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He still is a polite, well mannered and decent chap.
I remember some years ago writing an article for the Racing post (without
exclamation marks, or punctuation marks) about Jockeys differing styles,
and i was really slating Pat Edderys constant "I"ll give them all a 10l head
start and see if i can catch them in the last 50yds sort of ride!) and the one
ride that still haunts me to this day, was the ride he gave "Bellotto" in the 2000 gns in the late 80"s when beaten a hd by "Dont forget me" who if my memory serves me well was ridden superbly by W, Carson! any way to cut
a long story short, the editor at the time signed my article as "J, Wilson"
not even Julian! Anyway 2 days later theres a personal letter from "Julian
Wilson" (probably no relation to the BBC presenter himself!!!!!) stating how
he would never suggest to criticise a jockeys ability in the saddle especially one of such good standing and made it quite clear he wishes to distance himself from those comments! All because the editor put a "J" instead of a "G"! i thought then what a silly old sausage you must be!!
In hindsight i"m sure the editor new him and was stitching him up!He still is a polite, well mannered and decent chap.
I remember some years ago writing an article for the Racing post (without
exclamation marks, or punctuation marks) about Jockeys differing styles,
and i was really slating Pat Edderys constant "I"ll give them all a 10l head
start and see if i can catch them in the last 50yds sort of ride!) and the one
ride that still haunts me to this day, was the ride he gave "Bellotto" in the 2000 gns in the late 80"s when beaten a hd by "Dont forget me" who if my memory serves me well was ridden superbly by W, Carson! any way to cut
a long story short, the editor at the time signed my article as "J, Wilson"
not even Julian! Anyway 2 days later theres a personal letter from "Julian
Wilson" (probably no relation to the BBC presenter himself!!!!!) stating how
he would never suggest to criticise a jockeys ability in the saddle especially one of such good standing and made it quite clear he wishes to distance himself from those comments! All because the editor put a "J" instead of a "G"! i thought then what a silly old sausage you must be!!
In hindsight i"m sure the editor new him and was stitching him up!That is hilarious! If I recall, Belotto never really trained on as a 3 year old.
He so did not get on with Clare Balding. Years ago I was working for a bloodstock agent who was staying down at Goodwood (with JW and one fairly well known Impressionist among others) for the August meeting when I got a call from him asking him to fax in the following:
Dear Clare
Who is the best on the BBC team at doing a Paddock Inspection?
Yours sincerely
Miss R Soles (Rebecca)Fax duly arrived and JW who was in on joke thrust it under Clares nose to read out which she duly did not realising she had been set up. After reading out – Miss R Soles – she desperatly tried to redeem herslf by saying "shes called Rebecca!" but by then Wilson and comrades were in hysterics. Added to that a Paddock Inspection was their euphamism for a bl*wjob.
She never forgave him. The whole incident is referred to in the book and I really do feel mortified that I was the sender if not the culprit behind the deed.
That is hilarious! If I recall, Belotto never really trained on as a 3 year old.
Craig,
your just about right there, after being terribly ridden in the 2000 gns
PrAT Eddery did much the same in the Derby finishing 3rd behind "Reference point" and if ever you saw a horse get his backside whacked it was then, he then ran once more in the autmn in the September stakes and was a beaten odds-on fav! Bellotto never got over the Derby!He so did not get on with Clare Balding. Years ago I was working for a bloodstock agent who was staying down at Goodwood (with JW and one fairly well known Impressionist among others) for the August meeting when I got a call from him asking him to fax in the following:
Dear Clare
Who is the best on the BBC team at doing a Paddock Inspection?
Yours sincerely
Miss R Soles (Rebecca)Fax duly arrived and JW who was in on joke thrust it under Clares nose to read out which she duly did not realising she had been set up. After reading out – Miss R Soles – she desperatly tried to redeem herslf by saying "shes called Rebecca!" but by then Wilson and comrades were in hysterics. Added to that a Paddock Inspection was their euphamism for a bl*wjob.
She never forgave him. The whole incident is referred to in the book and I really do feel mortified that I was the sender if not the culprit behind the deed.
He so did not get on with Clare Balding. Years ago I was working for a bloodstock agent who was staying down at Goodwood (with JW and one fairly well known Impressionist among others) for the August meeting when I got a call from him asking him to fax in the following:
Dear Clare
Who is the best on the BBC team at doing a Paddock Inspection?
Yours sincerely
Miss R Soles (Rebecca)Fax duly arrived and JW who was in on joke thrust it under Clares nose to read out which she duly did not realising she had been set up. After reading out – Miss R Soles – she desperatly tried to redeem herslf by saying "shes called Rebecca!" but by then Wilson and comrades were in hysterics. Added to that a Paddock Inspection was their euphamism for a bl*wjob.
She never forgave him. The whole incident is referred to in the book and I really do feel mortified that I was the sender if not the culprit behind the deed.
Are you trying to say it sucks?
He so did not get on with Clare Balding. Years ago I was working for a bloodstock agent who was staying down at Goodwood (with JW and one fairly well known Impressionist among others) for the August meeting when I got a call from him asking him to fax in the following:
Dear Clare
Who is the best on the BBC team at doing a Paddock Inspection?
Yours sincerely
Miss R Soles (Rebecca)Fax duly arrived and JW who was in on joke thrust it under Clares nose to read out which she duly did not realising she had been set up. After reading out – Miss R Soles – she desperatly tried to redeem herslf by saying "shes called Rebecca!" but by then Wilson and comrades were in hysterics. Added to that a Paddock Inspection was their euphamism for a bl*wjob.
JinnyJ:
If you have nothing to do for the summer, I would love you to be my co-paddock commentator at whatever track I end up at. Much merriment will ensue which will confuse the yankee race fans!
Craig
She never forgave him. The whole incident is referred to in the book and I really do feel mortified that I was the sender if not the culprit behind the deed.
He so did not get on with Clare Balding. Years ago I was working for a bloodstock agent who was staying down at Goodwood (with JW and one fairly well known Impressionist among others) for the August meeting when I got a call from him asking him to fax in the following:
Dear Clare
Who is the best on the BBC team at doing a Paddock Inspection?
Yours sincerely
Miss R Soles (Rebecca)Fax duly arrived and JW who was in on joke thrust it under Clares nose to read out which she duly did not realising she had been set up. After reading out – Miss R Soles – she desperatly tried to redeem herslf by saying “shes called Rebecca!” but by then Wilson and comrades were in hysterics. Added to that a Paddock Inspection was their euphamism for a bl*wjob.
She never forgave him. The whole incident is referred to in the book and I really do feel mortified that I was the sender if not the culprit behind the deed.
That sort of prank is tolerable to a point on a film like Anchor Man, because it stays there, nowhere else, isn’t real and doesn’t really hurt anybody. In real life, though, that’s just an invidious, poisonous, juvenile attempt at career sabotage.
I’m not surprised Ms Balding didn’t forgive him – I don’t know either way, but I presume only her relatively lesser status in the broadcasting firmament at the time stopped her from taking the matter further.
gc
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
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