Mark Latham on Mental Health in Racing
I am no fan of Mark Latham, in fact quite the opposite. But everyone gets it right sometimes. And Latham has done here.
Treat Noel Callow With Compassion and Understanding Stewards – Put Our People First – Its the Decent Thing to Do
The news that the Stewards have charged jockey Noel Callow with failing to front a further inquiry into recordings he allegedly made and published while in Darwin last year is hugely disappointing, and something of an affront to human decency and common sense. Callow is unwell and the Stewards know or should suspect that, for […]
Racing Mates
A Cry For Help – Someone in Racing Please Get it For Him If You Can
Jockey Luke Tarrant has been posting these and other strange videos on his public Facebook page. A lot of racing people are concerned about his wellbeing, which is understandable. This is a cry for help if I have ever seen one. If you can do something to assist the kid, please do. It looks like […]
You Can’t Call Footy Players Monkeys, and Quite Rightly Too – So Why Do We Continue to Call Redheads Apes?
‘Ranga’ is an abbreviation of ‘orangutan’. Used mostly in Australia, the word has gradually spread across the world and has now been adopted to refer to all redheads. It’s thought that is began being used as a derogatory word around the 1990s in Australia school yards. https://gingerparrot.co.uk/ginger-dictionary/ranga-definition/ Bazza McKeown my ginger haired associate and friend […]
What a Brilliant Initiative
Huge congratulations to Racing NSW and its Racing Mates program leader Pat Webster, trainer of the former Group 1 star Happy Clapper. Horse racing is a terribly tough game, and the pressures on participants are enormous. It’s the reason that we can all name a trainer or rider who has died from an overdose or […]
No More Sledges – Jason Bonnington Needs Help – And It’s Up to the Industry to Provide It
I am seriously worried about Jason Bonnington’s mental health. And believe that he should be subjected to random alcohol and drug testing at work. It’s for his own good. All to often we watch people fall cliffs and only move to pick them up after they have crashed. We need to have a more proactive […]