Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Jockey Justin Huxtable has been successful in his appeal against the indefinite suspension of his riders license pending the resolution of the criminal charges he is presently facing. The Racing Appeals Panel determined that in accordance with the Human Rights Act QLD there were orders other than a full suspension that they could impose on […]
William Pike is riding the favorite Processio. It is the horse in the yellow buried three back the fence. Pike put it there early in the race. How hard does the King of the sneak split try to get it 0ut. You be the judge. I backed it so I’d only be talking through my […]
Controversial jockey Justin Huxtable has lodged an appeal against his indefinite standdown by the QRIC after he was charged with a criminal offence. Huxtable’s appeal will be heard by the Racing Appeals Panel on Thursday. We wish him the best of luck. Given the subject matter of his police charge and his subsequent conduct he […]
Make what you will of Nash Rawiller’s ride on How Dare You in the 5th race at Canterbury last night. We’ve made ours and the Stewards have made theirs, and our opinions don’t align. This thing looked as dead as a maggot to us. The stipes don’t agree. What’s your view? RACE 5: Piccolo Me […]
Last week we wrote an article bemoaning the seeming rash of riders who want to clock 0ff work early by stopping riding their horses out fully bef0re the reach the finishing line. It must be a rampant disease running through the riding ranks or something, for yesterday in the last race at Doomben another damn […]
Bailey Wheeler has a history of doing things that get him into trouble and might cost him his career, but fortunately for him trainers keeps giving him second, third and fourth chances that others wouldn’t get. After watching his steer to win the 5th at Doomben yesterday on Sultry Siren you can see why. This […]
Craig Williams was slapped with a ten day suspension for wiping out Amelia’s Jewel in the Champions Mile and costing it any chance of finishing in second place. Willo was extremely lucky not to have copped more. There wasn’t a whole lot of difference between his ride and the one in the Golden Eagle that […]
Athletics NSW call all competitive events off once the temperature hits 40 degrees, and for good reason too because humans are most susceptible to heat exhaustion or heat stroke once the mercury rises about that level, which poses a real risk to their health and safety when performing vigorous activities, particularly outdoors in the unshaded […]
When he was 21 Irish jockey Luke P Dempsey told a racing paper that he could ride comfortably and 9 stone 12 pound, which for those unfamiliar with the metric system is 62.8kg. Men don’t grow any skinnier as they get older, so it seemed a Herculean effort for now 28-year-old to get down to […]
What’s the world coming to when jockeys have to be paid to promote racing? They used to do it for free, as part of their commitment to the game. Not Willie Pike though. They say he wouldn’t get out of bed in the morning unless there was an earn in it. There certainly was one […]
