He’d been sidelined for months with a health tissue during which time he lost out on the wins of his regular rides including Romantic Warrior taking out the G1 Hong Kong Cup at the recent HKIR Turf Championships at Shatin. Yet, he didn’t throw his toys out of the cot and behave like some entitled ninny. He simply returned to support the racing and applaud James McDonald win aboard Romantic Warrior. That’s Karis Teetan for you- the Mauritian magician or whatever label racing f

“Mama, take these guns off of me. I don’t need them anymore. It’s getting dark, too dark to see”. This line by Bob Dylan from “Knocking On Heaven’s Door” was playing in my head while staring at the photo below taken in 1967 of actor Adam West as Batman appearing in a road safety campaign for children- “creepy” to some, but that’s probably the cynic of adulthood talking. Of course, this wasn’t the dark, complex Batman that has emerged in recent years. This was Adam West as the

We’re all looking for someone or something to lean on- not in any clingy manner, but there to be supportive, especially if family. If they’ve moved out of your life, it’s okay. It might even be for the best. Unless of course you were married to Mary Tyler Moore. There are no Happily Ever Afters, only a Once upon a time. It’s somewhere people walk in and out of your life until you finally cut the cord and find others who fill whatever void might still exist. It’s like being In