Nine of the greatest Flat and National Hunt jockeys of all time feature among the declarations for day two of the Longines Irish Champions Weekend at the Curragh on Sunday
‘His extraordinary rapport with the horse has not quite been matched by his dealings with humans – particularly not those in authority with whom he’s had a career-long battle…’
It has been 22 years since recently retired – and now riding work again – Kieren Fallon pulled his colleague Stuart Webster from his mount
“This is where racing is, where it’s all about. There’s great racing here and good people. I love it here.”
Hayley Turner brings the curtain down on her career as a jockey with five rides on the final day of the Flat season at Doncaster on Saturday
Kieren Fallon’s stop-start season in the saddle in Britain appears to have stalled once again after his agent, said that she has not spoken to the jockey for several days and no longer has any way to contact him
Wainstein says that it was great to get Fallon to come to South Africa again and it’s going to make it all very interesting – while Hayley Turner is on record is saying that her South African rides will be the last of her career
“I didn’t feel I was riding very well at home and I just thought a break would do me the world of good. It would be better than packing in anyway, I don’t feel I’m not ready for that just yet, and I have enjoyed my time riding out here in the sun.”
“I’d like to go back to California, which I intend doing in the next couple of weeks just to try and get the buzz back again”
When you are slagged off by individuals who have no experience of what they are talking about – and he has to be in that category – then it really angers me
Horseracing in KwaZulu-Natal takes the next step to the dawn of a new era at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Wednesday 1 January 2025
History shows that three-year-olds have it all to do in this prestigious mile race, given that there have been only ten sophomore winners since its inception in 1861, two of which in the new millennium
