Career choice – size does matter.
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Ireland is no longer the “land of the little people” and Darby O’Gill will have to pack his bags and move if he wants to do a sequel to his 1959 movie. The Celtic Tiger helped create a booming racing industry in Ireland but it is now putting pressure on the same industry as teenagers are now too big to become jockeys. Racing academies are now recruiting in regions like Eastern Europe to fill places. Paddy Power and other bookies won’t be laying odds on the new Irish Ruby Walsh in the near future. Having said this, the Guards could prove a solution to the Racing Industry staffing problems as I noted this week that we now have a guard who measures in at 5ft 2 inches.
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