Jailed jockey’s relief at getting back to riding

being returned.

“The gym was a fantastic part of it - the only good thing about prison - just to keep you sane,” he said.

“Otherwise you’re just cooped up and you really would go mad. I would try to get in there as much as I could. The rest of it was just very boring.

“Somehow you are brought back to basics in there so, when you come out, everything is very vivid and there is lots going on. So you don’t know what to do, really. I know it wasn’t very long but it felt long.”

While his jockey licence has been returned, his driving licence hasn’t - he gets that back in October.

“It would be a nightmare but I’m very lucky that I’ve got my girlfriend, Meg, who has been driving me around,” Deutsch said.

“We normally come here (Mrs Williams’ yard in Herefordshire) every day so she will come in here, ride out, then drive me to the races. She has been a saviour of my career, I suppose. I didn’t ask her to do it but she offered and I said to her, ‘If you don’t want to do it, just don’t do it - I’ll work something out.’ Meg has really been amazing.”