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Former top Jock

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dungydungy    9,278 posts
edited November 2013 East Coast Racing

Was just reading an article saying that a former top jockey was carted of out of an establishment on Cup night they wouldnt say his name as he is going through some very tough times ,Nikolic or Eades ??

Speaking of Nikolic i see his brother John had a runner at the Coast on Saturday and it was backed from 26s into 5s and missed the kick think it ran 4th in the end   karma bus ran him over again

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  • G-MacG-Mac    1,677 posts
    The karma bus coming for that mob is much larger than a failed plunge.
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,481 posts

    i'm reading a book at the moment "fixed" by mathew benns....guys just grab it and have a read.

    nicolic features heavily.

    you will wonder why we punt....

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  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,567 posts
    Exactly, read it a while ago. Good read. Pumper features heavily also!
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,481 posts
    how pumper still has a licence is one of lifes mysteries...

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  • theketaminekidtheketaminekid    479 posts
    racing needs the colour that's what makes it so great
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  • Piston_BrokePiston_Broke    2,047 posts
    the falcon said:

    how pumper still has a licence is one of lifes mysteries...

    how he got in the Hall Of Fame is a bigger mystery

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  • TesseractTesseract    61 posts
    ill go buy the book tomorrow, keen for a read.
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  • therealkramertherealkramer    8,008 posts
    edited November 2013
    Tesseract said:

    ill go buy the book tomorrow, keen for a read.




    Beating The Odds(the Alan Tripp story) is a much better read. I bet Bookielover has a signed copy!
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  • everreadyeverready    282 posts
    A Strappers Tale a great read
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  • trojanhorsetrojanhorse    345 posts
    FINE COTTON and ME by Hayden Haitana is worth the read if you can get it - might be a re print now that the lowlife is back.
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  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    8,451 posts
    Falcon I read Fixed a short while ago and also recommended it on here. A very interesting book.

    Not racing related but a very good non fiction read and recently topical is Mortal Error - The Shot That Killed JFK

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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,481 posts
    now that (jfk) is one mystery that will NEVER be solved...
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  • TheDivaTheDiva    13,248 posts
    Very interesting topic. I read this about the book Mortal Error: 

    Chapter 7, Kennedy's Unknown Wound, describes Donahue's conclusion that Kennedy suffered a scalp wound from a ricochet fragment from Oswald's first shot, using the material provided by Fisher. This resolves some problems with the timing of the reactions of Kennedy and Connally.

    I watched a doco about a month ago which basically agreed with the ricochet theory. There was a bloke standing well past Kennedy's limo that copped some shrapnel. Turns out, when he took his first shot, there was a street sign right in his way, which the bullet hit and ricocheted. Obviously some of it hit kennedy and some of it sprayed further down, hitting a bystander. Im going to go off and read this book now!
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  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    8,451 posts
    The facts suggest he was shot accidentally by one of the security men (Hickey) in the vehicle following Kennedy's car which explains second shooter.

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