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Hayley has made the right call by returning to weighing room

Hayley Turner: celebrating Shergar Cup success but will be the other side of the camera at this year's Ascot meeting
Hayley Turner: celebrating Shergar Cup success but will be the other side of the camera at this year's Ascot meetingCredit: Julian Herbert

Hayley Turner will be one of the star attractions, and one of the most familiar faces, when she takes her customary place in the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup line-up. It is good for the event Hayley is involved and it's also good for Hayley.

It was only a few weeks ago, just after Hayley had returned with a winner at Windsor, that we had a good chat about her future. Listening to her, it was obvious she was wondering if she had done the right thing by stopping riding.

I think I was probably a good person to speak to because we both retired in 2015. Thereafter, the stories we told each other were very different.

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Published on 11 August 2017inComment

Last updated 11:26, 11 August 2017

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