Teenage Irish jockey lands first winner at Fairyhouse just hours after Leaving Cert exam
The teenage jockey from Garristown in north Dublin saddled 'Are You In Or Out' to victory in the La Bucca Restaurants Handicap at Fairyhouse.
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Sadhbh Tormey claimed her first-ever winner just hours after sitting a Leaving Cert exam - she finishes on Monday
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The young jockey onboard 'Are You In Or Out' on Saturday afternoon
The sensational triumph came just less than two hours before Tormey had been sitting the Construction Studies written paper.
She'll officially wrap up her state exams on Monday, but on Friday afternoon she made headlines in very different fashion.
Racing is in the teenagers blood as her uncles Sean Lynch and Glenn Tormey were both jockeys, while her cousin Andrew Lynch is a Cheltenham Festival-winning rider.
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'I couldn't believe it. I didn't think the line could come soon enough! I was just over the moon.'
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'I had one exam there today, and I kind of left a bit earlier than I should have!
'I don't know [how it went]! I couldn't really think straight, now, to be honest! Look, it's over now. I've one more exam Monday and then I'm done.'
She went on to hail the horse, praised for giving her a dream ride, saying the horse as she beamed with pride.
She added: 'Went the whole way and carried me to the line.'
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Tormey admitted that her uncle has given her inspiration before laughing.
The jockey concluded: 'I wouldn't want to boost his ego now, but yeah! I'd say he's probably watching this now, the crew of them... I'd say they're all delighted.'
My dad was a jockey who died in a fall two months before I was born - now I'm riding winners for Willie Mullins
'I'm only living over the road.
'I've come here all my life for the Grand National and different things. To ride my first winner here just means so much to me. I can't believe it.'
Tormey has her final exam on Monday after a whirlwind weekend at Fairyhouse.
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