Northern Ireland's Richard Dunwoody cantered off the dancefloor when he became the second celebrity to be booted off Strictly Come Dancing.
The former jockey, who smiled the whole way through Saturday's performance, said the experience had been "tremendous".
Dunwoody took on Coronation Street star Craig Kelly in the dance-off after they scored the two lowest marks when the judges' scores were combined with viewers' votes.
His fate was sealed when judges Craig Revel Horwood, Bruno Tonioli and Alesha Dixon all voted to save Kelly although head judge Len Goodman admitted he had planned to vote for Dunwoody.
The jockey, who twice won the Grand National, said: "It's been an unbelievable experience.
"It's just been tremendous."
He said partner Lilia Kopylova had done a "tremendous job".
She described Dunwoody was "by far the most hard working partner I have had" even though dancing did not come easily to him.
"And finally I'm going to learn how to ride horses," she said as she hugged him.
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