Our Sky Racing correspondent pinpoints a top jockey talent

Happy New Year! One of the compensations of advancing seniority (ok, old age) is that you can pick and choose the path you take. New Year’s Eve is a good example, in my youth (and some years beyond) New Year’s Eve parties filled me with dread, I’m not sure why but they did. I think maybe because everything was geared towards those 12 bongs at midnight and then having bonged, you felt compelled to kiss (and be kissed) and hugged by people you wouldn’t usually offer such persuasive signs of affection. It all seemed rather forced ...