Hardy hero O'Dwyer still climbing hurdles

MENTION retirement to Conor O'Dwyer and you quickly realise he regards such a notion as, well, quite preposterous.

Hardy hero O'Dwyer still climbing hurdles
Wed, 09 Mar, 2005 - 00:00
Pat Keane

Next month, April 8 to be precise, one of the great gentlemen of Irish racing will celebrate his 39th birthday.

Most top-class sportsmen of his age would have long swapped the kit-bag for a pipe and slippers. But National Hunt jockeys are a breed apart. “I’d have to work if I retired’, quipped O’Dwyer.

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