BREAKING NEWS: Amateur jockey Lorna Brooke is in ‘serious but stable’ condition after being airlifted to Bristol hospital following horror fall off a horse trained by her mother at Taunton Lorna Brooke fell from Orchestrated during a race at Taunton on Thursday Amateur jockey is in a ‘serious but stable’ condition in a Bristol hospital … Read more
The Jockey Club is facing allegations of ‘misogyny, racism and bullying’ after complaints were lodged by staff over the behaviour of their colleagues. The details of the complaints include senior figures within the 270-year-old organisation, which runs most of the country’s high-profile racecourses and has the Queen as its patron. Documents reveal that an employee complained … Read more
Jockey Michelle Payne is completely unrecognisable as she skips the riding gear and dons an edgy leather top that shows off her bra and hint of cleavage at Melbourne Fashion Festival By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:14 GMT, 20 March 2021 | Updated: 07:14 GMT, 20 March 2021 Michelle Payne made history … Read more
Her first racing triumph, aged 13 and riding a pony, gave no hint that Rachael Blackmore would one day make history. But yesterday she entered the record books by becoming the first woman to win the Champion Hurdle, highlight of the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival. Miss Blackmore, 31, from Killenaule in County Tipperary, … Read more
Cheltenham Festival-winning amateur jockey Rob James handed 12-month ban from racing – with the last eight suspended – after shocking video emerged of him jumping onto the back of a dead horse Rob James has been banned for 12 months by the Irish Horseracing Board Sickening video of him climbing onto back of a dead … Read more
Rob James, a jockey who won at Cheltenham in 2020 on a Gordon Elliott trained horse, has appeared in a shocking video where he appears to sit on a dead horse. Irish trainer Elliott has been temporarily banned from entering horses into British races and is being investigated by the British Horseracing Authority after a grotesque … Read more
Grand National winner turned racehorse trainer Richard Guest has been turfed out of his home in the former grounds of a country manor after a judge found he had turned the property into ‘a mess’. Mr Guest, who won the 2001 Grand National on Red Marauder, has been locked in a court fight with wealthy … Read more
Jockey Gina Andrews taken to hospital after suffering a sickening fall before being kicked in the FACE by a horse during a race at Cheltenham An amateur jockey has been taken to hospital after she was kicked in the face by a horse during a race at Cheltenham Gina Andrews fell in the 12.40 Catesby … Read more
Champion jockey Lester Piggott, 84, puts 70 trophies from his 4,493 career wins up for auction to raise £80,000 to fund his retirement Lester Piggott, 84, has put 70 trophies and personal items up for auction Auctioneer Graham Budd said Mr Piggott was having a major clear out His 1957 and 1960 Epsom Derby winner’s … Read more
Champion jockey Oisin Murphy facing SIX-MONTH suspension after testing positive for cocaine after summer meeting in France as he claims it came from a night out Oisin Murphy has tested positive for cocaine in a drugs screening in France Murphy alleges positive test at summer race meeting in July came from night out Champion jockey … Read more