Jockey
Apprentice jockey dreams of first winner at 58

Jockey optimistic of first win since apprenticeship started in 1987.
Budding apprentice, Gareth Timms, is optimistic he will ride a winner one day, despite being the oldest jockey in the weighing room at 58.
Timms said: “I know I’m due a win. Piggot, Fallon, Cordero have all come and gone, but I’m still here. Who’s laughing now?
“Most of the jockeys I learned from are either all dead or in a museum.
"My careers adviser told me the world was my oyster - admittedly that was when Scott and Charlene got married. She’s dead now - the career’s adviser, not Charlene.”
Trainer Alf Archer said: “Gareth’s been learning to ride for five decades and still has a paper round to supplement his income.
"He was originally apprenticed to my grandfather who rescued him from a life as a chimney sweep. We haven’t got the heart to tell him to quit.”
Punter Maxwell Benson said: “I know how Gareth feels.
"It seems like 50 years since I backed a winner.”
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