Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Queensland jockey Tasha Chambers has been suspended for 6 weeks for striking rival rider Chris Meehan during the race at Rockhampton that we highlighted on this site after the race day officials seemed to miss it completely. How that occurred is probably equally as much an issue as the actual incident, but I guess the […]
RUN AWAY RENEE – Bumped with BETTER THAN WORDS at the start. Hung out under pressure rounding the home turn and in the home straight. When questioned, jockey J Stanley advised the filly travelled well in the early and middle stages, despite some effort having to be mare of his mount to obtain a forward […]
You can appreciate brotherly love, and the fact that Kevin Lerena is simply sticking up for his brother, but how does anything you see in the video that K. Lerena posted on X justify Gavin Lerena doing what he did by attacking a rival jockey with his whip in the straight? The simple answer is […]
In a previous life I was a union official successfully negotiating national collective agreements for TV and radio stations, major councils, sporting bodies and national government departments. The one common thread to all was unity: unity of people and unity of purpose. Unity of people as in all rowing the same boat in the same […]
It’s near impossible to explain leading South African rider Gavin Lerena’s actions here. What he does in just nuts. A long, long stint on the sidelines surely awaits.
Faith Elliott (pictured at top) is an apprentice jockey coach at Racing Queensland. She is also a trackwork rider licensed by the QLD Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC). Which is all kind of funny in a strange way. Funny hoo hoo, not funny ha ha. You see one aspect of Faith Elliott’s job is to set […]
Chris Meehan in sky blue silks and cap, with purple sleeves, Tasha Chambers in the blue with blue and white striped cap Here is the rear view Stewards vision of the incident at Rockhampton that the 5 on-duty stipes didn’t see. Looking at it from this angle you can clearly see C. Meehan and T. […]
Tasha Chambers was very, very lucky that the five Stewards on duty at Rockhampton yesterday were seemingly blind, for if they weren’t she would likely have found herself sitting on the sidelines for a while. Fellow jockey Chris Meehan might have been too. Chambers is on the horse in the purple and white with striped […]
If you were on Idle Flyer (purple, white cap) in the last race on the Kenso at Randwick on Wednesday you would have thrown your ticket into the rubbish bin and headed for the exit at the 200m mark. Not Zac Lloyd though. Give Up never won a race, and Lloyd didn’t give up. He […]
I’m not sure whether apprentice rider Amy O’Driscoll was trying to channel Cyril Small (Vo Rogue) or Jim Cassidy (Might and Power) in this recent race at Wagga, but it didn’t work. It usually doesn’t unless you are on a champion, and no-one ever accused O’Driscoll’s mount Ledecky’s Dream of being that. Ledecky’s Dream finished […]
