<ul><li>Russell rode Tiger Roll to two Grand Nationals in 2018 and 2019</li><li>The 43-year-old signs off after hurdles winner at Thurles</li></ul><p>“Of course, I’m sad to be giving up something I’ve been lucky enough to have called a job for so long,” Davy Russell said on Sunday as he brought down the curtain on one of the outstanding National Hunt riding careers. “But the truth is, I’ve never actually worked a day in my life.”</p><p>It was a typically modest way for Russell, 43, to take his leave of the weighing room, having left everything out on the track during a quarter of a century in the saddle. In all, he rode 58 Grade One winners, famously steered Tiger Roll to success in consecutive Grand Nationals and fought his way back to fitness after several serious injuries that might have persuaded many other riders that it was time to stop pushing their luck.</p> 

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