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Leighton Aspell (born 12 June 1976) is a retired Irish jockey, whose wins include the Champion Four Year Old Hurdle riding United, two runnings of the Welsh National, the 2014 Grand National riding Pineau de Re and the 2015 Grand National riding Many Clouds.
Apr 5, 2014 · Leighton Aspell comes out of retirement to win the biggest prize in jumps racing, the £1million Crabbie's Grand National aboard Pineau De Re for Dr Richard Newland at the world-famous Aintree...
Feb 23, 2020 · Two-time Grand National winner Leighton Aspell bowed out a local hero on his home patch at Fontwell on Sunday, but could not quite complete the fairytale finale his fan club yearned for.
Feb 23, 2020 · Leighton Aspell will be remembered by fans and his weighing room colleagues alike as a sympathetic horseman who really thrived on staying chasers. As he calls time on his career for the second time, the 43-year-old retires without a winner at the Cheltenham Festival but with a treasure trove of victories on some of racing's marquee ...
Apr 24, 2022 · 'He has come into his own now over fences' - Leighton Aspell's big-race verdict A good pace was guaranteed in the bet365 Gold Cup thanks to the first-time blinkered Step Back, one of two winners of the race in the field, and his young rider Lily Bradstock.
Apr 9, 2016 · Irish jockey Leighton Aspell bids for racing immortality this afternoon as he chases a third consecutive Grand National victory.
Apr 13, 2015 · Leighton Aspell was out of luck at Market Rasen on his first ride after winning the Crabbies Grand National for the second year running.
Leighton Aspell can be forgiven for feeling more than a little disorientated this week. Following the sudden announcement of his retirement last Saturday and his final ride just 24 hours later, the routine which has shaped his life for more than a quarter of a century has literally vanished overnight.
Apr 12, 2015 · Leighton Aspell became the first jockey in 61 years to win back-to-back Grand Nationals on different horses by riding Many Clouds to victory in the world’s most grueling jumps race.
Apr 5, 2014 · Leighton Aspell on Pineau de Re going up the home straight on their way to victory over Balthazar King, centre, and Double Seven, left. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Observer
