Wilsley News, Latest News Editor
FULL NAME: Wilsley News
JOB TITLE: News Editor, www.mickchannon.tv
WHEN DID YOU ARRIVE AT WEST ILSLEY?: 2009 and not a moment too soon.
FAVOURITE HORSES AT WEST ILSLEY?: Youmzain. A legend.
BEST ADVICE YOU’VE BEEN GIVEN?: “Don’t take it personally, he’ll calm down in a minute.”
FAVOURITE RACECOURSE?: It doesn’t bother me. I seldom leave the house and write my reports having watched it all on the telly.
LEAST FAVOURITE RACECOURSE?: The ones with poor Press Catering.
WHICH RACE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO WIN?: We all want to win the Derby.
WHO WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO MEET?: Alastair Down, but he's always at the races.
FAVOURITE SPORTS?: Football & Rugby
LEAST FAVOURITE SPORTS?: I like them all, as long as they are competitive.
FAVOURITE FILM?: When Harry met Sally
FAVOURITE BOOK?: Journalism for Idiots
FAVOURITE TV PROGRAMME?: Get In on At The Races
WHAT/WHO REALLY ANNOYS YOU?: Everytime a colleague enjoys success a tiny part of me dies inside.
GIVE US A TWO YEAR OLD FOR 2012: Ann Black's Clodovil filly
WHAT IS THE BEST DAY OF YOUR RACING LIFE?: Getting the www.mickchannon.tv gig.
WHAT IS THE BEST BET YOU’VE EVER HAD?: Flashy Wings in the Queen Mary 2005. £100 at 4/1.
WHAT WOULD BE YOUR SPECIALIST SUBJECT ON MASTERMIND?: How to misquote people to make a story more interesting.
FAVOURITE NIGHT OUT?: Any corporate free-bee.
FAVOURITE HOLIDAY DESTINATION?: A free-bee at the end of the season. The Breeders Cup is always a good piss up.
BEST/WORST SUBJECTS AT SCHOOL?: Best sport/ Worst English.
WHAT KEEPS YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT?: The fear of getting found out/ unemployment.
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST THING THAT YOU’VE SEEN IN RACING?: John McCririck
FAVOURITE MRC MOMENT?: Watching him terminate a phone call when he realizes it’s a journalist.
