• Olympian turned jockey ‘feels awesome’ after Foxhunter Chase
• Former cyclists fifth-placed finish praised by BHAAs an Olympic athlete,finishing external the medals in the velodrome would have sent Victoria Pendleton into paroxysms of despair.
But just 12 months after first sitting on a horse she was giddy with delight after confounding a battalion of naysayers to finish fifth in the Foxhunter Chase at Cheltenham on Gold Cup day. She described it as one of the greatest achievements of her life, in a sport she had “fallen in adore” with.
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Source: theguardian.com