Sun of his late friend: "It's very sad. We had some great days hunting about in Ireland looking for horses and I couldn't praise him enough."He was a brilliant man.
He worked with my father and then with me and his record proved he was a real top man. He found plenty of good horses."Trainer Nick Alexander has said: "He was a fantastic judge of an animal. "He could see potential in horses at the store sales that others might not see."With former jockey John James then adding: "He was a very stylish jockey.
You'd never seen his backside bumping up and down in the saddle."He was a great character in the weighin room, there was always a laugh and a joke with him."Gerry is survived by his wife Kate, a son and two daughters..
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