Ringers & Rascals by David Ashforth

David Ashforth, twice named Horserace Journalist of the Year, has covered races all around the world but always seems to wind up at Brighton Racecourse. Just a lack of aptitude prevented him from carrying on as a horse rider (Radnage House riding school, Wycombe Hospital). Instead, during his 20-year tenure with The Sporting Life and Racing Post, he was unafraid to criticize professional jockeys, particularly when they failed to win when they were selected to do so. Joe Mercer should have won the 1978 Cambridgeshire on Claudio Nicolai, he still maintains.