Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
New Zealand Racing has a specialized program to attract overseas apprentice riders to come over to live there and learn their trade by riding in the country. A prospective apprentice must have achieved a score of 5.5 on their International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam, which is compulsory to sit and means that they […]
Some wags who were watching the Cairns races with me yesterday are saying that the inquiry into the incident after the 9th race is about how the Racing Queensland website has Fanciful Mr Fox being ridden by Graham Kliese and finishing 5th, when we all saw that is was actually Lacey Morrison who booted the […]
Where on earth did Reegan Bayliss get the idea to steer wide in the Verry Ellegant Stakes from? Horses near the fence had been going good all day, and continued to in races after this. So why did Bayliss take Just Fine out 6-8 horses off the fence and take Tim Clark and Lindemann with […]
Take a look at the ride of Group 1 winning Kiwi jockey Ryan Elliott on Irish Legacy yesterday at Ellerslie. the horse in the green and gold with the white cap that flops out of the gate last. What the hell? His utterly stupid steer caused Irish Legacy to cop more checks than a bank […]
Why on earth did the Stewards waste their time and put undue pressure on James Orman by inquiring into this ride? What the hell could they possibly have imagined that Orman did wrong? Putting a horse on the fence at the mile mark of a middle distance race run on a tight turning track is […]
Ten years ago the then QLD Racing Minister Steve Dickson – the man who famously declared that QLD racing was half a furlong in front of the southern states – announced this worthy initiative to integrate young riders from Korea into Australian racing. Sadly like a lot of Minister Dickson’s grand ideas it faded away […]
It’s not quite unanimous – Brad Davison is sticking up for the jock – but Willo’s ride on Jimmysstar at headquarters yesterday was absolutely ridiculous, a total misjudgment of the horse, its opposition, the pace and the race. Williams should never have been leading on Jimmysstar. I don’t care which way you cut and spin […]
Archie, We know the story so far. That is Dale Evans was dead as a maggot on Nic Some More at Mackay in Dec 2023. Super Steward Tate Hudson and Cadet Suli charged him with failing to take all reasonable measures on the horse, found him guilty and suspended him for 4 months. The next […]
Some people attract trouble like honey pulls flies. Apprentice Kiwi jockey Wiremu Pinn is one of them. After a chequered career at home in which he often found himself in more strife than Flash Gordon, Pinn came over to Melbourne to ride last year seeking a new start. It kicked off well too, with the […]
Apprentice Mikaya Weir must have been inspired by Ben Dorrie’s midweek call for Cyril Small to be inducted into the Queensland Racing Hall of Fame, for you’d swear she was doing a Cyril on Vo Rogue impersonation aboard Smart and Dapper in the 8th race at Newcastle yesterday. It worked too. Watch in wonder. All […]
