Title hopes as Burke apprentice takes next step

Name Clifford Lee
Age 21
Winners 38
Best moment Winning a £60,000 Haydock handicap on Intense Tango last September

Most people watch the Derby and the Grand National as children, put on a pound or two, win a little, lose a little, become invigorated by the colour and the thrill and then go on to become something quietly dull like an accountant or a journalist. Not so Clifford Lee.

He soaked up the sounds and spectacle of racing's greatest occasions and it made him want to be a jockey. Now he is, and he's a good one, and going places.