Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Hi Archie, I hardly bet Qld Country, and hardly ever bet week days because my pocket doesnt go deep enough (editors note: I am not sure if that is quite true). But when your coat tails are pulled and you hear of an in form horse travelling a 1400km round trip to have a run […]
Luke Tarrant appeared in court again yesterday. I wonder how he is going. He could have been a champion, and for a while was, but now he is just a bum. What a waste of an early part of a life. Drugs do that to you kiddies, along with other things. The latter before the […]
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 […]
