Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The tempestuous career of talented apprentice Bailey Wheeler has struck another setback, as usual one totally of his own making, when he was this week suspended for 28 days for lying to the Stewards at the Ipswich Cup meeting. Details are a little scant, but the guts of it is that when Wheeler turned up […]
Our Brisbane correspondent sent us this report of the J. Taylor appeal hearing today …. Introductions. Piece of paper handed to chairman. Chairman sets aside stewards decision and replaced with a Not Guilty verdict. Before a word of evidence is even heard. Thank you linesmen, thank you ball boys. J Murdoch KC wins by first-round […]
A couple of weeks ago in Townsville the Chief Steward of North Queensland racing Darryl Griffiths gave apprentice the apprentice jockey Isabella Teh (pictured at top) a 26 day suspension for causing interference in race 4 at Cluden Park on the 19th of May, a race in which jockeys Quilty and Les Tilley fell. The […]
As you can see in our story republished below, in July last year jockey Isabella Teh was hit with a 26 day suspensionafter being found guilty of causing interference in a race at Townsville that resulted in rider K.Quilty suffering a fall. Teh lodged an appeal but it never got heard, for after realising that […]
Just six weeks after jockey Scott Sheargold had his license suspended for a fortnight after he stuffed owners and trainers around for the 2nd time in 8 weeks by accepting dual engagements for mounts, and despite his having claimed that he had implemented changes to his booking procedures to make sure it would never happen […]
Strike me pink. What an absolute garbage report this Stewards finding is. Carl Spry never attempted to put the horse into the race. A wide open run that you could have sailed an ocean liner through opened right in front of him down the running. Spry didn’t take it. He didn’t take any runs, or […]
Take a look at this ride by Carl Spry here on the $1.80 favorite Excite Choo will you? It’s the horse drawn the inside barrier with the purple silks, white star and blue cap. You can’t seriously try to tell me that Spry was trying to do anything other than get his mount beaten. The […]
JOCKEY Shane Scriven has been banned from riding for five months for stealing an apprentice’s whip during a race at Ipswich. Racing Queensland stewards initially banned Scriven for six months but took into account his guilty plea, remorse, outstanding race riding record and the fact he will find it difficult to return to race riding […]
Take a look at this will you? It’s a 2 horse workout at Murray Bridge. They’re not racing for sheep stations, or racing it all. But watch what Sam Payne (pictured at top) does. The maniac steers his horse across into Maggie Collett’s mount, and then he reaches over and forcibly grabs her whip and […]
Turn To Glory was the mediuum of a huge first-up plunge in race 2 at Albury on Monday, where punters came out of trees to back it from $12.00 into $3.50. It was the go of the day, and should have won by panels. W0uld have won panels. If jockey Jack Martin didn’t ride it […]
