Tebbutt gets on his bike

By DAVID MILNES

Last updated at 20:22 18 February 2008


Michael Tebbutt has been forced

to call time on his race-riding

career after failing to recover

from a serious shoulder injury he

sustained in a fall from subsequent

Classic winner Cockney Rebel a year

ago.

The 42-year-old had been

optimistic of a return to the saddle

until the results of his latest scan

were revealed last week.

Tebbutt said: "The medical officer

Dr Turner has retired me after

discovering the existence of an old

injury alongside the current one. I

would need an operation to have a

chance of returning to race-riding and

even then there would no guarantee."

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