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National Hunt jockey Glen Tormey was born in Ireland on November 6, 1972. He rode his first winner on Gavekon in the Comedy Of Errors (3yo) Hurdle at Newcastle on November 28, 1992.
National Hunt jockey Glen Tormey was born in Ireland on November 6, 1972. He rode his first winner on Gavekon in the Comedy Of Errors (3yo) Hurdle at Newcastle on November 28, 1992.
He scored by far his biggest victory in the 1997 Topham Trophy (run that year as the John Hughes Trophy) over the Grand National fences on the Philip Hobbs-trained Bells Life. He also won the William Hill Hurdle in 1996 and 1998.
He scored by far his biggest victory in the 1997 Topham Trophy (run that year as the John Hughes Trophy) over the Grand National fences on the Philip Hobbs-trained Bells Life. He also won the William Hill Hurdle in 1996 and 1998.
He retired from race riding not long after and joined the management of his family’s pub, Oldtown House in Garristown in Co Dublin, 7 km from Ashbourne. He is now landlord of that pub.
He retired from race riding not long after and joined the management of his family’s pub, Oldtown House in Garristown in Co Dublin, 7 km from Ashbourne. He is now landlord of that pub.
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