FLAT jockey Phil Dennis has announced his retirement ahead of his final rides at Beverley today.
The 28-year-old rider, who has career prize money earnings of just shy of £2.5million, says the battle with maintaining his weight has finally got to him.
GettyPhil Dennis, 28, has retired from being a jockey after admitting to losing the battle with trying to keep his low weight[/caption]Dennis has 272 wins from 3,704 rides at the time of writing and his lowest riding weight was 8st 13lbs.