Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The only thing that punters were talking about all week was the Queen Elizabeth Stakes This 2000m Group 1 classic was shaping as the race of the decade so far, and would and should have been too, if it wasn’t for just one thing. No it wasn’t the Heavy 10 track. It was how James […]
AR 132(7)(a)(ii) Limits on the use of a whip by a rider (7) Subject to the other requirements in this rule: (i) the whip must not be used in consecutive strides; (ii) the whip must not be used on more than 5 occasions except where there have only been minor infractions and the totality of […]
Late last week – in the wake of the much hush-hushed Nathan Day bribing the Starter to let him slip him a leadbag and the Clerk of the Scales to let him weigh in light scandal – the QLD Chief Steward (Thoroughbred) Mr Peter Chadwick laid down the law on overweight jockeys, and all power […]
Some like my mate Gold Coast Greg say that Queensland has a desperate shortage of jockeys. I say that there are far too many race meetings run on a Saturday to find enough jockeys for. We are both right at the same time. The solution is therefore many-fold. The scope of the problem is clearly […]
Some horses just love certain tracks. Luthers Luck loved Sandown, and won a million races there in the 1980’s. Zipping adored the god forsaken joint too. Chief De Beers and Doomben went hand in glove, and he couldn’t win anywhere else. Remember Mary’s not a name you’d usually put alongside those three top liners, but […]
Is there any jockey anywhere in Australia riding as well as James Orman is at the moment? This kid’s on fire. In the past month he has ridden an amazing 27 winners, including riding 7 doubles and 3 trebles. He did it again yesterday at Doomben, riding back to back winners in races 2 and […]
To the best of my knowledge, as of Saturday morning the gun 19-year-old Central Queensland apprentice Tahlia Fenton had never ridden a treble. Young Fenton had ridden doubles before – in fact she landed her first one at just her 2nd race meeting as a pro jock – but she hadn’t cracked it for three […]
I found this story on a really interesting website called Weekend Kings. They wrote it not me. I highly recommend taking a look at it, for there are some great stories there about racing. Mick Dittman was one of Australia’s most successful jockeys during his career, but the Queenslander always had a secret urge to […]
Wanderson D’Avila is a jockey. He is also a grub. D’Avila mistreated his wonderful wife, the horse trainer Sharlee, and being the strong women she is, she gave him the punt. The Queensland racing community know what’s right and wrong – or most of them anyway: I don’t speak for On The Bit Racing – […]
There has been some criticism of mature age apprentice Jade Doolan’s vigour, or lack thereof, on the fast blowing in the betting second favourite Bernie’s Tiger in the 2nd race at Mackay on Tuesday, but I have to say I beg to differ. Jade Doolan is just a rookie at the riding game, who up […]
