SURELY the greatest compliment Kevin Manning has ever been paid was when AP McCoy described him as the most dedicated jockey he had ever seen.
The 55-year-old ironman - known as the professional's professional - brought the curtain down on a long and successful career at Galway after riding Vocal Studies to win a low key maiden.
Incredibly, Manning has been a jockey in Ireland for the past 40 years, riding his first winner for trainer Jim Bolger at the Curragh in 1983 on Keynes in an Apprentice Handicap that also featured one Kieren Fallon.
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