I was brought up by my dad on his own and from when I was about six, he had a Saturday afternoon job in a bookmakers to make ends meet. I would sit in the back office because I had nobody to take care of me, and he'd throw me betting slips and get me to work out the odds. That's where my love of horseracing started.
I enjoy going to the races, though I went to Cheltenham in 1989 and I've never recovered! I like the smaller
