Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Queensland hoop Sariah Champkin achieved a rare but unwelcome feat when she scored two careless riding suspensions in the one race at Beaudesert on Saturday. Champkin riding the runner-up Missy No Nay crossed Ace’s In Bloom near the 1000m mark when not sufficiently clear of that horse, crowding it for room and causing that horse […]
The recording below is of one time top-line jockey (now retired) Gavin Eades abusing his then partner. We are only publishing it because the woman victim of the vile verbal attack has returned to the UK to live, presumably at least in part to get away from Eades. People’s private lives are usually their own, […]
Group 1 Gav runs this joint. Or so he says. Presumably he is talking about Flemington. which appears to be in the picture behind him. Gavin doesn’t give a fuck. He’s not scared of anyone. We are. We’re scared of drivers like him being on the road. How did they ever allow this man into […]
Notwithstanding the concerns expressed in our previous story about inequities in the application by Stewards of the rules, the decision to stand Noel Callow down is in our view the correct one. There is just no excuse for Callow’s racist conduct shown in the video below, and while it happened outside of racing what the […]
In a week in which female riders Angela Jones and Emily Lang are quite rightly getting all the attention as they battle for the Brisbane premiership, another amazing achievement by women jockeys has gone largely overlooked. Last Saturday at Middlemount every rider on the card was female. Out on the track up in the saddle […]
I’M FAMOUS – Jockey R Wilson was questioned in relation to her riding of the mare in the home straight, it was established that she had become jaded as she had only recently returned to race riding. Considering the circumstances stewards admonished Ms Wilson and advised her that when accepting rides she must present herself […]
What on earth was rider Joe Bowditch doing here in race 2 at Caulfield on Gala Queen. Bowditch is in the bright pink colors and cap with blue and white sleeves and a pom pom on top. Take a look. From the side on view it just looks like Gala Queen is unlucky, stuck in […]
The Stewards are suspicious about apprentice Shania Willis’s ride on the $4.80 chance Jediah in the fifth at Gatton last Thursday. After taking initial evidence from Willis on the day, the stipes have adjourned their inquiry into her tactics in the race so they can examine all aspects of the race, including the wagering. A […]
If Ben Melham is not doing business with Jamie in races I will walk naked up Pitt Street, Sydney with a pink bow tie around my manhood – Prominent Sydney racing identity It’s a very sexist statement that a well known racing man from Sydney made to me this afternoon isn’t it? One that takes […]
Jockey Jason Huxtable appears in Cairns Court today for a further mention of his charge under section 227A of the Queensland Criminal Code of recording am intimate act in breach of the alleged victim’s privacy. Huxtable remains on bail with conditions including that he not ride at or attend race meetings north of Rockhampton.
