Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
Can anyone tell me how when we have relatively simple national racing rules that apply across Australia they can be interpreted so differently from State to State? I refer here specifically to the whip rule, and the disparate application of it by the Stewards in Victoria and NSW. Yesterday the Racing Victoria stipes outed rider […]
Do you remember us telling you a couple of months ago about how repeat offending hook merchant jockey Dale Evans pulled up a fave named Nic Me Some in a race at Mackay? The Deadest Ride of the Year – Dale Evans Should Be Put Out For Life – UPDATED Well Evan has finally been […]
Apprentice Jockey Olivia Pickering Suspended For Three Months Racing NSW Stewards have conducted an inquiry in relation to an incident involving licensed apprentice jockey Olivia Pickering (pictured above) and approved rider Tayla Poy that occurred at Grafton Racecourse on Monday, 29 January 2024. Evidence was taken at the hearing from Ms Pickering, Ms Poy, licensed […]
Journeyman heavyweight jockey Paul Hamblin went to the Sunshine Coast last night to ride three horses and pick up a guaranteed 660 bucks and hopefully more, which for him was a pretty good earn. It damn near cost him his life. Hamblin was trying to steer a passage through the rail on Endless Mystery in […]
A most interesting Stewards report from QLD has been published today. It involves jockey Jaden Lloyd’s use of a mobile phone from the riders room in breach of the rules to communicate with his father and jockey manager Jeff, the former premiership winning hoop who back in his day was one of the hottest workers […]
We have been writing about Group 1 winning Kiwi jockey Ryan Elliott’s weight issues for some time now, not to be nasty or a body shamer, but because we’ve been reliably told by several sources that the problem is caused by a lack of focus and discipline more than anything else. Brisbane’s champion jockey James […]
