#BettingPeople Interview GRAHAM THORNER former champion jump jockey 2/4
Simon Nott meets Graham Thorner who was champion jump jockey in the 1970/71 season with 74 winners and won the Grand National in 1972 on the gambled on Well To Do. In this series of four interviews he tells Simon Nott his fascinating story.
Part 2: Graham, born in 1949, talks about how he got the racing bug, his first winner at Newton Abbot in 1966, how he got his nickname ‘Whanger’ his relationship with Tim Forster as a 15-year professional jockey, riding 650 winners before retiring in 1979.