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Sign up to the MySalford newsletter to keep up with what's happening in and around the city Salford-born Stan Mellor was the first jump jockey to ride 1,000 winners – a horseracing record he held for more than 12 years before it was finally beaten.

Of the 1,035 winners he rode before retiring in 1972, only 33 were at the Manchester Racecourse – but it still held a special place in Stan's heart.

The record-breaking racer grew up around Devonshire Street, just minutes away from the racecourse, but left Salford aged 15 to start his racing career. READ MORE: At last...

a piece of Salford's heritage is actually saved Stan, who eventually settled down South, died aged 83 last summer, having been diagnosed with prostate cancer and Alzheimer's

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