Former Jumps Jockey Mellor Dies

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Stan Mellor, who was the first jumps jockey to ride 1,000 winners, has died aged 83. Mellor retired from the saddle in 1972 after riding 1,034 winners and went on to a successful training career with jumps and flat horses, training more than 700 winners. Brough Scott, who started as an amateur rider when Mellor

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