Wheres Bartie Leisher?

Just watched winners circle,I never knew Bartie was the 1st sa jock to win a international championship(hong kong 1988)

I have no idea, but I'm guessing that he is safely in the care of his large and close-knit family.

Is he still married to Dougie Whyte's sister ???

I didn't know he was Dougie's brother in law, so I have no idea.

I'll always remember Bartie for getting Occult to beat Fools Holme in the 1986 July.

Unfortunately, his Hong Kong career took place long before the days of Tellytrack and saturation international coverage, or even of the Internet,so his days in HK kind of passed by without me knowing much aside from tjhe odd scrap of information on hoe he was doing.

Reading the pace of a race and then controlling it is a hallmark of a very good jockey. I remember Bartie's answer to Martin Locke's silly question about Bartie's win on Occult:
Martin Locke: "How did you find the pace"?
Bartie: "I made the pace, hahahahahahahahahaha".

And of the all the rides Bartie won it was his last win (I think) that was the best for me. It was a night meeting at Newmarket and Bartie had returned to racing and was aboard a grey called Spot The Joker trained by his brother. He went to the front, slowed the pace and then made every post a winning one, catching out all the other jocks.

Did he meet an accident or something ?

Hi Soodum. Not sure how long you've been racing. Bartie was a top jockey in the 80's - I'm not sure if he was ever champion jockey but I think he was the champion apprentice. (Magic Lips might help here). As a youngster he decided to race in Hong Kong and did so with much success. Then there was a horrible tumble of horses in a race in Hong Kong and Bartie was in that pile up. I remember reading about the Dr telling him that he was never to ride again because he had to put a plate into his skull. I was rather surprised to see him return to racing in the early 2000's when he rode for his family stable. Unfortunately, he raced with limited success and retired again.

Hwzit mac,when bart won the hong kong champs in '88 i was in std 4 lol so i dnt know much about the old masters