The History of The Jago's

Where are they now - BRIAN JAGO.

AS another renewal of the Derby approaches one lucky stopover for jockeys riding in our premier Classic is a thing of the past.

Though Brian Jago rarely rode in the big race himself, his house in Epsom's Albert Road Albert Road is split into two roads in Hong Kong, namely Upper Albert Road (Chinese: 上亞厘畢道) and Lower Albert Road (下亞厘畢道). was a regular overnight dwelling for many saddlemen that went on to glory the following afternoon.

Now 62 and living in Cheam, Jago recalled: "We were quite popular as we had a sauna and many of the boys stayed with us.

Pat Eddery Patrick James John Eddery, known as Pat Eddery (born 18 March, 1952 in County Kildare) is an Irish former flat racing jockey.

He began his career in 1967 and rode over 4,500 winners, including three wins in the Epsom Derby, and was Champion Jockey on eleven occasions, was with us in 1975 when he won on Grundy, Greville Starkey three years later when he won on Shirley Heights Shirley Heights (1975 -1997) was a British-bred and British-trained Thoroughbred race horse, winner of the Epsom Derby in 1978. He is the only Epsom Derby winner to be both the son of a previous winner (Mill Reef, 1971), and the sire of a subsequent winner (Slip Anchor, 1985). and Walter Swinburn Walter R. Swinburn (born August 7, 1961) is a retired flat racing jockey who competed in Great Britain and Ireland as well as internationally.

Nicknamed the "Choirboy", Swinburn rode his first winner, Paddy's Luck, on July 12, 1978 at Kempton Park but gained considerable was another the year he won on Shergar. Steve Cauthen Steve Cauthen (born May 1, 1960 in Covington, Kentucky) is an American jockey.

Cauthen, the son of a trainer and a farrier, grew up in Walton, Kentucky around horses, which (along with his small size) made race-riding a logical career choice. also came once or twice."

Jago, a popular lightweight until his retiral in the early 1980's, sat on some decent horses during his career including triple champion hurdler Persian War Several wars are termed "Persian" or called simply "the Persian War:"

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, Gold Rod, Joshua and Welsh Rarebit while his biggest victory came aboard Tom Cribb Tom Cribb (1781-11 May 1848) was an English bare-knuckle boxer of the 19th century, so successful that he became world champion. He is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. , in the 1973 Northumberland Plate.

He said: "Tom Cribb was a savage. If he was crowded out, he'd think nothing of grabbing another horse or a jockey for that matter.

"Though he was only tiny, he carried some big weights. he had plenty of ability but he was a dirty little devil."

Like many pilots of his era, Jago often found himself 'jocked' off by Lester Piggott and the 'Long Fellow' eventually secured the ride on Tom Cribb when injury dealt its cruel hand of fate.

"I got badly smashed up in a fall at Sandown in 1974 and the owners asked Lester to ride him at Ascot.

While I was laid up in hospital Lester phoned me to find out all about the horse and I told him everything he needed to know - needless to say they won."

Injuries, such as broken pelvis, foot and hand, were a regular part of Jago's life which saw him ply his trade in exotic locations such as Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa and Singapore.

Despite his spells on the sidelinesOn the sidelines

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..... Click the link for more information. he still bagged many decent prizes including the Liverpool Spring Cup, the Newbury Spring Cup, the Champagne Stakes and the November Handicap.

In the twilight of his time in the saddle, Jago enjoyed a fruitful relationship with Pat Haslam before he embarked on a new career building house extensions and conservatories.

Nowadays his weight may be just over nine stones but his connection with racing is all but severed and he has lost touch with most of his weighing-room contempories.

Kaito school put on a fathers day party, I left work early to see Kai`s first dance and kind of play,

The party began with the kids singing a song, They also introduced us to a few games the teachers had tought the kids.

Kai was trying to sing it was very cute he also made a special paper shirt for his daddy it had superdad on it it was funny and a tie and he and the class had songs to sing and games to play.

in one of the games the kids had to shavingfoam and hair gel on all the dads it was funny and used a lollypop stick to shave us, They also did some dancing. 

