Nick Townsend talks to Emma Lavelle’s stable jockey Tom Bellamy

Tom Bellamy rides Splash Of Ginge to victory in the BetVictor Gold Cup in 2017 Inset: Tom Bellamy

Aquiet afternoon at Ffos Las and Tom Bellamy eases home Emma Lavelle’s mare Eureka Creek in a novices’ hurdle to record a 40th winner of what will be his most fruitful season yet, before reflecting on a career in which he has made life easy for headline-writers, and not always for his achievements in the saddle.
Now he is intent on creating only positive stories having learnt some “hard lessons&#x...