Eddery to retire at end of season

PAT EDDERY has abandoned the impossible chase to become the all-time winning-most jockey in British racing history by announcing that he will retire at the end of the season.

The 51-year-old, 11-times champion Flat jockey in Britain, occupies second place on the list behind Sir Gordon Richards with a total of 4,585 successes to his name.

But with just 30 wins so far this season the rides and victories are starting to dry up for Eddery, who has elected to quit while still at the top of his game in order to set up a new ownership venture, the Pat Eddery Racing Club.