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Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
Episode 168: Jamie Mott
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
The talented Victorian jockey takes us through the freak accident which fractured both his legs. He describes the extent of the injuries.
Jamie talks of a family background which has produced jockeys and trainers for several generations.
He reflects on his apprenticeship to grandmother Janet and later to Leon Corstens.
Jamie speaks candidly about his failure to pass two random jockeys room drug tests. During the second disqualification he got his weight under control, and couldn’t wait to get back.
He pays a touching tribute to the late Russell Cameron, the trainer who believed in him through thick and thin.
Jamie talks of the young Cameron employee destined to become his wife. Jamie and Carol Anne now have a young son Henry, and another boy on the way.
The jockey talks of his fascination with jumpers, and pays tribute to some of the better horses he’s ridden on the flat.
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