#BettingPeople Interview IAN WATKINSON Ex-Jockey and Author 3/4
#BettingPeople: Ian Watkinson’s 13 year career as a national hunt jockey ended with a near fatal fall at Towcester in 1979, cutting short a career that included winning eight times on Tingle Creek, five times on Night Nurse and three on Sea Pigeon. He was of the old school of hard man jump jockeys, strapping broken bones in order to take the next ride and a social life to match the rough and tumble on course. In four parts the fascinating story of an iron man jockey. Meeting IAN WATKINSON with Simon Nott.
IAN WATKINSON Part 3 of 4
Being popular with the ladies got Ian into some scrapes, he remembers how a Radio Luxembourg DJ managed to ruin one relationship, having a short career as a male model but getting to keep £400 in 1977 jacket, he remembers the tale of trainer Earl Jones who upset the Birmingham Mafia, and remembers his rides on Tingle Creek, Night Nurse and Sea Pigeon.