Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The jungle drums are beating that Mick Dittman has been, or is about to be, appointed as a member of the QLD Racing Appeals Panel (RAP), to replace Skye Bogenhuber, who is reportedly making a comeback to race riding. If the rumor is true – which we believe it to be – it creates quite […]
Archie I have a strong opinion on apprentices. The system in QLD is clearly failing them. The amount of raw talent is huge, the poor kids have no direction or support. Firstly the fact that they receive 100% of their money on a weekly basis is a disaster. I’m hearing of kids with huge tax […]
Race 3 at Longreach yesterday turned out to be an absolute debacle. Firstly four runners were late scratchings because there were no jockeys on course to ride them. Next the stirrup leather of the odds-on favourite Yes Larry broke on the way to the barriers and rider Robbie Faehr was thrown off. Faehr was unhurt, […]
Racing Queensland are geniuses aren’t they? A category 5 Cyclone has been predicted all week to hit Far North QLD today, accompanied by torrential rainfall of up to 200mm or more. There was never going to be any hope of racing at Cannon Park in Cairns tomorrow, yet it took RQ until this morning to […]
Troubled former star jockey Luke Tarrant makes another appearance in court today on alleged armed robbery charges. Tarrant, who is remanded in prison after bail was refused, is expected to appear by video link from the jail.
AR 132(7) Subject to the other requirements in this rule: (a) prior to the 100 metre mark in a race, official trial or jump-out: (i) the whip must not be used in consecutive strides. Apprentice Bella Youngberry rode the winner of race 1 at Ipswich on the weekend, the horse in the royal blue in […]
Ben Thompson is a very, very good jockey. He currently sits at number 3 on the national premiership with 92.5 wins for the season. So how do you explain his ride on Redford in the 7th race at the Gold Coast yesterday? Pilot error? A simple misjudgment? Or something a whole lot different again? Thompson […]
See who bought this yearling at the Magic Millions sale? Rachel Shred. Isn’t she a jockey? I didn’t think jockeys were allowed to own thoroughbred racehorses. In fact I am sure they are not. The rules say they must be disqualified for a minimum of 2 years if they do. AR 116 Jockeys and apprentice […]
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 […]
