The Independent - London, March 3rd, 1996
THERE cannot be many teenagers who have managed to put Richard Dunwoody in his place, but Richard Johnson is one of them. Despite heavy hints from the maestro's agent, the 18-year-old has retained the Cheltenham ride on Mr Mulligan. In 10 days' time Johnson will attempt to repay the faith invested in him by winning the Sun Alliance Chase on the season's richly promising novice. The rookie jockey and the big eight-year-old chestnut gave notice of the effectiveness of their partnership in the Reynoldstown Chase at Ascot last month when they pulverised the season's strongest field of novice stay...
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