FORMER Cheltenham Gold Cup champion Mick Fitzgerald has been gracing our screens with coverage of horse racing for decades.
The famous pundit is well known for being a retainer to Lambourn trainer Nicky Hederson.
Mick Fitzgerald won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1999
Fitzgerald at home with Altior
However, Fitzgerald, 52, is a 14-time Cheltenham Festival winner and has 16 other major victories in addition to that.
But what is his journey and which TV channels has he presented for?
Who is Mick Fitzgerald?
Born May 10, 1970, Mick Fitzgerald was raised in the Lambourn area of Berkshire.
The presenter is has been married twice, having three children with his current wife.
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However, Fitzgerald was at one stage brother in law to OBE and National Hunt horse race trainer, Paul Nicholls.
After gaining experience on the Pony racing circuit in Ireland, Mick began riding out for a local flat trainer, Richard Lister at the age of 16.
And by 1988, Fitzgerald had secured a couple of National Hunt victories, but it wasn’t until three years later when he would obtain regular wins having struck a partnership with Ray Callow’s, Duncan Idaho.
Fitzgerald’s biggest achievements include top spot in the Grand National on Rough Quest 1996, and the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1999 alongside being Cheltenham’s leading jockey the following year.
Unfortunately, the horse racing legend was forced into retirement following a tragic fall at the second fence during the 2008 Grand National in which he was riding L,Ami.
What TV channels has Mick Fitzgerald presented for?
Mick had unfinished business with horse racing scene and decided to go down the punditry route.
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Mick Fitzgerald made the transition from presenting on Channel 4 to ITV in 2017
The former jockey worked for various outlets before joining the Channel 4 Racing presenting team in 2013.
He would give viewers an insight into the racecraft and the background story on how jockeys are trained.
However, Fitzgerald made the transition from Channel 4 to ITV alongside terrestrial television coverage in 2017.
But when the horse racing legend isn’t presenting, he is involved in British Racing School coaching young and aspiring jockeys.
Fitzgerald also wrote an autobiography when he finished riding called “Better Than Sex: my autobiography”.
