Dispensary Corner 20 Feb 12
February 20, 2012
KEEPING GP’s in business.
Robert Thornton has been
named Britain’s most accident
prone jockey, after clocking up his
42nd career injury.
During his career the 33-year
old jockey has broken 24 ribs,
broken his arm, shattered his
collarbone, lost a few teeth, and
torn a bunch of ligaments and
tendons.
“All jockeys expect to take a fall
and be sat out once in a while,”
said Thornton.
“But I think - well, hope - I have
probably had my fair share for
now,” he added.
So why does he continue? Well
in addition to be gifted at
accidents, Thornton is extremely
good at getting horses to jump
well and is known as one of Britain’s
most successful jump jockeys.
In addition to high numbers of
breaks and tears, throughout his
career has scored wins in more
than 20 top jump races.
“I haven’t thought about giving
up and the day I do will be the
day I retire,” he said.
“You can’t ride with thoughts
like that in your head,” he added.
SURE way to catch a cold.
It was a cold few hours for one
Romanian man who had to dig his
way into his house after it was
buried by a three-metre deep
snow drift which buried his house.
The snow was caused by the
country’s coldest winter for more
than 50 years, which over the
course of the season has also
buried hundreds of other houses.
STRONG hair not a problem.
A 51kg woman has managed to
pull two-cars weighing a combined
4.5-tons with just her hair.
An acrobatic performer in
China, the woman said she
started building strength by
pulling a single car.
“I’m worried that I might lose
some hair,” she said.
“But it’s a great feeling to move
something so big when I am so
small,” she added.
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