Interview: DAVE YATES Dave Yates is ‘Newsboy’ of the Daily Mirror and one of a breed that’s becoming extinct, a national daily racing correspondent. He’s one that doesn’t mince his words, dismissing some in the game as ‘sperm lottery winners’ but doesn’t shy away from the backlash it might bring. From cravats to Fred Archer’s gun and from opera to top hats and pet hates. Meeting Dave Yates. (interviewed by Simon Nott)