Veteran amateur jockey Trevor Radford died today, two months after he was seriously injured in a fall at Goodwood.
The 64-year-old, one of the oldest jockeys to have ridden in Britain since the comeback of Lester Piggott, had been fighting for life since coming down in an amateur riders` event in August.
Injured Jockeys` Fund chairman Lord Oaksey said: 'It is very sad. He had seemed to be on the way back, so to speak.
'He wasn`t talking but he had communicated with his family and they were pretty hopeful.
'But he died at six o`clock this morning in Guildford Hospital, where he had been since the fall.
'My wife Chicky is an almoner of the IJF and has been looking after the family and has been in constant touch - it is obviously a terrible blow.'
Radford was fired into the turf when his mount Landican Lane was hampered on the bend around five furlongs out in an amateur riders` event at Goodwood on August 26.
Radford, who retired from his job as a car mechanic at a motor dealers in Guildford just a fortnight before his accident, had been intending to hang up his boots after the Goodwood race.
He only returned to thoroughbred race-riding last year, having not ridden under rules since his debut way back in 1953.
But he rode in Arab races in the 1990s, rode out for trainer Buck Jones and passed medical tests before making his return from a 46-year break last November, finishing last of 11 on Landican Lane.
Prior to his final mount he had made six rides in his comeback - all on Landican Lane - finishing unplaced each time.
