Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
QLD trainee apprentice jockey Breannen (Brea) Harrison is yet to even have her first race ride, and won’t for a while yet because on Tuesday the QRIC Stewards disqualified her for 4 months. Harrison, who gained a trainee license in the middle of last year but has had a stop start career riding in barrier […]
18-year-old apprentice Nikki Olzard had a day out at Ilfracomne yesteday, booting home 4 of winners on the 5 race card. It’s a feat never achieved by most riders, and stands as a testament to Olzard’s skill and dedication to her craft. The kid’s only been riding for just over a year, but is already […]
In scenes straight out of the movie Dumb and Dumber, apprentices Tahlia Fenton and Alisha Donald were both yesterday fined by Stewards at the Ipswich meeting for breaches of the rules relating to jockeys phone use. They should also have been charged with rank stupidity. Fenton’s offence involved using her mobile phone while in the […]
Here is the list of current apprentice jockeys in Queensland. There is not a single boy on it. Oh how the racing world has changed, and how it will continue to change until the weight scale does. It’s a sign of times. All power to the girls. They should say prayers to Pam O’Neill every […]
Congratulations to apprentice Julie Busuttin, who rode her first winner as a professional jockey yesterday at Gatton, after just a month in the saddle. What a great thrill it must be for the kid and her parents, and how fitting it is that her first winner was for the great trainer Pat Duff who has […]
A few months back we wrote about the likeable young apprentice Julie Busuttin, daughter of Castletown’s trainer Paddy, who had just kicked off her riding career by qualifying through the trials. A Famous Name Soon Set to Join the QLD Riding Ranks Well young Bussitin has made it through and been granted her license to […]
Bailey Wheeler on the 2nd favorite Bold Splendor, the horse in the red and white out the back as the film rolls, copped a 19 suspension for the interference he caused to the horse on his inner down the straight. The punters who backed the 2nd fave reckon he should have got life for this […]
As regular readers of this site will know, we – inspired by the passionate advocate for overseas apprentices Gold Coast Greg – have long championed the cause of bringing talented and committed young Asian apprentices to QLD. It is working in New Zealand, and it will work here, just as it has before back in […]
A lucrative program which would see Hong Kong apprentices trained up in Queensland before returning to their home country is being stalled by an extraordinary previous decision by the state’s governing body not to employ them. Racenet can reveal the Hong Kong Jockey Club has approached Racing Queensland to have their apprentices trained in the […]
We have written a few times about how the talented apprentice rider Bailey Wheeler has been pissing his career down the drain, and sadly it appears that we have been right. Wheeler has been sacked by trainer Annabel Neesham for repeated indiscretions related to his committment and work ethic, and now his future in racing […]
