Liam Burke became the oldest winning jockey in Irish racing since 1923 when steering his own horse to victory at Limerick on Sunday.
The 66-year-old rode, Teuchters Glory, to win the finale at Limerick for his first winner in over three decades.
Burke, the father of leading jockey Johnny Burke, returned to the saddle in 2021 while continuing to train horses, after not having ridden under rules since the early 2000s.
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The Corkman trains Teuchters Glory, who was sent off at odds of 9/2 for the Good Luck To All Irish Runners In Cheltenham (Pro/Am) INH Flat Race finale.
The pair were firmly in control with two furlongs to go and pulled five lengths clear of second-placed Lucky Lyreen, while two better-fancied horses from the Willie Mullins stable were back in third and fourth.
“That was mighty!" Burke said after the race.
“I lost weight and it was a mad notion I took to come back. My knees gave me trouble all along but got both replaced, although it took me ages to get back right. I ride out four or five horses every day and was 66 last Monday.
“I previously rode 38 point to point winners and 17 on the racecourse and actually lost my 7lb and 5lb claims in the past, before the numbers went back up. My last point to point winners were in 1991. ”
He added: “He (Teuchters Glory) is a fair horse but has been hard to keep right. We decided to come back for a bumper as I wanted to keep him as a novice for next season.
“This is very high on my career achievements and is up there with winning the Galway Plate (as a trainer).
“Everyone thinks I’m mad, but you have to be mad to do this job! I’ll probably keep going.”
Burke's last winner in the saddle was in May 1988 - 35 years ago.
He is the oldest winning jockey in Ireland since Harry Beasley won at Punchestown, aged 71 in 1923.
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