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By Andrew Atkinson
Conditional jockey Tom Midgley continued his fine form at Huntington on April 12 when winning on Sam England trained Rukwa in the C4 RacingTV Conditional Jockeys Handicap over 2m 4f.
“He’s come good,” Tom, who lost an iron at the last, but kept his nerve in victory, told me.
“I lost an iron – in what was a very rough race. If I hadn’t lost an iron I could have gone too early!,” said Tom.
Tom Midgley kept nerve after losing an iron on Rukwa (left) to win at Huntington.
Rukwa went to post 6-5f after being well supported on the back of finishing second at Newcastle on Saturday, gaining a 1 1/4 lengths win over Emma Lamb, with Shanroe Tic Tec, third.
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By Andrew Atkinson Exclusive
Teenage Conditional jockey Tom Midgley’s biggest ambition is to ride a winner at the Cheltenham Festival following his latest win on Bavington Bob at Carlisle.
“My biggest ambition is to ride my claim out and ride a winner at the Cheltenham Festival,” Malton, Yorkshire born Tom told me.
Tom rode his first winner on Start Time at Thirsk in the Betfair Novice Riders Series under the watchful eye of BHA Jockey Coach Russ Garritty in 2018.
“The feeling after winning for the first time as a Conditional jockey? – there’s nothing else like it!,” said Tom, whose daily routine starts at 5.30-6am, returning home at 6pm.