TREVOR MARSHALLSEA is a much-travelled author, journalist and racing lover.
He is fortunate enough to be able to recall the precise moment he was captivated by the turf as a boy – when the ABC TV annoyingly switched from the footy to Rosehill one winter Saturday, and a horse with the wonderful name of Wotta Krakka sprouted wings in the straight and won.
It sparked a fascination with the sport that led to his first job as a racing writer, before a wider journalistic career in which he was an Australian Associated Press foreign correspondent in Beijing and London, along with stints in Canada and Hobart.
After six years as chief cricket writer for the Sydney Morning Herald, and several years as a freelance writer, humourist, screenwriter, stay-at-home dad and frustrated punter, he returned to his first love by co-authoring the autobiography of the trainer of the great Black Caviar: Peter Moody’s A Long Way from Wyandra.
Trevor lives with his wife and two daughters in Sydney, gets up in the middle of the night to fulfil another lifelong passion of watching Leicester City, and works at home with a small dog at his feet.