Michael Tanner
Steve Cauthen was a teenage prodigy who took American racing by storm. ‘The Kid’ rode his first winner in1976 aged 16; was champion jockey at 17; and won a Triple Crown at 18. But in 1979 a slump of 110 consecutive losers saw him labelled ‘washed-up’.
Redemption lay across the Atlantic. Within weeks of arriving in England, a Classic was won. The ensuing love affair with his adopted country saw him go on to become the only jockey to win both the Derby and the Kentucky Derby; plus another Triple...
