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One eye, one kidney and plenty to say

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One eye, one kidney and plenty to say

Richard Pitman is a former jump jockey, a BBC racing pundit, journalist, author and after-dinner speaker. He is down to one eye and one kidney at 79. For his 75th birthday, he rode a racehorse over fences on Mandown. Pitmann intends to mark his 80th anniversary next month back on the schooling ground. He was first jockered by Fred Winter and won five races in his career. Pendil was his biggest success and his worst. His stable had a lot of stars. It was a yard of 40 at the start of the Seventies. The best of them was Killiney.

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