Extraordinary! 59-year-old jockey celebrates his first-ever winner and comes from miles back to win!
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- čas přidán 20. 04. 2022
- A fairytale success!
Simon Condon turns 60 next year but won't have enjoyed many better days as he guided home Eat The Book, who he owns himself, to a remarkable victory at Kilbeggan. The rider has been competing in the saddle since 19 years of age but, incredibly, this is his first ever winner and all the more special as the horse was bought by his father.
Detached early, the rider stayed patient on the nine-year-old gelding, creeping into contention on the final circuit before making his challenge down the outside of the field and forging clear for a most unlikely success.
A jubilant Condon said afterwards: "I've been waiting a long time for it. This is my first ever [winner] and I'm delighted for my Dad as he had bought the horse for me to ride."
#Fairytale #FirstWinner #HorseRacing #Incredible
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On behalf of my brother Simon may I say a massive thank you for all the lovely comments.
He is indeed an inspiration to all the aspiring athletes and people who want to achieve any goal. Never give up. Even when he was a young lad anything he pursued he gave his full commitment to achieving it.
Horses were his first love, after his wife Anne of course, whom he has two daughters with, Laura and Hannah.
He inspired his love of animals to Hannah, who went on to study Zoology at UCD .
During his 40 years having the odd horse with my father Liam, I can genuinely say that I dont think they ever put any of their horses to sleep. Mostly got homes for them, or if their temperament was steady enough they gave the horse to a good owner ,who might hunt or jump with them.
Living in Dublin was not ideal for Simon as he had to travel to ride out 3 to 4 mornings a week. I remember him telling me that Lorcan Wyer, back in the 1980 s told him he must be the only Owner getting a bus to the yard to ride his horse out, at the time he could not afford a car.
Looking forward to the next outing with Eat the book, whom , by the way, got his name when he ate half the sales catalogue book that was mistakenly left in his stable , after he was bought at Tattersalls.
He deserved it! Just shows what a bit of kindness and patience can do. Congrats from NZ.
@@juliaforsyth8332 thank you Julia, what a beautiful country you come from.
John Condon - Thank you for the family history! Great ride for Simon!
Lovely reading your post about your brother and family. His riding was absolutely perfect. Love from Virginia, USA xx
@@slouise5141 thank you so much, say hello to all in Virginia
Great result , fair play to the horse coming back from injury and the jockey who never gives up, almost 60 and doesn’t look a day over 45 👍
Yes indeed.. Fantastic result for the"Dude"👍☘️ All of that "Hard work" (in both fields) and he looks pretty content ,is keeping him looking fit&Healthy,!
...P.s..Now this is a genuine interesting story,as opposed to all.of the BS about Celebs an so called "Social media influencers"..
Pug Mahone - Have got say great name! 😉
That is correct, he doesn't look nowhere near 60, WOW, great storyline about nearly giving up, just shows that unless fatal, keep them and look what they can do, actually like the storyline to the Seabiscuit storyline..basically broken horse, giving time to heal, and you all know what happened with Seabiscuit...this is different, because it's our generation....
What a wonderful, uplifting story and a great example of never giving up hope. Made my day that has ❤️
Last to first. Great story of a gentle kind man. The world needs more men like Mr. Conlon, ✔
What a dream. Well done Mr Conlon. Good for you 👍
Fair play to that man,he's a really likeable genuine fella
To achieve this at the oldest racecourse in Ireland has a beautiful symmetry.
Brilliant interview, delighted for everyone involved, and the moral to the story is never never give up ..
What a great story!! Well done to Simon, the horse and to everyone else in the team.
As happy as winning a group 1, seems like a great guy and well done to him!
God Bless you Simon and your beautiful horse. Congratulations from America!!! I am Mexican raised by a wonderful Irish family. Can't wait to see you again, you are a true inspiration. Horse racing is topsy turvy right now. Rich Strike and this video I saw today.
