Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I’ve lost count of how many times we’ve written about jockey Dan McGillivray being suspended, but here is yet another one to add to the list. Queensland’s most suspended rider was put out of action for another 8 days last Saturday at the Gold Coast after he breached the whip rule by striking his mount […]
Punters who backed Nordic Belle in the first race at Caulfield yesterday have plenty of cause for complaint about Blake Shinn’s ride in my view. The Stewards couldn’t find much wrong with the steer, but I can. Have a look and see what you think. Here it is from side on, with Shinn in the […]
Jockey Michael Murphy (in the red and white) was damn lucky his mount scraped into third place in this race at Dalby on Monday. If it hadn’t his fine for failing to ride it out to the finish line would have been a lot larger than the $200 he copped. Why do riders keep clocking […]
The QLD Stewards are taking a close look at Dylan Turner’s ride on Bowrider in the Warwick Newmarket on the weekend. Is it any wonder why? Bowrider’s the horse in 2nd last place on the inside in the white sleeves as the replay rolls. It doesn’t look good from the side view. From the head […]
Queensland Racing Integrity Commission Stewards concluded an inquiry into Jockey Dylan Turner’s riding of BOWRIDER in the Scott Ellis Memorial/ Ranbuild Warwick Newmarket Benchmark 70 Handicap 1200m at the Warwick Turf Club meeting on Saturday 12th October 2024. After taking initial evidence from jockey Turner following the race on the day, the matter was adjourned […]
There were only two races run at the Sunshine Coast yesterday before the weather called the meeting to a halt, but they were enough to showcase two lovely rides. Angela Jones put on a peach to win the first on I’m Heroic, a textbook classic. She sat, she steered out, she sprinted, she won. Perfect […]
If you had backed the favorite The Hairdresser in the 6th at Rocky yesterday you have very good reason to be throwing chairs and kicking in walls, for it sure was something beaten. First the fave misses the kick by a couple of lengths and lands out the back, and I have to say that […]
Race 5: HYGAIN CLASS 3 PLATE 1000 M HEAD HONCHO – Began fairly then tightened for room between SO ODELIA and LAST LAUGH and lost ground. Travelled three-wide without cover throughout. Stewards questioned the Jockey Michael McDonald regarding his riding of HEAD HONCHO throughout the event. In explanation jockey McDonald stated that after the interference […]
Take a look at this ride by Micheal McDonald on the odds on favorite Head Honcho in the 5th at Townsville today. It’s the horse in the blue and white. McDonald flops it out of the gate last. He then drives it up to make ground, but instead of positioning it one off the fence […]
Here we go again. Another jockey decides to knock off early and cost his mount’s owners money. Keep you eye on the horse in the lime and two tones of blue on the fence behind the leading pack. Watch rider Corey Bayliss decide about 30m before the finish that he is tired of riding in […]
