 "The Racing Post (London, England)")
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'The riding takes it out of you but there's also the stress' Lee Mottershead talks to Chris Catlin about a jockey's punishing schedule in the summer months.(Sports)
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The Racing Post (London, England)
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July 14, 2003
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Byline: Lee Mottershead
HE works seven days a week, knows Britain's motorway network almost intimately and is often out of bed before Eamonn Holmes. Chris Catlin, though, is not complaining.
One of the hardest-working members of the weighing room, Catlin's diary tells the story of the unrelenting demands faced by Flat jockeys during this busiest of periods.
The summer months mean relentless racing up and down the country, afternoons and evenings. I...
