Season comes to an end

Races or the footy???

This Saturday marks the last metro meeting for this racing season. I don't have a runner on the day which means I can go along to the West Coast Eagles v Adelaide Crows footy match. It should be a ripper and hopefully we can come away with a win.

I'm no footy expert but I can certainly draw some parallel's between the job of a footy coach and the job of a horse trainer. We can both only work with the "cattle" that we have and try to do the best with them. There will be good seasons, great seasons and rebuilding seasons. There will be injuries to star performers, there will be disgruntled players (owners) who choose to leave the club and there will even be the odd dummy spit, or time spent running off the rails by some players (jockeys). A trainer/coach needs to be a friend, advisor, mentor, psychiatrist, assessor, decision maker, strategist, vet/doctor and more and that’s just during the week, let alone on race/game day!!! But when all is said and done I reckon both are pretty good jobs and both can be very rewarding. That’s why it's important to celebrate and enjoy our successes. Especially in racing where we all know that there will be more losses than wins.