Mick Fitzgerald, an all-time great Jump jockey and winner of the 1996 Randox Health Grand National on Rough Quest, has been inducted as an Aintree Legend.
In a ceremony this morning Fitzgerald took his place alongside such famous names as commentator Sir Peter O’Sullevan, trainers Ginger McCain and Jenny Pitman, jockeys Bob Champion and John Buckingham, and horses Red Rum and Aldaniti.
Fitzgerald, who famously quipped after his big race win that the experience was “better than sex”, is now an enlightening broadcaster on ITV Racing and At The Races.
A patron at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, he was an instigator of the annual visit by Jump jockeys to meet the patients.
Fitzgerald lives in Berkshire with his wife and three children, but remains an ever-present at the Randox Health Grand National Festival.