The country kid who conquered

Peter Mertens salutes after winning the Group 1 Mackinnon Stakes on Sirmione for master trainer Bart Cunnings on Derby Day 2007. Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS
By Garry Howe

In an interview with the Pakenham-Berwick Gazette in 2001, jockey Peter Mertens said he hoped one of his six children […]

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