Alan Johns rides another shocker
Alan Johns rides another shocker
Formely Fist of Fury
And yet another balls up today........gottta be the worst pro riding
Formely Fist of Fury
No, I haven't heard anything.
Brian O'Connor in the Irish Times reports something about Shane Foley "being in a position to give the job his full commitment". Shane Foley has stayed in Ireland this month (or most of it at least) while Colm O'Donoghue has been in Meydan riding for Charlie Appleby.
Noel Fehily retiring.
I've only really been into racing for the past 7/8 years, but he'll always be synonymous with Conti and the King George for me. Top class jockey.
I can't really imagine racing without the likes of Ruby, Johnson and Noel.
Top jockey is Noel Fehily. It’ll be sad to see him pack up. Best of luck to him.
Good jockey but one I found difficult to 'catch'. Can't think off the top of my head of a single winner he's been on for me (bound to be some!!) but plenty when he's mugged me.
At least he's getting out pretty much in one piece and on his own terms.
Illegitimi non carborundum
Looks like he has a job with J.Sullivan.
Nice job and hopefully he can make waves
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
He has that job for a few years now.
Have to say Tom Hogan was first to publicly praise Noel's abilities as a top class jockey when Silver Jaro won 2008 County Hurdle.
Delighted he won at his final Festival and onwards for him.
His champion hurdle win on Rock on Ruby was a thing of beauty
Ruby Walsh to ride in a six-furlong maiden on the opening day of the Irish Flat season at Naas on Sunday.
A nice read on Noel for his last day piloting
https://www.irishexaminer.com/breaki...ll-912764.html
Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done
Josephine Gordon's career seems to be in freefall - not only the split from Palmer but she seems reliant now on the odd ride from Phil McEntee, Gay Kelleway and John Best - and the others who were using her seem to have stopped.
Any idea why Ardross? I always saw her as a plus.
Why did she split from Palmer?
Josephine Gordon went freelance in February and still hopes to ride for Hugo Palmer occasionally.
https://www.racingpost.com/news/jose...-palmer/366310
Last edited by Diamond Geezer; 2nd April 2019 at 2:46 PM.
Outsider (2nd April 2019)
I don’t think she had much choice rather than chose to go freelance she was riding hardly any of his horses by then .
Palmer did jock her off some horses after her hand injury last summer and I saw an interview in which he was rather sexist saying he had told her she had got too far back in the Britannia and thought she was distracted by the ladies’s hats .
I am also rather baffled by it I also thought she was very good and a plus.