THERE’s a need to single out one jockey for special mention this week and that is Barry McHugh who recorded his first win of the British flat season last Saturday at Beverley on just his second ride back following a hip replacement operation.
This welcome win for the Dungannon native, who was out of action for 20 months, came on the free-running My Harrison George who made all to land the afternoon’s mile and a half handicap by two and three-quarter lengths. The five-year-old Lope De Vega gelding is trained by McHugh’s longtime boss, Co Louth-born Richard Fahey.


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