Author(s): Dianne Haworth

NZ Non Fiction

It should be no surprise to anyone that he went on to become one of our most successful jockeys, regularly winning the annual racing premiership and taking out five of the possible six $1 million dollar races run in the 1990s. He won the Japan Cup on Horlicks, at the time the worldâÂÂs richest race with a $5 million stake, has taken out every major race in Australasia and was a huge success while riding in Hong Kong.

His story is one of sporting excellence, dedication, hard work and stunning success, along with crippling injury and the hard physical grind and injury record that is the lot of the professional jockey in what is an incredibly physically demanding profession. As well, he provides a fascinating inside view of what happens behind the stable door in the sport of Kings.