Moments In The Sun 3for2 Martin Pipe and Peter Easterby

Martin Pipe and Peter Easterby

Too tall and heavy to be a jockey but too talented a horseman to be anything else

By the end of the war he had been awarded the DSO

Horse images include: Jonbon and Energumene

Minnie Hauk and Whirl

Moments In The Sun 3for2 Martin Pipe and Peter EasterbyClaude Duval 'The Punter's Pal', who retired as The Sun's racing correspondent in October 2016, after 47 years, has a unique insight into the Sport of Kings. He watched all the 'greats' in action from Arkle to Frankel and marvelled at the exploits of riding sensations from Lester Piggott to Tony McCoy. He has experienced some hilarious moments on his world wide journeys and he reveals the inner secrets of the turf's top trainers like Sir Henry Cecil,