Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I hate to say it but I am getting mighty sick and tired of writing about licensed riders getting caught trying to pull swifties on Racing Queensland, the QRIC and the entire industry by submitting doctored Health Assessment Reports (HAR). The line of jockeys getting caught acting dishonestly in this respect seems to just keep […]
In a decision that surprised many observers, including this writer, the QLD Racing Appeals Panel has upheld the decision of the Stewards to impose a ten-month disqualification Noel “King’ Callow over what have become known as the ‘Darwin Tapes’ containing audio and images of the jockey making racist slurs against indigenous people in Darwin last […]
It looks like we won’t be able to report live the Noel Callow decision. We seem to have been locked out of the video link, we’re not sure why. Guess we will have to catch up with events after they happen. Sorry about that.
It’s approaching midday and we are here at the Racing Appeals Panel to hear Judge Kerry O’Brien deliver the Panel’s judgement on the appeal of ‘King’ Noel Callow against his ten-month disqualification over the “Darwin Tapes”. The King will be hoping for a reduction in sentence, blue sky a fine, but at the very least […]
25-year-old Queensland apprentice rider Reece O’Connell has made one of the most spectacular starts to his riding career in recent memory, with a double at Dalby on the weekend coming on top of the treble he rode on debut at Nanango seven days before. O’Connell’s record now reads 10 rides for 5 wins, 2 seconds, […]
You don’t expect to see a horror show when you buy a ticket to get into the races, but the Sport of Kings is a funny game. Yesterday you did. Damian Lane’s slaughter job on Angel Capital. It was worse than any Chainsaw Massacre in Texas or anywhere else. Brutal t0 witness it was. Angel […]
Jockey Luke Tarrant has been posting these and other strange videos on his public Facebook page. A lot of racing people are concerned about his wellbeing, which is understandable. This is a cry for help if I have ever seen one. If you can do something to assist the kid, please do. It looks like […]
Ron Dufficy tells it like it is about the Makybe Diva Stakes. The way it was run brought shame to the great mare’s name.
Yet one more Queensland rider has been done for submitting a dodgy Health Assessment Report. It was apprentice Rob Thorburn this time. Thorburn changed the dates on his 2023/34 report and held it out to be the valid 2025/26 assessment. He dobbed himself in as soon as the QJA sent out their circular advising jockeys […]
Another Queensland jockey has been stood down from riding. It’s apprentice Mitch Goring this time. We don’t know at this stage the reason why, but judging by recent events it will be either a positive test result or, more likely, a doctored Health Assessment Report. These errant jockeys are giving the integrity officials a lot […]
