Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The claimant alleges that during the race the defendant rode negligently or contrary to the rules of racing that caused his horse to fall. It is our case that the manner in which you rode at this point in the race was dangerous to the extreme Lord Edward Faulkes QC, representing the applicant, now wheelchair […]
Koalas are protected species in NSW. So is jockey Tommy Berry. Berry breaches the whip rules at almost every meeting that he rides. In fact over the past month he has broken the rules on average 1.6 times at every race meeting he has ridden. He gets away with it with impunity, which means scot […]
You have got to be good to let a field go without telling the riders, and do it while one of them is not even on their horse. I’m not blaming Larry Lewis, the starter at Clermont who did it in the 3rd race yesterday afternoon. He’s just a race loving bloke who works at […]
Quite a few people have asked me why the veteran 50 something journeyman jockey Peter ‘Hammo’ Hamilton has been denied a license by the QRIC. The simple answer is that I don’t know, so I can’t tell you. Instead I will just present a couple of facts to you, and leave you to work it […]
Peter Hamilton IR0110-21 17 November 2021 Original decision Refusal of Application for Thoroughbred Jockey Licence Final outcome Original decision confirmed – Refusal of Application for Thoroughbred Jockey Licence
The Apprentices Cup was held at Gatton yesterday. This time honoured race is a big deal for the kids, who get to pit their skills against each other head to head in a race unencumbered by senior jockeys, in a battle against their peers. It’s a bit like your own child’s school graduation ceremony. It’s […]
When we were kids everyone dreamed of riding flying horses. Times have changed. No-one wanted to ride Benchi Pegasus at Julia Creek on Saturday. They had to scratch him from three races on the same day for want of a jockey, which surely must be some sort of record. I guess when it is hard […]
There is a huge problem in regional Queensland with the current shortage of jockeys. Everyone knows it, but no-one wants to fix it, or alternatively they don’t know how. Only 6 jockeys turned up to ride at the Mt Isa meeting yesterday. As a result 6 horses on the 6 race card had to be […]
After a long, self-enforced absence from the race track during which he is believed to have worked out in the mines, and a period of mourning following the loss of his Dad, jockey Michael Murphy is back in the saddle. Not quite with a bang yet – Murphy has had five rides in then past […]
You couldn’t watch Mark Du Plessis’s ride on Blaze Seven in race at Ipswich this afternoon without a single word flashing across your brain in big bright lights. That word? Dead. Blaze Seven was backed from $6.50 into $4.40. Du Plessis gave it the perfect ride in the early to mid stages, popping it in […]
