Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
There was a lot of debate during the week about apprentice Laura Lafferty being denied the chance to ride her parents horse in the Wakeful Stakes by the VRC, and I really felt for the kid and her family whose dreams got shattered. While there still remains some controversy about whether or not an earlier […]
James McDonald broke the record for most wins over the 4 day Spring Carnival last year, riding 10 winners. He has won 4 races from 6 on day 1 already. And he’s got Sharp N Smart soon to come. He is an absolute certainty to set a new mark, and might even do it before […]
Colin Lennon is the author of the message you see above. You remember Col. He is the barely coordinated jockey who beats up horses in trials while desperately trying not to fall off (see below). The one who copped a week suspension and a $300 fine for it. Crack That Whip – Kick This Flogger […]
Late last year we published a series of stories about how a middle aged North QLD jockey sexually harassed a starry eyed young teenage kid who wanted a life in racing, and traumatised her so much that she was driven out of the State, and damn near driven out of the game. We told you […]
The mail is that J-Mac and his form people have identified our boy Sharp N Smart as the pea for the Victoria Derby. Sources close to the Mac tell us that his agent approached trainer G. ‘Rogie’ Rogerson for the ride this week after learning that J.H. Bowman was staying in Sydney to ride in […]
What a sad post for me. The boots have been hung up due to a forced retirement through injury. After the last accident at Grafton at the end of March, when a horse reared over and landed on me inside the starting gates, my body has just decided it isn’t wanting to play the game […]
Now whip itInto shapeShape it upGet straightGo forwardMove aheadTry to detect itIt’s not too lateTo whip itInto shape My God. This jumpout is over just 530 metres. Watch the prick one from the outside in the yellow cap flog his horse. His name is Colin Lennon. He hits this horse 14 times, all before the […]
Everything about The Everest was great, bar two things. The inclusion of the utterly uncompetitive Joyful Fortune and Ingratiating was one. Neither horse was ever any chance of winning this race, and would never have made the field under normal terms and conditions, but the slot system gave them walk up entry at the expense […]
Queensland’s leading jockey James Orman went to Sydney yesterday for just one ride. He had three, but two of them were extreme outsiders who he had picked up the mounts on to pay the fare. The one he was really there for was Far Too Easy in the Kosciuszko. Orman rode it a treat too, […]
