Keeping his feet on the ground in race for title

With Champions Weekend looming, Billy Lee knows the winners can dry up all too easily

Billy Lee. Photo: Gerry Mooney

Daragh Ó Conchúir

Racing followers would have been stunned to see the headlines announcing Billy Lee’s retirement.

It wasn’t, of course, the high-flying jockey who was calling it quits but his first cousin of the same name, after a successful six-year stint as manager of Limerick footballers.