Brian Hughes: 'The new AP? I'm a bit embarrassed to be put in that category'
The runaway leader in the jump jockeys' title race talks to Lewis Porteous
It is the day after the night before, or at least it should be, but it soon becomes clear the night before was no different to the one previous or the one before that.
He might have reached 150 winners in a season for the first time in his career the previous day but celebrations are on hold as far as teetotal Brian Hughes is concerned.
The Northern Irishman has been on a mission since riding a treble at Ayr on May 4 and this is not the time to sit back and admire what has turned into a record-breaking campaign. That can wait until the season finale at Sandown on April 23 and it is business as usual as the endless search for the next winner takes him to a midweek fixture at Market Rasen.
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