Isolated Memories - Martin Dwyer
Monday morning catch up with Derby winning jockey Martin Dwyer
Martin Dwyer has won two classics and had thousands of rides, but can he do it on a sunny Monday morning in Marlborough? We grabbed him for the ten questions…
First Car?
Peugeot 205 (it kept breaking down).
First ever Job?
Paper boy.
Can you remember your first ever big purchase?
Everton season ticket.
First memory of your sport?
Watching the helicopters go over for the grand national (we lived a couple of miles from Aintree) + watching Slip Anchor win the Derby.
First day on the job in sport?
I started working for Mike O’Neil who trained in Maghull near Aintree, it was very daunting.
Favourite memory of your life in sport?
Has to be winning the Derby it was a dream come true.
Did you ever contemplate doing something different?
When I was young I wanted to be a stunt man, so in a way I’ve probably achieved that too.
If you had to work in another sport what would it be?
Football.
Sporting Hero?
Duncan Ferguson.
Duncan Ferguson playing nicely with his friends
Isolation tip?
Never play monopoly with family!
