Former jump jockey Joe Guest has died at the age of 85, his nephew Newmarket trainer Rae Guest has confirmed.
Guest, described as the 'iron man' of jump racing in his time, rode from 1953 until 1979 when injury finally curtailed his career.
He was a familiar figure at the southern National Hunt courses and one of his biggest triumphs came on Devon Customer in the Mildmay of Flete Handicap Chase at Cheltenham in 1960.
He also partnered Heath Song to beat Tingle Creek at Ascot in 1972.
"He died on Saturday morning," said Rae Guest.
"He used to ride at places like Plumpton for people like Ryan Moore's grandfather. Charlie Moore and my uncle used to rule the roost at Plumpton and Fontwell. They were a formidable team at the southern tracks.
"He rode in the Grand National a few times. He was called the 'iron man'. He bounced back a lot of times before having to retire through injury.
"The ironic thing was Stan Mellor's wife rang me on Saturday to ask how he was. Half an hour later I heard he'd passed away."
He leaves a son, James, who rode as a conditional jockey for the late Fred Winter.