Steve Jobar: an unassuming talent in the saddle who could turn his hand to anything

Trainers love to praise a rider who has "great hands" but few jockeys had a pair as good as Steve Jobar.  

Jobar, who died last month aged 75, was not only a Cheltenham Festival-winning rider but also a master saddler and talented carpenter. He also fancied himself as a bit of an inventor and could turn his hands to anything. 

The son of a steelworker from Sheffield, Jobar initially signed a three-year apprenticeship with trainer Alec Kilpatrick as a 15-year-old boy who had travelled from South Yorkshire to Herridge in Wiltshire.