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Amateur jockey Edward Vaughan ran from the classroom to the racecourse to partner Angels Breath to a smooth success at Taunton.
The 17-year-old rider spent the morning sitting a mock test from Glamorgan Business Studies in preparation for A-levels before rushing to the western country to guide his 11-year-old partner to a five-length success in the 2m5½f Chase for trainer/father Tim.
The busy teenager was beaten on the son of Shantou in a point-to-point last month, but his horse clearly benefited from that pre-Christmas outing to go one better and claim his first success in five years.
“It’s my final year and I’m doing my A-levels sometime in June so I’m doing mock exams at the moment – this morning was business and I’m doing physical on Friday so it’s all good,” Vaughan told Racing TV.
Angels Breath, whose last win came in a Grade 2 Novice Chase in 2019 when trained by Nicky Henderson, had a successful barn hunt debut.
Trainer Tim Vaughan added: “He’s obviously a good horse in his old form and he was quite honest today. Hopefully, if he comes out of this well, we can push him to bigger and better things.”