Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
It’s been a wait of a couple of months due to COVID restrictions, but yesterday Australia’s much-loved pioneering female jockey Pam O’Neill rode in to Government House accompanied by her kids Gav and Cherie and granddaughter Cherie to be bestowed with her Order of Australia medal by Queensland’s Governor Mrs J. Young. We’re all as […]
The Brisbane jockey’s premiership looks a whole lot different now than it did a couple of months ago when we last wrote about it. James Orman’s golden run of success has seen him leapfrog Jim Byrne and Ryan Maloney, and now he sits 4 wins ahead on 58 1/2, with Byrne second 4 wins astern […]
Lacey Morrison got ripped off blind by the Stewards at Gordonvale on Saturday. In race 4 she was denied a protest win by the stipes failing to see Frankie Edwards whip his horse 14 times before the 100m mark, and 25 times in total (see story below). Then in very next race she had her […]
I want to tell you a little story that demonstrates the sheer incompetence of the QRIC thoroughbred steward, and illustrates it for all too see. We are at the Gordonvale races just south of Cairns on Saturday, and it’s race 4. The horse in the blue with the red cap is Magnate, ridden by Frankie […]
I am starting to think that Jamie Kah might be better off steering clear of her home town of Adelaide and staying in Melbourne, aren’t you? After all, she has ridden 5 winners from her last 15 mounts in Crown Casino town, at a strike rate of 33.3 percent, which is low flying. On the […]
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I feel compelled to ask the question again: have you ever seen a jockey in better form in your life than James Orman? Yesterday at the Gold Coast Orman the young 25-year-old hoop rode his third metro double in a row, and by winning the G3 […]
A month ago we wrote about Jimmy Orman being on fire, and not even our mock has been able to douse the flame, which is a shock because normally we stop trains. Orman has ridden fourteen winners in the twenty-four days since we published the article, including the first and last legs of the treble […]
Here is yet another protest decision that leave you scratching your head and thinking what the heck? It’s race 7 at Ipswich yesterday. Jaden Lloyd is riding the horse on the inside in the pink and grey. Ryan Maloney is three out in the light blue. Ben Thompson is in the middle in the blue […]
Apprentice Jade Doolan got her foot crushed against the stalls at the start of race 4. The Ambos had a look at it after the race and found that she’s suffered soft tissue damage, which usually means a badly sprained ankle. QRIC Stewards decreed that she couldn’t ride again until she had furnished them with […]
You wouldn’t talk to Jimmy like this would you Bob? Last week we presented you with Will Hulbert’s expletive laden rant about Andrew Mallyon that the trainer sent to stable owners after a race at Caloundra. This week we give you leading trainer Robert Heatcote’s spray to Mark Du Plessis after his ride on Stuttering […]
