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Pat Smullen dead: Legendary jockey passes away from cancer aged 43
on this link here.“I started to gain weight, which is very, very important with what I have, to fight and keep my immune system strong," he told the Sun. “I was gaining weight every week."The realisation came on me, how could I go back to punishing my body to get down to a riding weight that’s sustainable to make a living out of it, after all the work the surgeon had done, he stood over me for seven hours, and the recovery, I’m thankful to all the nurses and oncologists, everybody, so I just said, I can’t do that.”ITV Racing presenter Matt Chapman tweeted: "A world class jockey.
