All Amigo needs is right draw .sx by Jonathan Powell .sx LIMITLESS courage gives doughty sprinter Amigo Menor the chance of completing a notable handicap double in the William Hill Stewards Cup of Goodwood on Tuesday .sx Amigo Menor was lame before and after winning the Wokingham Stakes at Ascot last month .sx Ice packs and a jacuzzi boot helped numb the pain of a mysterious foot problem in the hours before the race .sx Two days later an abscess burst in the foot .sx The infection lingered for a fortnight but since then his recovery has been swift .sx Good Draw .sx " It was touch and go whether he ran at Ascot until the last moment .sx The horse's attitude was crucial .sx He is laid back and very tough , " reports David Murray-Smith , who took over Amigo Menor from Kim Brassey last winter .sx " It was 17 days before he came right but he is best when fresh and seems back to his old form again .sx Given a good draw on Tuesday , I am hopeful .sx " .sx The trainer's faith in his new arrival was sorely tested after two uncompromising runs early this season .sx The horse's work at home was uninspiring .sx " I was so disappointed with Amigo Menor I tried blinkers on him two day before Lingfield just to make sure and his rider could not pull him up , " he recalls .sx Knight of mercy achieved this elusive sprint double a year ago .sx He made a promising comeback behind Amigo Menor at Ascot after a knee operation and is much fancied to win the Stewards Cup again .sx Punters have gone for an old fashioned coup on Desert Dirham in the Schweppes Golden Mile on Thursday .sx Three weeks ago he was available at 25-1 .sx This weekend you are unlikely to beat 5-1 .sx His recent homework at Newmarket suggests he might be a Group horse but as ever , with horses , there is a snag .sx Two facile successes in uncompetitive races leave Desert Dirham ill-prepared for battle against seasoned handicappers .sx Yet .sx .. he might have a stone in hand .sx Even hardy professionals like Superoo can become hopeless trapped in a race .sx It happened to him at Newmarket earlier this month where he was one of the unluckiest losers of the season in the Bunbury Cup .sx Fastest " He has to be held up and brought with a late run so you need luck in running .sx We did not get it last time but I don't blame his jockey Nicky Adams , " reflects his trainer John Sutcliffe .sx Dilum , more relaxed now , is a banker on Wednesday and the admirable Jack Berry expects speedy Another Episode to win on Friday .sx " Pat Eddery thought this fellow was the fastest two-year-old he had ever sat on when he won at Windsor , " reveals Berry .sx Pipe is staying one jump ahead .sx by Richard Pitman .sx CHAMPION trainer Martin Pipe has registered another first .sx He is going to advertise on HTV television and SIS .sx " There must be thousands of people in Britain who , given some encouragement , would love to share in the fun of owning winners , " explained Pipe .sx " Other businesses build in advertising budgets , why shouldn't racing benefit from it , too ?sx " .sx This week Pipe sends a pre-season three-strong raiding party to the renowned six-day Galway Festival in the West of Ireland after a reconnaissance trip of 12 months ago .sx A warm-up for our jumping season which starts on Friday ?sx " No , mine don't need prep races , " he said .sx " I only run horses when they are fit .sx Racing them to bring them on often puts them back instead .sx " Tri Folene has the best chance of victory on Tuesday .sx Takemethere will run well on Wednesday while Sweet 'N' Twenty will shake them all up in the Galway Plate on Thursday .sx " .sx Pipe's all-consuming immersion in his business means he has had just three days holidaying in Jersey and a week in Brixham interrupted by a bloodstock sale .sx He says :sx " Life's one long holiday .sx " Typical of the man !sx .sx Miracle Mal the most banned jock of them all .sx EXCLUSIVE by Barry Newcombe .sx THEY call him Miracle Mal .sx " He is flash , " says an observer .sx " Anyone who drives a Pontiac Trans-Am and smokes cigars that are too big for him is flash .sx But he can ride a horse as though he belongs .sx " .sx On this particular winter day in Sydney , with the sun masking the cold wind coming from the heart of Australia , Miracle Mal is off the pace at the Rosehill racecourse .sx But the curiosity interest remains .sx Malcolm Johnston is one of the great jockeys in Australian racing with 1,800 winners in more than 9,000 rides .sx He is also creeping with some certainty towards a statistic that fills him with little pride .sx He has been suspended from racing 48 times .sx The half century looms and he knows there is little he can do about it .sx " It is a record I am not proud of , " he says .sx " The suspensions have all been for careless riding and on top of those I have had 100 or more reprimands .sx " The suspensions have been for different periods , usually two weeks .sx I had six weeks once , three weeks recently .sx It has cost me because I am professional rider .sx But they are minor incidents , a miscalculation , an eagerness , every jockey has them .sx " I maintain I am a great winner .sx Winning is everything and I love the achievement .sx But I tread a fine line .sx " .sx Incidents Crossing that line is expensive .sx Johnston , 34 , was suspended for an incident on the Wyong course in 1976 and another jockey involved , who fell and broke a thigh , sued for damages .sx Nearly 15 years on , Johnston was found guilty of negligence .sx When all the legal avenues were exploited and closed off , Johnston had to pay out pounds125,000 .sx " I had to sell a house , " he says .sx " That amount of money is like five years down the track .sx " I kept saying it wasn't worrying me but it was eating a big hole in my guts .sx When it was over I was totally relieved it was out of my system .sx I had to start again .sx I'm a tough character and I have shown in