Farewell to jockey who rode the great Mill Reef to Derby success

Farewell to jockey who rode the great Mill Reef to Derby success

Racehorse Mill Reef, ridden by jockey Geoff Lewis, being led away by his owner Paul Mellon after his victory at the Derby at Epsom, England, June 2nd 1971. (Photo by Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Getty Images)Geoff Lewis, the great Welsh jockey known for his success with Mill Reef died on 27 August, aged 89. Geoff was born in Talgarth in 1935 and, after the end of World War II, he and his family moved to London. When he was 16, he became an apprent…