Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Poor Travis Harrison, the kid on our left. He never made it into the senior riding ranks, losing his life at the age of just 18 in a car accident on the way home from an apprentice jockey mate’s birthday party. The other kid in the picture – Travis’s cousin – has achieved enough in […]
Central Coast trackwork rider Gary Kramer has been suspended for 22 months after throwing a personal positive swab to banned illegal drugs after riding in trackwork at Port Macquarie in late September. The sentence may appear harsh, but its not given that this was the fifth time that Kramer has returned a positive to drugs. […]
The ridiculous recent trend of jockeys failing to ride their mounts out fully to the finish continued in the 3rd race at Eagle Farm yesterday, when Cody Collis dropped his hands on the well fancied Heartoni and cost it 3rd place. In a sure sign that the Stewards are getting mighty sick of the […]
Have you ever seen a weaker ride in your life than this one by Ashley Morgan on the grey? Jack Duggan is it’s name. It’s firmed from $4.00 into $3.20. Have a look what Morgan does. Then he finishes it off with aplomb. Give us a break Ashley. We deserve better than that.
Saturday’s fatal fall at Innisfail that resulted in the death of the horse Ancient Song and serious injury to apprentice jockey Mel Campbell might never have happened but for a series of systemic failures. For the purpose of preventing a repeat of Saturday’s tragedy these failures need to be identified and addressed. This is not […]
The Fall 6-year-old galloper Ancient Style faltered at the 600m mark of a Maiden race at Innisfail on Saturday and crashed to the turf, dislodging apprentice jockey Mel Campbell in the process. Campbell suffered serious injuries in the fall and is presently hospitalized. As bad a state as she is in, it could have been […]
A prominent Cairns racehorse owner sent this picture to me yesterday. Apparently Grubby Day put it up on social media. That was nice of him, because I’ve never seen his granddaughter before. She looks like a nice kid. Must throw to her Mum. Is Nathan Day’s companion old enough to drink? Doesn’t he have any […]
We often hear Stewards use the terms general deterrence and specific deterrence as the drivers for determining the penalties handed down to licensees who breach the rules. Specific deterrence as it relates to a penalty means basically “How hard do we need to hit this person for a breach of the rules to make sure […]
Dettori attempted to maintain anonymity in dealing with His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC), but the jockey was outed on Monday over a tax bill which he is reported to have paid in full. Jockey Frankie Dettori, now based in the United States, is currently working to “unravel the mess” caused by his previous tax […]
Offences such as this have the capacity to damage the image of the industry. Animal welfare must be at the forefront of thinking when a situation such as this arises – Judge John Bowman Victorian jockey Jack Hill pleaded guilty to having struck his mount Gen Zed twice with the open hand on the side […]
