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– Everyone says it's a comeback. But we will see what happens. I definitely want to try and then we'll see what happens, "says Yvonne Durant.
Tonight, she is ready to start the only race course in the country. And this is not a jockey who splits on the horse "Cool like ice" in the fifth race. The 48-year-old athlete won 354 (!) Races at Øvrevoll until his victory in 2011. She has won the four-time jockey champion title at Øvrevoll (1993, 1994, 1995 and 1997).
– I would rather say that I never stopped. The reason I gave myself in 2011 was that I moved to South Africa, and there I spent four years, says Durant at Budstikka.
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Become coach
But in 2017 things started to happen. She solved coaches and started with four horses on the farm in Drammen. Before the 2018 season, it had increased to 17 horses. She was also a coach before
Then she also published a jockey license
– I started thinking about it last year, starting to ride again. For me, it was a bit strange to have a lot of horses at the training, but not to be able to ride them in competition, "she said.
– How is it still going on?
– I do not see anything else completely normal to me. It's almost as if it was yesterday. But, of course, I'm wrong, she smiles.
It's been seven years since she ran the last race at Øvrevoll. She is not afraid of having lost much on the road.
– I think I still have it in me. I may not have been a better jockey and I will probably be pretty tired. But I will try to make the most of it, "she says.
Yet 354 winters in the quarry make it impossible for Yvonne Durant to cancel as a jockey
– J & # 39; have always been a winning skull. I have been since I did pony rides at the age of seven. It was a bit of my inner strength as a jockey.
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The girls own the horse
It's on the horse "Cool as Ice" Yvonne Durant makes a competitive comeback on Thursday. This horse belongs to the girls Demi and Daniella.
– It's a bit special. But everything is a family project, and of course, it's better to start with a horse that we own and know well, says Durant.
– You are 48 years old. Do you have any thoughts on this?
– Just that there are a lot of jockeys that I am competing with now and that there are a lot of others that have come up. The jockeys can hold until they are over 50 years old. I do not worry about age,
– Could this be a more permanent return?
– It's too early to talk about it. I do it in my own interest, not because others tell me that I will do it, "says Yvonne Durant.
She does not know if she will be able to add another win to the impressive list of victories on Thursday. Øvrevoll
– "Cool as Ice" uses a length behind the winner, but it has possibilities, clearly, says Yvonne Durant.
Kjempekult
Director Øvrevoll Thomas Gjelsås does not hide that he Durant likes to make a comeback in Thursday's race on the country's only running track.
– It's great. If you ask people if they know someone in the sport of racing, then many will respond that Yvonne Durant is a person they have heard of. According to Gjelsås, she was one of the most famous matches of Øvrevoll through modern history.
– She came back as a coach. She should not bet so hard here, but now she has a lot of horses in training, says Gjelsås.
– Do you think she has a chance to win the race on Thursday?
– She's really well trained and she's a competition instinct that's completely up and down. If she thinks it's fun again, we will not forget if she will continue as a jockey, thinks Thomas Gjelsås.