We have just come back from a beautiful place call Kota Kinablu spend two weeks in total off with 7 days in Malaysia.

We all stayed at the Nexus Resort it was really nice we spent most of our time by the pool and the beach

KOTA KINABALU City was one of the most fantastic cities I have ever been too.  everyone was warm and friendly and the hospitality that you would hardly find anywhere else in the world. our hotel had its own beachs the pool suites where we stayed we kind of had the pool to ourselves and the beach too. The main hotel was more lively the beaches where long and sandy

Kota Kinabalu is situated on the tropical island of Borneo, and is the state capital of the Malaysian state Sabah, which is one of the two states of East Malaysia.

We could do as much or as little as we wanted which was very nice, there is a mountain i think next time we go i will defiantly try to climb there are also rain forests the most famous animal is an orangutan

They are very nice to see

The town was small and also very nice and modern alot of nice shopping malls

I found this video of the resort where we stayed the main hotel was really nice.

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A few pics of the family holiday Kai and Ted both loved the pool and had so much fun on the beach too.

I would recommend going here and I know I will go back again soon

We all took a trip back to England to see the folks, Our home has now moved from London to a small place called Polegate its just outside of Eastborne, My Mum and Dad have never met Ted my younger son so it was time to go back.

Ted and Kai in the train station in Polegate Kai and Ted both love the trains thats all they said when they were on it.

We stayed at my brothers house his wife and son below

They just bought a new house, they have one son Kai and Ted liked to play.

My Mum and Dad wanted to take Kai and Ted to London.

We took them to Buckenham Palace and to Fleet Street and all over the strand and had a nice meal.

 We took them to Brighton where they played on the tea cups and had fish and chips on the beach with Ken.

Kai and Me above in the tea cup, Kai likes this ride we went on it in Disney in Hong Kong too.

Discovery Bay to Mui Wo

This walk is about 2 hours long

If lyour ever in Hong Kong and would like to do this walk. Take Discovery Bay ferry from Pier 3 (next to Star Ferry on HK Island).

You will need to get off at DB ferry Terminal and Walk up the hill past the bus station. Turn left and go right where the road branches and the path is on the right along the coast.

Discovery Bay

Golf course

We walked to Mui Wo this is a little town on South Lantau Island in Hong Kong Today.

Firstly we walkedT from our apartment which is opposit the Plaza and the Tennis Court, we walked down the hill and then up over the hill and past the firestation. This road takes you to a  small ferry terminal where the inter-island frries come in. If you dont want to walk you can get a ferry from here to Mui Wo or Peng Chau. There is a trail there that leads up to the Tappistere  Monastery. Years ago the Trappist Monks had a dairy there and you can still find bottles of Trappist Monastery Milk, although the cows are long gone now, probably off living in a much more hospitable place. When I think of a dairy and milk cows I think of beautiful lush green pastures like my home land of the UK and where my Mum and Dad live , not steep semi-tropical islands.

View of coastal area along the trail

It was a gradual climb with beautiful beach views around every turn in the trail. The monastery is reached by a steep road, you will see a very old land rover that may have been used to take the milk down to the local towns.

We walked on past the monastery and continued up hill. At one point we had a view looking down on the Discovery Bay Golf course, what a great place to play it is. Then all of a sudden you leave the trees and begin a serious climb to the top of a VERY steep hill.

After a short rest we started down the other side to Mui Wo. This side is much steeper and we were certainly glad that we were going down, not coming up (love those walking sticks). Stairs, stairs, and more stairs. The trail drops down to the beach on the opposite side from the Mui Wo Ferry terminal, the beach is very big and nice.

We had dinner at a very Chinese resturant very cheap and near the ferry terminal, there was a pub called the me China Bear where we got some well deserved beers.

Then we got the ferry back to DB where we had a well deserved rest on the beach before heading home for a good sleep.

Mui Wo