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Torrens crowned jockey champion
By Chris Caldwell
THIRTY-FOUR wins, 25 second places, 32 thirds and 42 fourth placed finishes that earned over half a million in prizemoney during the 2020/21 National Hunt season have ensured that Simon Torrens was crowned Conditional Champion jockey in Ireland.
The Castlederg native enjoyed a number of high-profile handicap wins during the season, notably at the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown in February where he partnered the Pat Fahy-trained Drop The Anchor to win the Ladbrokes Hurdle and A Wave Of The Sea, trained by Joseph O’Brien, to win the Matheson Handicap Chase, both horses owned by JP McManus.