the past I can claw my way back .sx " .sx Johnston's experience had a ripple effect through Australian professional sport and all jockeys instantly took out public liability insurance at an annual premium of pounds2,600 .sx Johnston's friends held money-raising schemes to help him .sx But he knows he has to help himself , out on the track where he has been riding since he was 15 .sx Johnston , the eldest child in a family of seven , comes from a township called Forbes , 300 miles west of Sydney .sx His father drove 22-wheel trucks and a young Malcolm would travel with him , dreaming of becoming a Rugby league star .sx But Johnston's grandfather persuaded him to join Theo Green's stable in Sydney when he was 15 .sx The first time he rode a racehorse he fell off , as all the stable lads said he would and broke his left ankle and cut his neck which needed 14 stitches .sx he rode his first winner when he was 16 1/2 .sx " Everyone has a gift , " he says , " mine is to ride .sx Finding it in me was a fluke .sx I have been champion jockey four times in 16 years , runner up five times .sx I can't complain .sx " .sx The most common photograph in Johnston's trophy room is of a horse called Kingston Town .sx Together they won six Derbies , three Oaks , two St Legers , the Sydney Cup and the Adelaide Cup , and ran second in the Melbourne Cup .sx Johnson says :sx " He was the greatest horse this country has ever seen , a superstar who won 31 times , 28 of them with me up .sx The other times he won I was suspended .sx " He was a good mate , a freak , a horse who knew what it was all about .sx He was the first to win a million dollars and he still won even when he broke down in his last race .sx .sx Superstitions " I used to ride him at tracks before race meetings .sx People just wanted to see him .sx I last saw him two years ago and he died a couple of months back .sx " .sx It is time for Johnston to ride on .sx He is riddled with superstitions , from never wearing green to always wearing a ten-year-old vest .sx He has coloured leather on the tops of his boots and carries a white whip .sx The word Miracle is stitched into his riding pants .sx You see it as he walks away from you .sx " I'm a survivor , " he says .sx " Worse things happen than have happened to me .sx When I was an apprentice there was a young kid coming up behind me .sx I used to bunk with him .sx He won a race on Time to Fly and next up had his first fall .sx He never recovered from it .sx That makes you think .sx " .sx England bushwhacked .sx Lynagh and Campese fire out World Cup warning .sx Barry Newcombe in Sydney .sx Australia 40 England 15 .sx DAVID CAMPESE and Michael Lynagh shredded England's Grand slam status at the Sydney Football Stadium and wiped out any prospect of England winning a Test in Australia for the first time .sx Campese's two tries and Lynagh's 20 points were stunning additions to the world record figures they already hold .sx The difference was in inspiration .sx The two master play-makers , Campese with his unpredictable menace and astonishing finishing power on the wing , and Lynagh at fly-half , lifted this young Australian side to new heights .sx Will Carling and Jeremy Guscott were no less forceful in the England midfield but too often operated in isolation and could produce only one try .sx Long before the end , England were trying to play a wide and expansive game , which was not how they won the Grand slam this year .sx But it was a response to Australia's sharpness in all things and England will have realised from this match that they stand no chance in the World Cup unless they broaden their attack and find more pace .sx It was always a risk to come to Australia in the middle of the close season and the cost to England is their second heaviest defeat - the worst being the 42-15 loss to New Zealand in the bloodstained battle of Wellington six years ago .sx England did not collect any injuries that will affect availability for the World Cup .sx What they did receive was another clear show of power in the Southern hemisphere .sx Most of the 40,000 crowd would have been happy to see Australia installed as Cup favorites after leading England from the sixth minute and scoring five tries .sx Three of those tries come from close range scrums .sx England have struggled through their tour of seven matches and four defeats to impose themselves in similar situations .sx Australia showed them how , with fast hands and minds .sx On top of that was the class work of Campese and Lynagh .sx One of Campese's tries came down the line from a scrum .sx The other had him leaping to take the ball on the bounce after Nick Farr-Jones had kicked to the corner with the England defence only a fraction adrift .sx A fraction is all Campese needs .sx Almost the last move of the match was Lynagh's wicked kick to the England posts .sx Tiring men could not deal with it und Australia re-won the ball for their flanker Willie 'Tongan Torpedo' Ofahengaue to score his second try .sx England threatened most in the first half .sx Carling and Guscott , in contrasting ways , broke Australia's defence often enough and Chris Oti was also difficult to halt .sx A big punch-through by Oti set up the opportunity for England's lone try .sx When Oti was checked , England changed direction and Carling beat two players in a narrow corridor on the wing before putting Guscott through after 14 minutes .sx Australia were ahead 16-9 at half-time and were much more the dominant force after that .sx Carling fashioned England's best attack of the second half but all too often they were playing the game much too far from the Australian line and for the first time this year did not protect their possession well enough .sx In six days Australia have scored 103 points against Wales and England .sx And a side with an average age of 24 against 28 by England has to be considered World Cup Finalists at this point .sx