Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
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 […]
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 […]
