Emotional Newbury send-off for Fehily who retires from the saddle with win on final ride
(WorldNews Europe)

Noel Fehily delivered the perfect ending to an illustrious career in the saddle when he bowed out as a jockey with a victory on his final ride at Newbury on Saturday. Cheered on by family and friends, many of whom had flown in from Ireland for the occasion, he secured the success they had all hoped to witness by steering home the 1-3 shot Get In The Queue in the Goffs UK Spring Sale Bumper. Fehily, 43, had announced he was retiring after riding his seventh Cheltenham Festival winner last week, calling a halt to a career of more 1,300 wins including two Champion Hurdles, two King George VI Chases and a Champion Chase. After exiting the weighing room to a guard of honour from fellow riders and...