Parody Time

Subject: Parody Time
From: The Sandman
Date: 24 Nov 20 - 05:00 AM

For nearly sixty years I've been a jockey,
Over hurdles ditches fences I fell through plenty;
This country's dust and mud have seen my tears and blood,
But it's nearly over now, I'm Scobie Breasley.

I rode a fine mare when I was twenty,
But she fell at the last cos she was thirty;
No accolades then, just a thirty day whip ban,
But it's nearly over now, I'm Scobie Breasley .

The A,L.F. these days despise the jockey.
Say The Jockey Club and stewards have made it easy.
But there's bans for smoking pot
Or drinking double tots
But it's nearly over now, I'm Scobie Breasly.
Yes, it's nearly over now, I'm Scobie Breasley.

She left me at the first a bold refuser,
Near the the starter and his smell of body odour ;
So the whip flew from my grip,hit the starter in his teeth
But it's nearly over now, I'm Scobie breasley.

Subject: RE: Parody Time
From: The Sandman
Date: 24 Nov 20 - 05:34 AM

forgive me for being childish and puerile

Subject: RE: Parody Time
From: The Sandman
Date: 24 Nov 20 - 06:08 AM

Arthur Edward "Scobie" Breasley (7 May 1914 – 21 December 2006) was an Australian jockey. He won the Caulfield Cup in Melbourne five times: 1942-45 consecutively on Tranquil Star, Skipton, Counsel and St Fairy; then on Peshawar in 1952. He also won The Derby twice, and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe once.

Breasley was born in 1914 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales and was christened Arthur Edward, but while still very young was given the nickname "Scobie", after the famous Australian trainer and jockey James Scobie.

During his career, Breasley rode 3,251 winners including over 1,000 in Australia and 2,161 in Britain. He rode over 100 winners in Great Britain every year from 1955 to 1964, and was Champion Jockey in 1957 and continuously from 1961–63. He won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe for the only time on Ballymoss in 1958, and the Derby for the first time at the age of 50 on Santa Claus in 1964, then again on Charlottown in 1966.

He developed a great rivalry with Sir Gordon Richards[citation needed], and later with the younger jockey Lester Piggott. He was renowned for his exquisite balance in the saddle, for refusing to race wide, and for his sparing use of the whip, preferring to use hands and heels.

Breasley retired as a jockey in 1968 and took up training in Epsom (UK), France, the United States, and Barbados, where he and his wife owned a holiday home. He retired from training horses after winning the most prestigious race in Barbados - the Gold Cup - on four occasions in the early 1990s and returned to live in Melbourne.

The racing authorities in the state of Victoria struck a medal in his honour, awarded annually since 1996 to the best jockey in the state. On its formation, Scobie Breasley was the first person inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame. In 1999, the Racing Post ranked Breasley as tenth in their list of the Top 50 jockeys of the 20th century.[1]

Scobie Breasley died on 21 December 2006 after suffering a stroke a few days earlier.[2]

Subject: RE: Parody Time
From: Rusty Dobro
Date: 27 Nov 20 - 05:18 AM

I believe parody time is a bit like waltz time, but not quite the same.....