Derby-winning jockey Smullen diagnosed with tumourDerby-winning jockey Smullen diagnosed with tumour
Nine-times Irish champion jockey Pat Smullen will be out of the saddle for the forseeable future after revealing he is to undergo treatment for a tumour. The 40-year-old — who won the ‘blue riband’ of flat racing, the Epsom Derby, on Harzand in 2016 — said his doctor had originally thought