The joke wears thin when he starts giving his opinion on things like
starting stalls and the schooling of horses.
His employers RaceTech said in a statement: "Following a tragic accident today our dear friend and colleague Stephen Yarborough sadly passed away following serious injuries incurred in his role of Team Leader of the
Starting Stalls at Haydock Park Racecourse."
Not bad for a young lady whose earlier aversion to
starting stalls meant that she began her racing career in bumper races, events usually designed for potential hurdlers and steeplechasers.
But the jockeys are threatening to walk out in protest at the treatment of stalls handlers and what they consider to be the Jockey Club's failure to act over the ongoing problems caused by the new version of the Australian Steriline
starting stalls.
1961 First all-England women's singles final at Wimbledon between Christine Truman and Angela Mortimer, who won in three sets Horse racing1965
starting stalls were introduced at Newmarket
CIRCUIT DANCER overcame his aversion to
starting stalls to record a dramatic last-gasp win in the six-furlong SportingOptions.co.uk Rated Stakes atYork.
It was a day to forget for Dettori who lost his irons leaving the
starting stalls on 7-2 chance Auratum in the Chatwell Fillies' Stakes which was won by Hot Tin Roof.
The second Classic of the season was delayed for nearly 30 minutes after the filly, owned by Raymond Mould, tried to escape beneath the
starting stalls and became stuck.
After a great start at the opening fixture of the year on Monday, the
starting stalls will be flying open again on Easter Monday.
His career got off to the perfect start with a taking victory in a Newbury maiden last September, but he had failed to build on that promise subsequently, showing a dislike to
starting stalls on more than one occasion.
ON television recently I saw the top American economics expert Alan Greenspan, looking like he had just seen the four horsemen of the apocalypse being loaded into the
starting stalls, warning of a global economic tsunami.
Favourite Notable Guest got upset in the
starting stalls and finished last.
RACING at Hamilton Park yesterday was thrown into chaos after a section of the
starting stalls overturned after the fourth race.
