In part 1 Jim laments about his horror run with injuries over the last twelve months. He talks of extensive shoulder surgery early last year, and a broken leg sustained in a freak fall just before Xmas.
He talks of the frustration all injured jockeys experience when their regular mounts keep winning during their absence.
Jim tells the story of the school teacher who suggested he should become a jockey. He recalls his apprenticeship to Pat Duff and those precious early winners.
Jim pays tribute to the NSW horse who changed his career. He won the 1999 Stradbroke on Adam and was beaten a whisker in the Doomben $10,000. He loved the little horse with perfect manners, and a great will to win.
He talks of his three wins on the brilliant Toowoomba filly Gold Edition including a Group 1 success at historic Flemington.

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