Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Regular readers will remember the stoush between jockeys Tyler Leslight and Wanderson D’Avila at Cluden Park about 9 months ago that resulted in Leslight copping a 4 week suspension (later reduced to $1000 fine on appeal) for calling D’Avila a black cunt during a heated argument between the pair. Leslight took remedial steps by completing […]
World famous in Robina racing identity Dr Harry called me up last night to say that “anyone who criticizes Jamie Melham’s ride on Zardozi needs to go find a mirror and take a good look at themselves, because they know nothing about racing”. I have to say I agree with him. What else could J. […]
Is the QLD Stewards are fair dinkum they will hold an inquiry into the ride of Isabella Teh in race 2 aboard on the outsider of the field Sheez Brutaful. Raffy’s Girl was the winner of the race. It is trainer by Sarah Acornley, the partner of former jockey turned trainer Carl Spry. (As an […]
As predicted Cody Collis has been suspended for failing to ride his mount out to the line in the last race at Eagle Farm yesterday. He should count himself lucky that he was only put out for a week. We have written a lot about lazy jockeys who stop riding their mounts out before they […]
Oh dear. Cody Collis has just before the finish line on the Waller horse in the last at Eagle Farm. It’s quite possibly cost it 3rd place. We will never know because Collis failed to ride it out. He did the very same thing at Eagle Farm about three months ago. Cody Collis Drops His […]
ECHUCA Liam Riordan (Brutal World) Pleaded guilty to a charge under the provisions of AR132(7)(a)(ii) for using his whip two times more than permitted prior to the 100m. Liam Riordan had his licence to ride in races suspended for a total of 7 race meetings, with the period to commence on 12 March 2025 and expire on […]
Jockey Justin Huxtable’s criminal charges continue to slowly wend their way through the courts, with the controversial rider (or his legal representatives) appearing again in the Cairns court yesterday for a mention of his matter. Let’s hope for all concerned – Huxtable, his alleged victim, and racing itself – that the law moves quicker to […]
Jockey Jason Maskiell has been suspended for 3 months over his poor excuse for a ride on My Schieller Wood at Seymour in November. It seems that Maskiell took our unsolicited advice to change his plea from not guilty to guilty, and in return the Stewards dropped the charge of not allowing the horse to […]
We don’t write a lot about Northern Territory racing, but given that we have been railing against jockeys that fail to fully ride their mounts out to the finish, and the fact that the latest example of it cost one of our readers a juicy First 4 on the weekend, we thought we would tell […]
Queensland jockey Nathan ‘Grubby’ Day set what is believed to be a new world record yesterday at Ladbrokes Cannon Park in Cairns. First Jockey Ever to be Suspended Three Times in Five Hundred Meters. It happened in race 5 where he was riding Spirit Meister in a Class 6 Plate over 950m. All the suspensions […]
