![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-was-a-jockey-until-i-turned-to-smoking-ten-cigars-a-day-waking-up-at-4am-and-living-alone/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Arsenal-news-5-1.jpg&description=PRES PASS Published : 16:16, 18 Jul 2023 Updated : 16:16, 18 Jul 2023 WHEN Sir Mark Prescott won the 2022 Arc de Triomphe with Alpinista, the entire racing world came together to celebrate one of racing's biggest and most characters. Interviewed on live TV in the moments afterwards, the always cool, calm and collected Sir Mark let his guard down. 1 Sir Mark was famed for his skill training horses to the biggest prize - and for his love of a cigar... or ten Credit: Getty Images - Getty Gone was the raconteur who had adorned screens for years - and filled the pockets of punters. In his place stood a man trying to come to terms with the enormity of what he and his superstar grey had achieved in arguably Europe's greatest race. A little over six months on, it doesn't look like Sir Mark has anything in his yard currently capable of matching that daughter of Frankel. But one thing remains - racing's most interesting man is still grafting away. Turn up at his historic Heath House yard at the bottom of Warren Hill in Newmarket on any given day and you'll always find him in shirt and tie. Perhaps that stiff-upper-lip mentality - in fashion at least - comes from his education at Eton. If the school's history is anything to go by Sir Mark could have gone into politics and become Prime Minister. Instead it was horses that captured his attention and a stint in the saddle soon followed - until disaster struck. Sir Mark told the Mail : "I broke my back when I was 17 riding at the now-defunct Wye racecourse and that changed everything. "That was the defining moment of my life. I was in hospital for 18 months. "I was a bit of a Jack The Lad. Everything was coming easy. I could ride a bit, had a girlfriend and a car. Then the music stopped – and didn't it stop! OFFERS OF THE DAY Tote: Bet £5 Get £20 in Free Bets - CLAIM HERE Bet UK: Bet £10 Get £30 in Free Bets and Bonuses - CLAIM HERE William Hill: Bet £10 Get £40 in Free Bets (MOBILE ONLY)* - CLAIM HERE Betfair : Bet £10 Get £30 in){kind=link}
WHEN Sir Mark Prescott won the 2022 Arc de Triomphe with Alpinista, the entire racing world came together to celebrate one of racing’s biggest and most-loved characters.
Interviewed on live TV in the moments afterwards, the always cool, calm and collected Sir Mark let his guard down.
Gone was the raconteur who had adorned screens for years – and filled the pockets of punters.
In his place stood a man trying to come to terms with the enormity of what he and his superstar grey had achieved in arguably Europe’s greatest race.
A little over six months on, it doesn’t look like Sir Mark has anything in his yard currently capable of matching that daughter of Frankel.