My happy place is spending time away from racing, relaxing with my children - and the best place for me to relax is on a golf course.
My 10-year-old son Daniel plays golf with me. I've taught him, so it's a great satisfaction watching him play as well as he does at his age. When I come home, and whenever I've got any time on my hands, we'll go and have a hit. It's quality time with him and it gives me great pleasure. He enjoys it, too, which is the main thing. He never feels forced to do it. He knows if he doesn't want to play he can say, "Nah, I don't feel like it".
My daughter Isabella, who is 12, can play but she's more on the equestrian side, and my son Cruze, who is 10 months, won't have a choice - he's going to learn how to play golf.
It's a slow sport, so it's the opposite of riding. It's a complete release from what I do just about every day of the week, especially in summer. If I'm playing with my son we're normally catching up about him and his mates and what he's doing at school. It's something I really cherish.
I've met so many people through golf, and I have a lot of friends who play. Wherever I ride around the world, one of the first things other jockeys will ask is, "Do you play golf?" A lot of jockeys do.
