57 not out! Britain's oldest jockey Jimmy Quinn delays retirement party after first winner of the year

The retirement party for Jimmy Quinn, the oldest professional jockey in Britain, was put on hold until the final day of the turf season, despite a winner which he had said would be his last.

Quinn, 57, had told his weighing room colleagues that he intended to quit after breaking his duck for the year and riders were ready to send him off after the aptly named Lost In Time thumped rivals in the 1m3½f handicap.

Despite punching the air after success in the 0-60 and being treated to a rapturous reception from the Yarmouth crowd, Quinn said he was not quite ready to conclude his near 40-year career.

Quinn told Sky Sports Racing: "Doncaster on the last day of the season [November 9], that'll be my day. I wish it was in three months' time but it's only three weeks away. We'll see where we go but I've loved it.

"I've been trying to ride a winner all year and I'm glad I got it."

David Egan was among those to be fooled by Quinn's early retirement. "He said he'd retire after his next winner but gets one and comes back in and says I've got a few more rides this week!" Egan said.

"He got beaten a nose at Chelmsford last week when he had all the weighing room cheering for him, you should've seen the looks Marco Ghiani got after he did him.

"He's been a real stalwart and great for the apprentices coming through, he's a great man."

Double up

Tom Marquand rode a double aboard easy winner Alobayyah in the fillies' maiden and Dapper Valley in the 7f handicap.

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