Richard Pitman

Richard Pitman is a retired jump jockey who rode 470 winners in his career including Lanzarote in the 1974 Champion Hurdle and 4000 losers, which includes Crisp in the 1973 Grand National.

He also won the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park Racecourse twice, the Whitbread Gold Cup once and the Hennessy Gold Cup once.

He joined the BBC TV racing team in 1976, and since then has become an author, where he has written seven racing novels and five non-fiction books.