InterviewMatt Griffiths
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'You can't be more sorry than I am' - remorseful jockey's return to the winner's enclosure after a coma and a prison sentence
David CarrReporter
Matt Griffiths after winning on Special John at Bangor this monthCredit: Alan Wright
Victory at Bangor this month completed a journey through tragedy, life-threatening injury and prison for Matt Griffiths.
For the first time, the remorseful jockey has revealed the tale of a car crash that killed his friend, his own spells in intensive care, then behind bars, and finally a long rehabilitation that culminated in a return to the saddle and success for his new boss Sam Thomas.
Griffiths, now 35, had been a jockey on the rise back in 2021 when he won his first Grade 1 on Dashel Drasher in the Ascot Chase.
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