Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Adin Holt was a champion apprentice whose career came to a screaming halt (pardon the pun) due to weight issues. Put simply, he got too heavy. He still is, but he has managed to get his weight down enough to ride again. Sadly it now appears that he has been able to by taking phentermine, […]
We are in the home straight now with only a month of the season to go, and there are some battle royales going on around the State for Queensland’s prestigious premiership titles. Angela Jones and Emily Lang’s head to head tussle to become the first woman to wear the Brisbane champion jockey’s crown is set […]
Race six on the Randwick Kenso yesterday was the hottest gallops race I have seen for a long time. A mare named Hasty Honey ridden by Kerrin McEvoy was backed from $9.00 into $3.00. It jumped straight to the front. Every other jockey in the race put the handbrake on. J-Mac on the 5/4 favorite […]
It’s first strike to Australia as Mark Zahra and the OTI owned Docklands win the opening race at Royal Ascot the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes. It was a great win too, and a brilliant ride. Docklands missed the start but Zahra didn’t panic. He just tucked it up behind the leading pack and allowed […]
How the hell did Kyle-Wilson Taylor escape being charged over the fight with Noel Callow in the jockeys room? Clearly Callow was the aggressor, there is no doubt of that. He chased KWT into the room and shoved him hard in the back. Then the pair tussled and fell to the floor. There is nothing […]
It is not often that you have cause to criticize a James McDonald ride, but his steer aboard Belle Detelle in yesterday’s Queensland Derby was one of those rare occasions. What the hell was J-Mac thinking here? He deliberately jagged Belle Detelle back to last from the wide barrier rather than pressing forward to a […]
Archie You’d do well to review every start of Magic Game’s career and see what sort of low animal it is. Forget the ride. If there was ever a horse that wasn’t going to be suited around Ooralea (Mackay) it was it. Ian from Innot Springs
Justin Stanley didn’t look too keen on the favorite Magic Game here in the 6th at Mackay on Thursday did he? First he flops it out of the gate then strangles it back to last. Then he takes it up the rail and onto heels, causing his mount to start pulling its head off. Stanley […]
There is hot mail from the north that a rider at the recent Home Hill meeting got caught giving cash to a bloke to back another horse in the same race that he was riding in. We can’t give you the jockey’s name and there is no mention of any such incident in the Stewards […]
Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) Stewards today concluded an inquiry into Jockey Lacey Morrison’s riding of INJADA in the benchmark 60 Handicap 950 metres at Cairns on 10 April 2025. Evidence was taken soon after the race from Jockey Lacey Morrison and from the trainer of the gelding Mr Bodene Bailey. The inquiry was then […]
