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Living under the yoke of a living legend
Mick Channon jnr has produced a funny account of life with a famous father
At the sharp end: honest and entertaining accounts of racing lifeCredit: Nigel Jones
How’s Your Dad? by Mick Channon jnr
£20, published by Racing Post – racingpost.com/shop
To anybody whose abiding memories of Mick Channon are of a lavishly sideburned free spirit with a cheeky grin and a windmill where his arms ought to be, it must come as a surprise to learn that he is, by common consent, “a grumpy old bastard”.
He’s a ranter and a raver of Basil Fawlty proportions, has a horse called Needless Shouting named in his honour and a tendency to savage apprentice jockeys. Oh, and he swears a lot.
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