Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Why on earth would the Stewards question apprentice Perrie Carter’s ride on Braidwood Queen in this race at Bundaberg yesterday? The kid was on the despised outsider in the race, and thanks to her bold front running tactics she almost pinched it. The much better fancied pair who filled the quinella – one of them […]
Queensland jockey Tasha Chambers has been suspended for 6 weeks for striking rival rider Chris Meehan during the race at Rockhampton that we highlighted on this site after the race day officials seemed to miss it completely. How that occurred is probably equally as much an issue as the actual incident, but I guess the […]
RUN AWAY RENEE – Bumped with BETTER THAN WORDS at the start. Hung out under pressure rounding the home turn and in the home straight. When questioned, jockey J Stanley advised the filly travelled well in the early and middle stages, despite some effort having to be mare of his mount to obtain a forward […]
You could spend your whole life looking, and travel the world in search of one, but you will never find an easier protest to uphold than this one in the 2nd race at Thangool on the weekend. Craiglea Bronte took hold of its lightweight apprentice rider Kelsey Lenton on the home turn and decided to […]
Chris Meehan in sky blue silks and cap, with purple sleeves, Tasha Chambers in the blue with blue and white striped cap Here is the rear view Stewards vision of the incident at Rockhampton that the 5 on-duty stipes didn’t see. Looking at it from this angle you can clearly see C. Meehan and T. […]
Tasha Chambers was very, very lucky that the five Stewards on duty at Rockhampton yesterday were seemingly blind, for if they weren’t she would likely have found herself sitting on the sidelines for a while. Fellow jockey Chris Meehan might have been too. Chambers is on the horse in the purple and white with striped […]
Queensland’s most suspended apprentice jockey clearly didn’t make a new years resolution to ride with care, for he has started 2025 in much the same manner that he left 2o24. Suspended for careless riding. We speak of course about Dan McGillivray, the lesser talented of the errant jockey brothers (Matthew McGillivray being the other), and […]
Racing Queensland gave the Emerald Turf Club more than half a million dollars last year to construct a stewards’ room, jockey facilities, and male and female amenities, including disability access, kitchenette, TV monitors for race review and broadcast footage, and washing and drying facilities. It’s a pity no-one thought to spend any money on fixing […]
Queensland jockey Jackson Morris was yesterday suspended from race riding for 4 months for failing an on-course breath test at the Ballina races on Boxing Day. Morris’s case is near identical to Day’s. Both men arrived at work (the racecourse) with alcohol still on their systems, both were directed to participate in random breath testing, […]
A few weeks ago QLD trot trainer was fined $6000 for presenting the mare Kelloshiel to race (and win) at Marburg with dexamethasone in her system. Now Kelloshiel is a horse with an abundance of natural ability, but she clearly has a few problems that hold her back on the track. When she has been […]