Extraordinary stuff! A brave horse under a committed patient ride that earned a just reward. Age is ageless
when there are such combinations of body and spirit. Bravo.
love the trainer for Being kind to the horse.well done Horse and Jockey
SIMON I never enjoyed as much the race but yourself topped it for me I watched you over and over again being 70 myself I drive my horse to the shop
Wow he came flying home, well deserved 👏👏👏
I talked myself out of backing this before the race in favour of the favourite who fell. I saw it drift to 66s in running and jumped on a 40s when I saw it slicing through the field. A lesson for us all, don't let the price distract you. Excellent ride, great story, he looks good for 59.
are you there or watching on TV?
Well done Simon, good man! Aside from the win itself, people should note that this outdoor lifestyle makes a 60yo man look about 40 at most!! 😉👍👌
There is hope for us all after seeing this guy ride a winner at his age🙂👍congratulations 👏
Well done Simon, unbelievable win for you and a great interview afterwards 👏
The horse paid in full for saving his life
Wow, congratulations, Mr. Condon.
Extraordinary to see you upset the field and show your mastery of horses in that way.
I hope you have a good day today because you made mine better
Absolutely brilliant, fair dues.
WELL DONE
Anyone who knows or remembers Anneli Drummond Hay. She is still show jumping at the age of 83. Riding keeps your body flexible and supple.
Anneli was an eventer first and won Badminton and the first Burghley and came 2nd 5 times! Then showjumped.
The interview was just as good as the race.
I'm 54 this year. Getting in the sauna now and taking up jockeying
congratulations. makes me want to get back on a horse aged 53 after losing Apache in 2005.
You won't regret it.
Thank you for your kindness 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🎉
Reminds me of Lester when he came out of retirement at 59 to ride an incredible finish in the Breeders cup and win on Royal Acadamey,We'll done young man
Lester was 54 when he resumed raceriding. He did hung up his boots for good aged 57. A handful of jockeys went on till their late fifties but they kept riding all the way.
Amazing result, fair play to Simon and Eat the book. Great race.
I've watched it twice already, what a brilliant piece of patient riding and a fantastic advertisement that shows not all us old farts are knackered.
Absolutely brilliant what an truly amazing win,you did well to stay on when those horses fell well sat👍congratulations I’m so pleased for the whole team...a fairytale 😇🐎❤️
He's my big brother and by god does he deserve this. He absolutely loves horses, lives for them.I remember him balling his eyes out watching Phar lap years ago!! Can't actually believe it,what a day.😄😀
@@condorvitch_2011 Well done he did deserve that. Congrats to all involved great story
@@condorvitch_2011 I can only imagine how proud you must be 👍❤️
@@condorvitch_2011 He has Father Ted vibes. Lovely interview. Congrats from Sri Lanka.
This is a truly great story of perseverance not only by the jockey,but for the trainer and for the horse as well. Well done all!! Brilliant interview as well by both.
Fantastic. that is what racing is all about
The best thing about this is that it should remind people that first and foremost this is a sport! Good luck to him and the connections.
Joy to watch! Brilliant effort.
Absolutely brilliant ! Made up for him. What a wonderful story ❤️ps I’m 56, and look 45 too ! Fancy a date 😂🤷♀️
What a beautiful story, both man and horse.
The magic of Irish racing.nice story hope he can follow up .(looks like he can )
A maiden winner at 59 ...legendary stuff. 🤩
Always the bridesmaid my foot!....Peter O`Toole on receiving his life time award from Hollywood.
Simon.....soon forward...so wonderful thanks so much..steve,mullaloo,Western Australia
I just watched this race fair play to Simon on never giving up a pure Gentleman fair play
Great result auld yin, hope you enjoyed your day? I must say I really enjoyed the cheeky wee look round tye last bend before the last...brilliant auld yin.
Eat The Book and Simon did well to stay out of the wreckage at that flight where the other horses went down. They got a bit tangled but came through well. Well done all the way round, congratulations.
Man that was pretty damn cool. Won’t be 40/1 next time though!Great interview too!
Imagine if he was 89 not 59 he would of got off the horse after the win... and right into a wheelchair... Great ride SIMON Wow... 1st time in the winners circle......
