Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Jockey Jason Hoopert doubles as a race day photographer, and presumably has a Racing Queensland issued media pass that allows him into the saddling enclosure to take pictures such as this. Given the comments that he has made that you can see under the picture at the top it should be immediately revoked. There is […]
Congratulations to Australian judo champion turned apprentice jockey Caine Stuart, who landed his first career win yesterday at Roma aboard Green Park. It was dashing front running ride by the kid too. Stuart showed poise, timing and balance well beyond what you’d expect from a youngster having just his 11th race ride, which suggests that […]
Apparently apprentice Isobel Jessop replaced fellow rider Savannah McCann aboard Boogielu in the 3rd race at Dingo yesterday, after McCann couldn’t make the weight to claim her full allowance. That’s what the Stewards report says anyway. If it were true young Ms Jessop would have become the first jockey in racing history to ride two […]
Clive from Cooroy phoned in to tell us that we missed something in our earlier story about karma coming back to haunt Tom Percy KC and prove him wrong. The horse that the high-powered barristers pony on Tuesday in the race that he claimed the apprentice rigged was Money For Old Rope. It came out […]
How’s this for an example of the two sides of Karma. The Chief Justice – the horse whose part-owner Tom Percy QC accused apprentice Kristo Sardelic of cheating to beat in a BM64 on Tuesday – dropped back to a BM50 at Broome today. It ran last. Two races later Kristo Sardelic – the most […]
On Tuesday jockeys Adin Thompson and Bailey Wheeler conspired to deceive the Clerk of the Scales at Ipswich by pulling some tricky business with a girth. The pair were probably laughing about getting away with it light by only being fined. But dishonesty doesn’t pay. The very next day Thompson received an 11 day suspension […]
Much has been made about the ride of WA bush jockey Kristo Sardelic in a race at Broome on Tuesday, after a part-owner of the beaten favorite accused the apprentice of riding crook. It’s a crock of crap in my view, one that would never have been entertained by the Stewards in the manner that […]
Second starter Ramp It Up was well backed at long odds in the first at the Sunshine Coast yesterday. It landed the money and the Gough stable bets. They must have had their hearts in their mouths over the final few strides. Just watch what happened. The horse obviously knew the money was on. The […]
Jockey Adin Thompson weighed out for race 4 at Ipswich on Tuesday without his girth. He did so because he was heavier than his horse’s handicap and he knew it, so he wanted to cheat the Clerk of the Scales in order that he could both keep the mount and avoid a fine for not […]
We’re back, and Judge O’Brien kicks off the reading the Panel’s decision. O’Brien says that Huxtable has submitted that the penalty is excessive and he should only get a fine. He recounts Huxtable’s submission about not having ridden much on the Poly. Then he commends the jockey on the way he has presented his case. […]
