Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Senior jockey Scott Sweedman was unable to attend the Wandoan meeting on Saturday. So apprentice Mitch Goring accepted the mount that he forfeited on the 6-year-old mare HELIKEDEMPRETTY. She is by Pariah out of Licorice Stick. I guess it should have been an omen from the start. Goring looked looked at form after he took […]
We have no idea what Bailey Wheeler was arrested for, or what he is alleged to have done that caused him to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Curt the week before last. All we know is that a jockey – or in this case a trackwork rider, because Wheeler doesn’t have his full license anymore […]
Jaden Lloyd, like his little brother Zax, has got all the ability in the world, but unfortunately as we have said several times lately, he is pissing his talent down the toilet, and we don’t understand why. If I had the talent to be Tommy Berry, why would I want to end up a jockey […]
If I am not mistaken – and I don’t think I am, but can’t check because the Stewards Report is not up yet – jockey Wanders0n D’Avila had a day off at Townsville yesterday because he wasn’t well. Or at least that is what we are told. If it was true then Wando had the […]
When an ex-jockey who threatened to kill his father and smeared faeces across a police cell appeared in court via video link, he was part way through a workout, using a chair in the jail room. It was a bizarre beginning to the sentencing of 48-year-old Pie Creek resident and racing identity Daniel Steven Munce, […]
Past the halfway mark in the season and the national riders premiership table looks a lot different than it did in season 2024/25. Last year WA jockeys filled 6 of the top 10 positions on the final ladder, with William Pike (1st)), Clint Johnson-Porter (3rd), Lucy Fiore (4th), Tash Faithfull (5th), Chris Parnham (6th), and […]
Daniel Moor is a multiple Group 1 winning j0ckey. How many of the Stewards on duty have ever even thrown a leg over a horse? Why did Moor go to the lead? Umm. Because there was no pace in the race, and he was on a weak gutted cat which had won just 3 from […]
RACE 7: SAVE THE DATE 2026 LADBROKES GATTON CUP – SATURDAY 27TH JUNE CLASS 2 HANDICAP – 1600 M SWITCH TO GO – Began awkwardly. Shortly after the start was taken in by BATTLESHIP (J. Lloyd) and bumped heavily with HEROIC BEACH resulting in both horses becoming unbalanced. Rider J. Lloyd was severely reprimanded […]
Racing QLD don’t usually publish replays of race falls. They have here. It’s race 9 at Townsville. The fall happens in the straight. Les ‘Bubba’ Tilley and Graham Kliese go down. The word is that Bubba has broken his wrist and collarbone. Poor bugger. I hope he gets well soon. Kliese walked back to the […]
James McDonald copped a lot of stick for his ride Lazzura on Saturday, with even his biggest fan Richie Callander suggesting that he pushed the button too early and went too soon. A RARE MISREAD FROM THE MASTER Even the best can make an error of judgement in the heat of battle. Lazzura was first-up from […]
