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Castaway
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A jockey who has won more than 2,000 races, including most classics, and has been champion jockey three times.
On the island
Eight records
I think it represents my life and uh you know it's a song that uh it really catches you.
I picked this because I think I was I can't remember, I was ten. My sister, well she's a little bit older than me, she bought me the the you know, one of the workmen that ... in those days it was like uh you know, it was like uh an unbelievable things to have this thing round your head and you can carry it around.
amazing song then and uh even when I listen to it now I've I'm a big admire of Madonna, I think uh it's an amazing song.
the reason I chose this song is because it reminds me this is when I started courting my wife, Catherine.
Amazing GraceFavourite
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
It's a song that every time I hear it makes me cry. And it was played to me by Ronnie Wood at my wedding, and up to this day it was an amazing day.
One of my favorite tunes reminds me of Dubai. That's where I first um met Michael Fucknor what was lead singer or Simply Red.
I love the song and even my son Leo sings it. That's why I chose this. It reminds me of my family.
I chose this crazy song because every day I spend two hours in the gym to keep my weight down.
In conversation
Presenter asks
2:09Did you know that afternoon [at Ascot in 1996] that there might be a chance [of riding seven winners]?
Absolutely no idea. I mean, it was a very big racing day. The Queen Elizabeth Stakes was the the big race and I w you know, basically I was focusing on trying to win that race. And uh I knew I had another couple of chances on the card.
Presenter asks
6:02Would you say [horse racing] was the most dangerous sport in the world?
For fatal uh accident, yes, is definitely the most dangerous. ... When you do have a fall, unfortunately, we haven't got a cage to protect us, you know, so and uh there's always horses behind you that uh the horses in general try to avoid you. ... But because you race that tight and that close together, then sometimes they can't and you get trampled on'em.
Presenter asks
12:28Do you still make yourself sick before a race to get the weight down?
No, no, I try not to, no, because it's very unhealthy for you. But I tried all sorts of remedies. And this, uh i that's what you do when you're a jockey. I mean, you know, I try to take laxatives or I try P pills. ... Vomiting, sweating, everything.
The keepsakes
The book
Well, it's a bit ironic, but uh the book I like to take is The History of the Derby. Because I never won it, so maybe they'll give me a few tips how to win it.
Presenter asks
13:38What about the other stable lads [when you arrived in Newmarket]? Did they make it easy or was it rough?
Ah, it was rough, yeah, of course. I got a few digs and uh, you know, in the ribs and I got uh stripped off naked a few times. The usual carry-on.
Presenter asks
20:16Tell me about nineteen ninety two, because things all went a bit pear-shaped then, didn't they?
I thought I was invincible. I had success, I had money. ... All the toys, all the girls. I didn't have any parents to tell me what to do. I was basically away with the fairies, you know. ... Went to the Calf final, went to see Arsenal. Uh I painted my face. ... Go extremely drunk. ... End up in a nightclub in London. ... Uh both some drugs. ... Got caught with it by the police, got arrested. ... the amount of cocaine that I had on me was so small that I go away with a caution. ... But it was the turning point, basically, made me realize that I wasn't invincible.
Presenter asks
27:51What was the trigger for [getting back to racing after the plane crash]?
Well, the trigger was that I didn't know if I wanted to be a jockey or a family man. I didn't know. ... And one day on the panel I had this uh great robbie player called Thomas Castagnier and he's French ... and he said to me, Oh, Frankie, how long have you been retired? ... And only dan it dawned to miss as well. ... People think they're not do this for a job. Actually, my job is a jockey. So I decided right, I'm gonna give it up and want to be champion again.
“Well, you've got to be a little bit mad to do the job than we do. I think y any sensible person probably find it a bit scary, so uh I must say, yeah, you gotta have that little pinch of craziness in you.”
“I didn't realize that my dad was so hard until I met everybody else. I mean, I thought, you know, all dads were like that.”
“I turned round to Ray and I swear I swore and I said, We're going to die and uh and then massive impact with the ground and ... Basically ... You know, w we must roll two or three times.”