Andrew McNamara calls time on riding career

Jockey Andrew McNamara has announced he is to retire from the saddle at the age of 32.

Andrew McNamara calls time on riding career
Fri, 14 Aug, 2015 - 01:00
Nick Robson

A 15-times Grade One-winning rider, the County Limerick pilot famously enjoyed victory in the Queen Mother Champion Chase when Newmill scored for John Joseph Murphy at Cheltenham in 2006.

Other big wins came on the likes of Beef Or Salmon, Sizing Europe and Hidden Cyclone and he exits the scene having been associated with some of the best and most popular horses around throughout his 16-year career.

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