The story of Ramon Perez

Ramon Perez rode Pat Murphy's horse Aegipan to victory after a 25-year hiatus from racing, in which he worked as a renowned equine practitioner.

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00:00Today was really interesting. We have Ramon who's come out of retirement for 25 years.

00:05So he lost a few kilos. He was riding at the country jockey weights.

00:10And I heard Tom Waterhouse was trying to find some stats on him.

00:13And because he'd been riding in Colombia, there was no riding stats.

00:17So thanks for that. We managed to get fairly good odds today.

00:20And what a ride by Ramon. First ride in 25 years. Well done, man.

00:25And my beautiful niece Lucy, who's here representing her mum, collecting a trophy today.

00:33Yes, she's single and a few young men out there.

00:36And so everyone have a great day. I might give Matt to pack the mic. I know he wants to have a chat.

00:44I love a chat. No, this is awesome. So yeah, it's been a...

00:47I don't know if it's been a 12-month project for Ramon, but it's been a long run from us.

00:53He's been our local vet. We've worked on getting his ticket to ride.

00:59Track work was the first thing. And then the process to that.

01:03And to be here today, it's...

01:04Yeah, Emma and I can't believe it. It's quite speechless, to be honest.

01:08And it'll be one win that we'll never forget.

01:11And just for that reason, very happy with what we'll see the horse.

01:14And to have a winner at Longbourn is great.

01:16But the whole story behind it is brilliant. So yeah, very happy.