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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.
On 11 April 2015, ridden as in all of his previous races by Leighton Aspell, he carried 11 stone 9 pound to victory in the Grand National at Aintree Racecourse. Many Clouds won one race in the following season but finished unplaced when joint-favourite for the 2016 Grand National.
The Coral Welsh Grand National is a Premier Handicap National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Chepstow, Wales, over a distance of about 3 miles and 6½ furlongs (3 miles 6 furlongs and 130 yards, or 6,154 metres), and during its running there are twenty-three fences to ...
Twelve years ago Aspell retired for the first time to become a pupil assistant to John Dunlop at Arundel. He spent 18 months there before realising he had made a mistake and returned to the saddle for what turned out to be the most successful period in his career.
23 feb 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 ...
1 apr 2020 · Universally liked and revered by his peers, the man from Kildare, who now classes West Sussex as his home turf and rode more than 900 winners, was consistent in his outlook from Plumpton on Monday to Newbury on Saturday.
22 feb 2020 · Former Grand National-winning jockey Leighton Aspell has announced his retirement at the age of 43. Aspell won the coveted Aintree race on two occasions with 25-1 shots, firstly with Pineau...
