Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Archie, Attached is an article written by racecaller/journalist Tony McMahon. It is checked and correct. Now I agree the responsibility to weigh in falls on the jockey. However, what were Stewards doing? The chairman of the meeting was 22yo Hayden Gillett. Gillett is still listed on the QRIC staff chart as a cadet (and was […]
Some cynics suggested that we were being harsh on jockey Dale Evans when we unloaded on him about his ride on Nic Some More at Mackay in December 2o23, and asserted that he rode the horse dead. That we were spot on was proven when the Stewards found him guilty of what we and later […]
Jockey Anthony Allen appeared before the Racing Appeals Panel yesterday to appeal an alleged matter relating to a penalty handed down against him for careless riding. The question is why? What suspension is he actually appealing? Under the laws governing racing appeals in QLD, those like careless riding that attract a penalty of a disqualification […]
Queensland apprentice jockey Cody Collis hasn’t ridden in a race since the 29th of April 2023, eleven days after he had been found with a mobile phone in his possession in the jockeys room at a TAB race meeting in Warwick. The reason for Collis’s absence from the track for almost the entirety of the […]
Masa Hashizume was the hat trick hero at Ellerslie on Derby Day. Today’s he’s the villain. Watch Masa come off this horse that was looming up to beat Kozzie Asano’s mount. Did he fall or did he jump? You be the judge. Footnote – Hashizume wasn’t injured in the tumble
We are reliably informed that the words exchanged by jockeys Thomas and Morrison are not the subject stewards inquiry into a mounting yard incident after the running of the last race. Mud in our eye. Sorry Nathan and Lacey. All we can say in our defense is that we were having a stab in the […]
New Zealand Racing has a specialized program to attract overseas apprentice riders to come over to live there and learn their trade by riding in the country. A prospective apprentice must have achieved a score of 5.5 on their International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam, which is compulsory to sit and means that they […]
Some wags who were watching the Cairns races with me yesterday are saying that the inquiry into the incident after the 9th race is about how the Racing Queensland website has Fanciful Mr Fox being ridden by Graham Kliese and finishing 5th, when we all saw that is was actually Lacey Morrison who booted the […]
Where on earth did Reegan Bayliss get the idea to steer wide in the Verry Ellegant Stakes from? Horses near the fence had been going good all day, and continued to in races after this. So why did Bayliss take Just Fine out 6-8 horses off the fence and take Tim Clark and Lindemann with […]
Take a look at the ride of Group 1 winning Kiwi jockey Ryan Elliott on Irish Legacy yesterday at Ellerslie. the horse in the green and gold with the white cap that flops out of the gate last. What the hell? His utterly stupid steer caused Irish Legacy to cop more checks than a bank […]
