THE Kerry-based journalist Stephen Fernane has written a book about the 1910 Derby-winning jockey Bernard Dillon.
Born in 1887, the boy from Tralee grew up to be the most famous flat jockey in Edwardian England. The journey of Bernard from riding ponies in the quiet fields near his home to horseracing’s most prestigious venues is a tale of success and human hardship.


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