How do you compare racing today to the old days at Caymanas and Knutsford Park?
SW: Racing today is better organised. We now have many more race days per year and it is big business. In the old days racing was more of a sport, especially in the years prior to Independence when it was more of a rich man’s sport. A lot has changed in the past 25 years. Q: How would you compare the jockeys riding today with those of the 60s and 70s? SW: We have some good jockeys like Trevor Simpson, Winston Griffiths and a few others riding at present. However, the spread of good jockeys was much better in the 70s. During that era we had some good youngsters like Emilio Rodriquez, George HoSang, Richard Depass, Trevor McKenzie and Griffiths himself, along with some of the older riders such as Arthur Jones, Kenneth Mattis, Winston Ellis, Donald Andrade, David McKenzie, Jose Bravo and Neville Cousley who rode many winners for Melvin Park in the 70s. Cousley was one of the hardest jockeys to beat on a front runner. The visiting English jockeys like George Duffield, Joe Mercer, Ray Still
