The trainer, who was champion jump jockey 40 years ago, gave Jonjo Jr no illusions about life in the weighing room
Jonjo O’Neill is, of course, very proud that his son managed to win a big race on Saturday, aboard Big Time Dancer in Kempton’s Lanzarote. But he is also a veteran of the weighing room of the 1970s, which was full of tough men, so he is unsurprisingly hard to impress and he doesn’t gush.
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Fontwell
1.20 Not Never 1.55 Oriental Cross 2.25 Midnight Bliss 2.55 Umndeni 3.25 Night Of Sin 4.00 Golden Cannon
Ffos Las
1.30 Cottonvale (nb) 2.05 Nordic Combined 2.35 Whatswrongwithyou 3.05 Gone Platinum 3.40 Bennys Girl 4.15 Get In The Queue
Wolverhampton
4.40 Valley Belle 5.15 Very Honest 5.45 Secondo 6.15 Aircraft Carrier 6.45 Simple Thought 7.15 Michele Strogoff (nap) 7.45 Mac O'Polo