Swan returns to saddle Former Champion jump jockey Charlie Swan is set to return to the saddle in the Fudge And Smudge Leger Legends Classified Stakes at Doncaster on Wednesday. The 10-times champion, best known for his association with three-time Champion Hurdle hero Istabraq, joins a host of well-known names in the event. A total of 16 horses will go post for the one-mile contest and each will be ridden by a former jockey. Multiple English champion John Francome rides Archie Rice for trainer Tom Keddy and will pit his wits against another National Hunt great in Steve Smith-Eccles, who gets the leg up on the Mark Tompkins-trained Kinsya. Popular northern jockey Tony Dobbin rides Grand Diamond for Jim Goldie. Kevin Darley, Pat Eddery and 63-year-old George Duffield are three of the better-known jockeys from the Flat world preparing to don their riding boots once again. Darley will ride the Debbie Sanderson-trained Plenty O'Toole, Eddery is on Master Of Dance, while Duffield takes the mount on Dark Moment for Ollie Pears. Trainer Gay Kelleway rides Eastern Gift for herself, while the other female participant, Alex Greaves, is on board Goldie's Daring Dream. Jamie Osborne trains Army Of Stars and will also ride the horse himself. Dale Gibson (Legal Legacy), Graham Bradley (Aflaam), Graham Thorner (Jackson), John Reid (Nevada Desert), Tom O'Ryan (Rising Kheleyf) and Ernie Johnson (Cape Kimberley) complete the line-up.
