RETIRED jump jockey Paddy Broderick has died, aged 80. He will forever be associated with Night Nurse, aboard whom he won 18 races including the Champion Hurdle in 1976 and 1977.

Born in Westmeath in 1939, he was apprenticed to Cyril Bryce-Smith in Kells, Co Meath, and his first ride was a winner.

He moved to the north of England in the early 1960s to become a jump jockey and teamed up with trainer Arthur Stephenson before moving to Peter Easterby’s yard where Night Nurse was trained. The pair also won an Aintree Hurdle, dead-heating with Monksfield.

It was Night Nurse who also ended Broderick’s career due to injuries sustained in a fall at Kempton’s Christmas meeting in 1977. He is thought to have ridden 500 winners during his career.

Broderick spent much of his retirement living in Newmarket.

In an interview published five years ago, Easterby said: “Night Nurse was tough as old boots and the jockey, Paddy Broderick, was tough too, but you never gave him any orders because he never listened, never took one bit of notice. The good thing was, he was usually right.”