What a lovely interview with a lovely man after a lovely result.
Congratulations great ride 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Well that was some feckin' achievement and a great story on the horse, hats off to you Simon 👏👏👏
and he actually looked ok......59 wow....brilliant
What a great man! Truly a class act. A great horse as well.
What a GREAT interview what a great story
Well done sir!
Brilliant, I'm delighted for the jockey.well done.
Great feel good story and great interview to a humble man.Enjoy your day Mr Condon brilliant
Brilliant 👏 👏 👏 👏
Very well done to Simon Condon, well deserved win and a great post race interview. Would be interesting to know the highest price traded in-running.
Had advised a selection in this race on my channel, the eventual third ‘Good World’
Considering it went out at 40/1 industry SP and 92.53/1 Betfair SP, it's no surprise it traded significant money at the max price in-running. I don't know how much but all I know is over £100 was traded at 1000.
Fairy tale come true brilliant
30 lengths last ,almost brought down by a faller and wins 5 lengths going away with a pensioner on its back!! 😁😁😁
That was literally gonna be my comment 🤣 wtf
Have you seen some of the results in Ireland of late , 09000PFP winning, and horses 150/1 last run , pops in..... Nothing surprise me, but hats off to the Jockey here.
Hold on there a mo. .he is not a pensioner. He is not 60 yet ..he's the same age as me. We are not past it yet!
Great ride tho. Took some nerve to come from the back , keep the horse quiet and gradually come thro the field. Well done sir! Well deserved
@@valerieboots4267 sorry you are correct but you get the jist of our meaning
@@thomasmcdonagh8272 No problem Thomas. No offence taken!
Great job done.
Fantastic story. Well done Simon
That was so much fun to watch, Thank you.
That's one hell of a good horse, jockey goes wide all the way round and still wins.
“Hell of a good horse” yet that’s it’s first ever win and is rated 108…you clearly no nothing about racing
@@JPwhoknows Aren't you a ray of sunshine
@@munge5356 living in fairyland if you think the same as the original comment.
@@JPwhoknows I don't, I'm just not a cunt about it
Great story congratulations
Great stuff, very rare to see this happen, that's what jump racing is all about.
Aaah super very modest man....well done and congratulations
The horse was different class.
Well done to everyone involved, great turnaround
Fantastic..only word to describe it
Fairytale Ending! Delighted for the fella & connections.
Made my day watching this
Congratulations,what a great story!From Paris,France
It's amazing what you can do when it's your own.
Well Done
what a young looking 60, I am 58 and I look older than him, well done indeed.
This really makes my day, Awesome 👍😎
Great personality, very happy for him...
Fantastic win. Seems to be a great guy too. Superb
Beautiful ride, finding the good ground, and doing steady splits.
Knowing there's no one behind you, and you are going to win your first race, on a horse you actually own.
That's the stuff of dreams, almost like winning your first classic.
Nice result 59 and a winner hard work good man fairplay giggy up .
That was an incredible ride by the jockey 🏇 wow should get the key of the city for that win,unbelievable 👍
lovely story, well done to all involved, keeping all ou dreams alive.
Excellent ride by him, well, marvellous
Fantastic race ... well done 👏
Not just a win but a win that took all of the experience from a long career in the saddle ,I almost had a tear in my eye
Magnificent.
Congrats well done nice riding lively from last to first....
Great day. Beautiful story. Dreams do come true.
Congratulations!
Nursing him most of the way cheeky Chappy brilliant canny ride
So pleased for this guy well done sir!
Fantastic win!
Great ride. Great interview. Thanks for keeping the interview, Simon spoke very well, nice back story.
Almost brought down at the 3rd last so it's a better ride again cause he didn't panic and kept him going
Well done! Fantastic.👍
Bloody love this
Absolutely fantastic
Right out of a Dick Francis book!
Brilliant, great ride!
Sounds like a great guy Awesum ride pleased for him great story🤩🤩
Cute with his polka dot outfit, befitting a great winner!...LOL
Love the Irish
Simon is my best friends uncle!