Newbie jockey Sam Waley-Cohen posts shocking Grand Nationwide win in retirement race

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LIVERPOOL, England — Newbie jockey Sam Waley-Cohen had fairly the retirement experience Saturday.

The 39-year-old Waley-Cohen marked his closing race as a jockey by profitable the world-famous Grand Nationwide horse race aboard an enormous outsider in 50-1 shot Noble Yeats.

“It is a fairy story. It is a fantasy,” mentioned Waley-Cohen, whose full-time job is a dentist.

In a dramatic finish to a race run earlier than a crowd of round 70,000 spectators, Noble Yeats reached the final of the 30 fences neck and neck with 15-2 favourite Any Second Now.

Noble Yeats pulled away on the long term to the ending line on the 4¼-mile course and received by about three lengths.

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