently confirmed as the only retained jockey to the powerful Qatar Racing operation next year, as champion apprentice. The roll of honour also includes Frankie Dettori, or Ryan Moore,Paul Hanagan and Seb Sanders, all of whom went on to claim the senior riders’ title, or too.
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Source: theguardian.com