'I'm immune to it and have thick skin but how sad are you to be giving abuse?'
Lewis Porteous catches up with the Group 1 heroine who is all smiles again
When you have a 4.15am alarm call coming the next morning you could do with an early night, but the lure of a penalty shootout in the Euros proved too strong for sport-loving Hayley Turner to resist.
It's the day after France's dramatic exit at the hands of Switzerland and Turner is back in Newmarket having made it to Andrew Balding's yard in Hampshire on time to ride out despite a later-than-ideal bedtime the previous evening.
"I love watching any sport," says Turner, who is just as comfortable talking snooker, darts or boxing as she is racing. "I was going to have an early night but started watching Andy Murray and couldn't not watch the end of his match.
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