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Does he hope to ride a record winner? (4,6)

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I believe the answer is:

disc jockey

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'does he hope to ride a' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'record winner?' is the wordplay.
'record' becomes 'disc' (eg a CD, compact disc).
'winner?' becomes 'jockey' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'disc'+'jockey'='DISC-JOCKEY'

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(Other definitions for disc jockey that I've seen before include "Pop music presenter" , "Radio presenter of pop records" , "Radio player of popular music" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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