Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Most thought apprentice jockey Sariah Champkin’s racing career to be over after she was found guilty in July of assault occasioning bodily harm perpetrated against a fellow rider. Champkin’s own defense lawyer told the court that “unless the advice given to her, from authority itself, was wrong, her career in that industry is over.” The […]
Brazilian genius jockey Joao Moreira slips back into Sydney to take three rides for the Waller stable on Wednesday at Canterbury. The Magic Man’s return to ride in Australia has flown largely under the radar, but with the spring carnival approaching and Moreira’s services highly in demand wherever he goes, this could be the sign […]
Every jockey’s worst nightmare? Yeah for sure. Poor them. All they suffer humiliation and embarrassment, and maybe a lost ride. It costs those who backed the eased up early horse cold hard cash. The real victims of this horror show are the punters.
Sam Hyland says that Jamie Kah has to get time for the Letsfacethemusic ride. We agree. Kah’s partner Ben Melham doesn’t. You wouldn’t expect him to though either. It will be interesting to see what happens. What will be just as interesting is watching the next time that Hyland tries to interview Melham. There will […]
Jamie Kah has some big hurdles ahead to jump The news that Jamie Kah has been charged with failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures to secure the best possible placing aboard Let’sfacethemusic in the McNeil Stakes ten days ago should come as a surprise to no-one. Despite the litany of excuses that Kah […]
The Stewards at Prairie yesterday hauled jockey Shane McGovern into the room for a please explain about his failing to ride out Stop On Sophia (the horse in 2nd as the film rolls, in the green and red) fully to the finishing line in race three. McGovern quite truthfully explained that his saddle had slipped […]
If you’d backed Miss Aria in the last at the Valley yesterday you would have torn up your ticket at the 600m mark. I know I did. Horses just don’t come from that far back over 1200m on the saucer and win. It just doesn’t happen. Or it didn’t until yesterday. What an amazing win, […]
Retired jockey James Winks was seen out earlier this week at the Breakfast Club in Prahran (pictured above) enjoying a convivial lunch with winning rider Ben Allen and others to celebrate Pinstriped’s stirring win in the Memsie. Perhaps it was a bit too convivial at that. Nothing good ever comes from getting on the turps […]
Don’t you just love the way the Victorian stewards are hearing evidence in the Jamie Kah running and handling inquiry? They talk to Kah. The premiership winning 14 time Group 1 winner and one time no 1 female jockey in the world says variously that she’s had an off day, that the horse is difficult […]
We see things through the eyes of the person who pays for racing. The punter. As such, we are usually hard on jockeys whose actions result in a horse finishing in a lower position in a race than it should, our stories yesterday about Jamie Kah’s ride in the McNeill being the perfect example. Some […]
