How's Your Dad?

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Dad has been my hero for as long as I can remember. We've had some great days together; as a kid I remember going up on the gallops and watching all those amazing horses go through their paces for the big days, then winning. I hope I can emulate him in some way." Football players and horse racing: From racegoers to big time owners". Great British Racing. 21 May 2021 . Retrieved 13 June 2023.

Peter O'Sullevan's Calling The Horses is another vital book, in my opinion. The great commentator seemed to know half of society in most of Europe and beyond, quite apart from his deep racing knowledge and evident love of his sport. The stories are marvellous and his book stands as a useful historical monument in its own right as well as a warming trip down horse-racing's memory lane. Though the essential premise of How’s Your Dad? – Embracing Failure in the Shadow of Success, to give it its full title, is about a year, a pretty turbulent one, in the life his dad’s West Ilsley stables, it is actually so much more.The descriptions of the doping operations, usually conducted in the dead of night as the gang broke into high-profile racing stables to nobble even horses owned by the Queen Mother, can have you on the edge of your seat. James Fairweather: Thank you so much for your much appreciated efforts to keep the racing fires well stoked during these surreal times. Formerly a top-class footballer for Southampton, Norwich, Manchester City and England, he also reached the top in his second career - winning Group Ones with the likes of Piccolo, Zafeen, Tobougg and Queen's Logic.

I’m not alone, though, when I say that FA Cup final day on the telly was the defining moment of the year. It had everything: Gerald Sinstadt and Martin Tyler in the team hotel at breakfast, Tony Gubba on the team bus and Freddie Starr joining Tarby on the hallowed turf when the teams arrived. While this is not something to be read from cover to cover, there is plenty of entertainment to be had from the numerous illustrations and the variety of Derby-related essays spread throughout. Tony Morris's comment in the 1997 foreword continues to apply: "This book is one to delight all present-day racing enthusiasts and all who relish the heritage of the turf."

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Which merely emphasised his enthusiasm for the complete career change he was clearly always planning to make. He told me that as a child he lived in deepest Wiltshire, where ‘the horses would come through the village, and I gradually became interested in them, and dreamed of owning my own.’

Michael Mulcahy: A book I would highly recommend is “Vincent O’ Brien” The Official Autobiography by Jacqueline O’ Brien & Ivor Herbert. It is a fascinating insight into the Maestro, Beautifully illustrated and some great photographs. Frank Archer: A must read! The Tin Man, a semi-fictional story based around the amazing Fred Archer, his life and times! Excellent. a b c d e f g h i j Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Hagiology Publishing. pp.270–271. ISBN 978-0-9926864-0-6.

Racehorse training was a second career for Channon, who was a top-class footballer for Southampton, Manchester City and Norwich City through the 1970s and early 1980s. He made 46 appearances for England, scoring 21 goals, and holds the unfortunate record of being the most-capped England player to have never played at a major international tournament. I was intimidated, scared and excited – in a pair of shit trainers. I don’t remember much of the following three hours of my life, but a few things will never be forgotten: I remember drinking loads of orange cordials with glucose tablets in them out of plastic cups. In 2002, he ended the season with 123 winners, topping the 100-mark for the first time in his career. [30] In May 2012, he produced his first Classic winner when Samitar took the Irish 1,000 Guineas. [31]