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Jockey who recovered from breast cancer secures emotional win at Newmarket

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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!An amateur rider who completed an incredible comeback from cancer by winning the Newmarket Town Plate on Saturday now aims to defend her title as a 50-year-old.Rachel Rennie had plans to ride the world's oldest and longest flat horse race in 2016, but missed the event after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.But after surgery and 28 rounds of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, Rennie fulfilled a dream by partnering Martin Smith's Friends Don't Ask to an emotional victory, coming home by a length from Stripe of Honour.."I’m just amazed I managed to get back from cancer and get fit," said the 49-year-old. "I’m fitter than I thought I was, as that was a major worry."I’m just glad to be here.

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