Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
We have been writing for a while about former gun apprentice Jaden Lloyd’s loose approach to his craft and the strictures that that the rules of racing impose upon what he and other jockeys can and can’t do, and we have been saying that if Lloyd continues to ignore those restraints the consequences could be […]
Take a look at this ride of Zac Lloyd’s on the heavily backed Tellurium in the first at Newcastle yesterday. It came down the outside and was home to the world thanks to a beautifully timed ride by Lloyd. And then he sat up without cause, and very nearly got it beaten. What the kid […]
Story by John Lingard – letsgohorseracing.com.au THE prayers of the racing world are with the family of one of Australia’s favorite jockeys, Cyril Small, who is fighting to survive a massive stroke. Small, 67, best remembered as the rider of the legendary galloper, Vo Rogue, was rushed to Gold Coast University Hospital on Saturday. (PHOTO […]
There was much conjecture that Japanese jockey Shuichi Terachi may have jumped off his mount at Port Augusta a couple of weeks ago. We came out and said that was nonsense, and declared that the kid fell not hauled off. Well guess what? The Stewards report is out now, and it is confirmed that the […]
Word filtering through from the 2 day Oak Park picnic meeting is that a number of licensed participants had a very big Friday night, not the least of whom was jockey Amanda Thomson, who they say got a bit fired up on the jungle juice and ended up in an altercation or two. Someone should […]
The message below went out to North QLD trainers a couple of weeks ago. Hey, Simon lambert here manager for Ben Kennedy who is moving up to Queensland this week to be base in Townsville with Tom button. Ben is a former champion apprentice in Perth with over 100 metro winners and has recently been […]
Archie Get yourself over to Mt Isa on Saturday as a jockey. Ride 5, go slow, stay safe, and walk out with more than $1200 plus any prize money you earn. And $800 from Racing QLD to help pay for the trip. Happy days. Rob from Rangeview
Readers will be very familiar with the spate of jockeys and trackwork riders in QLD who have been outed in the past 18 months for lodging doctored health reports required for their annual license renewals. We now it seems like the Cane Toad, dodgy health reports have become a cross border plague that has entered […]
Jockey David Sparks had a day to forget at Julia Creek on the weekend, and not only because he didn’t ride a winner. Sparks got into an unprovoked verbal altercation with a fellow rider in the jockeys room after race 4, and abused them using language that we are told was most offensive indeed. He […]
More than one punter was skeptical about the fall below in the 7th at Port Augusta on Sunday. Some even suggested that the jockey in the dark blue colors 3rd the fence might have jumped. So to dispel these suspicions we went and asked a couple of decent riders of our acquaintance their opinion. The […]
