'It's a bit of fun' - Noel Fehily and Jason Maguire set to begin training
Former jump jockey Noel Fehily was hoping to make his training debut on Saturday, while his ex-colleague Jason Maguire is expected to do so on Sunday.
Both men now operate breaking and pre-training yards, but also handle a couple of pointers whose job is to provide racing experience for staff. Wiltshire-based Fehily was planning to run maiden Parsons Pleasure and useful ex-handicap chaser Pride Of Lecale at Larkhill until that meeting was postponed due to frost.
The aim was to provide Daniel Williams, 17, with an introduction to raceriding, with Fehily saying: "Daniel comes from a showjumping background and works in the yard so the aim is to give him a bit of experience."
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