‘I’ve watched my Durban July win over 100 times,’ says jockey Kabelo Matsunyane
The 24-year-old rode Winchester Mansion to victory in front of over 30 000 people at Greyville race course.…
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Jockey Jamie Kah is charged over white powder scandal after appearing to rack up a line in photo
Champion jockey Jamie Kah is charged over white powder scandal after appearing to rack up a line in shock photoKah in trouble after images surfaced on social mediaAppeared to show her rack up line of white powderCame to light a…
Horse racing world in mourning after champion Group 1-winning jockey Peter Mertens dies aged 58
The racing world is in mourning after popular Group 1-winning jockey Peter Mertens died aged just 58 after a long battle with cancer.Mertens, who rode more than 2100 winners, including seven Group 1 races, was diagnosed with pancreatic…
Champion Gr 1 winning jockey Chris Munce faces new claims by stewards of illegally injecting horses
Grand slam-winning jockey Chris Munce faces fresh claims of illegally injecting racehorses in three-day stewards' inquiry after hundreds of hours of stable CCTV footage seized A new QRIC panel has been set up to review an old…
Royal Ascot: Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne pays tribute to Frankie Dettori
She's won a Melbourne Cup, been the subject of a movie and ridden over 750 winners, but Aussie jockey Michelle Payne's new career highlight might just be joining the broadcast team for the Royal Ascot carnival.The 37-year-old became the…
Jockey Tye Angland was paralysed in horror fall at Sha Tin, now he is back in wheelchair rugby
Tye Angland was one of the best jockeys in Australia before an horrific horse race fall made him a paraplegic five years ago.At the time of the crash, his life-changing accident left the entire racing community in stunned disbelief…
Frankie Dettori is super-relaxed as jockey, 52, targets dream ending in the Derby
The only thing Frankie Dettori can remember about his first ride in the Betfred Derby on Pollen Count in 1992 is the old way of getting to the start of the most important race in British Flat racing by taking your mount across the Downs at…
Jockey David Probert is taken to hospital after incident at Windsor racecourse
Jockey David Probert is taken to hospital after being kicked by Bits and Bobs in incident at Windsor racecourse with Matt Chapman describing it as 'one of the nastiest moments I have ever witnessed'David Probert was rushed to…
Horse racing community rallies together at jockey Dean Holland’s funeral at Flemington…
Hundreds of mourners flocked to Flemington Racecourse to mourn top jockey Dean Holland at an emotion-charged service that highlighted just how loved and respected he was in the tight-knit racing fraternity.The 34-year-old died after a…
Jockey Libby Hopwood slams racing industry ahead of Dean Holland’s Flemington funeral
Former top jockey Libby Hopwood has mourned people being 'eaten up' by the relentless 'racing machine' in the wake of her fellow rider and close friend Dean Holland's tragic death last month. Holland died after a sickening fall in country…