LEGENDARY jockey and iconic trainer Geoff Lewis has died in a care home aged 89.

A household name through his association with the incredible Derby winner Mill Reef, Lewis had suffered a short illness.

He becomes the second big name to sadly pass in recent days, following the death of 'racing's Mr Nice Guy' Bruce Raymond last weekend.

Both were part of the the fabric of racing in this country and encapsulated a time when British jockeys and horses were on top of the world.

Lewis was born in Wales and moved to London to work in the Waldorf Hotel as a page boy before becoming an apprentice jockey in Epsom.

There he quickly established himself as a natural in the saddle and rocketed up the ranks with multiple Group 1 and Classic victories.

But he will forever be remembered for his victo

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