On Wednesday, Noel Callow was in a post-race bust-up with a fellow jockey, which has cost him his first Australian Group 1 ride in nearly five years. The rollercoaster is nothing new for the man they still call ‘King’, writes Matt Stewart.
In a suburban bar in Kuala Lumpur, four men, including a backpacking journalist, are debating their favourite jockey.
The three others are racing guys – an Irish riding legend, an champion ex-pat trainer and a journeyman ex-jockey who is close mates with Mick Dittman – and the inevitable question is raised.
“If you had your life on one, who would you want riding it?”
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