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News.com.au
6 days ago
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- News.com.au
'There is an unspoken rule': Kyle Wilson-Taylor will try as hard as ever to beat partner Angela Jones, despite her premiership ambitions
Kyle Wilson-Taylor says he is incredibly proud of his partner and fellow jockey Angela Jones, but it's the 'nature of the beast' he will be trying to beat her horses as the Brisbane jockeys' premiership races goes down to the wire. Jones, engaged to Wilson-Taylor, goes into the second-last Brisbane metropolitan meeting of the racing season with a one-win lead over great mate and rival jockey Emily Lang in the title race. It had been a two-win margin but as Racenet has revealed, Lang scored an unexpected win when a horse she finished runner-up to in April was disqualified for a cobalt positive during a stewards' inquiry on Thursday. 'There is no-one prouder of Ange than what I am,' Wilson-Taylor said. 'I know how hard it is and she deserves it (the premiership), she is as hard a worker as anyone I know and she is as gifted a rider as anyone I know. 'But the nature of the beast is that I am out there to win, regardless of what the scenario is. 'That's an unspoken rule, we are both jockeys doing our job. 'She is just another jockey but she is my partner as well, so there is that. 'She rides a lot of Tony Gollan 's horses which are normally hard in the betting market and they are often the horses I want to be following in the race, or they are horses I have got earmarked in a race to try to beat.' • Qld carnival wagering hopes 'washed away' by Derby day wet Regardless of the results at the final two metropolitan meetings, history will be made as either Jones or Lang will become the first female rider to score the Brisbane jockeys' premiership. While Jones has got plenty of accolades, Wilson-Taylor is also delighted with his own season in which he has ridden 20 more winners than the previous season. 'I am stoked with my season, I am getting some good support from good stables and I have ridden some Stakes winners and more winners than last season,' he said. 'And I am really ironing out the little one percenters that I was getting wrong over the last few seasons. 'As I mature and as I continue to iron those things out, it is only going to build from here.' Group 1 -winner Wilson-Taylor has seven rides at Doomben on Saturday and one in particular is close to his heart. He re-unites with Kris Lees -trained two-year-old filly Issy's Star who he won on last month at Coffs Harbour. "It was probably equally as special as winning a Group 1." Young Queensland jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor sparked emotional scenes when he paid tribute to his late mate Jesse Riley after winning a race named in his honour. @bendorries76 @Racing_QLD — Racenet (@RacenetTweets) June 24, 2025 The Jesse Riley 2YO Handicap was named in honour of Wilson-Taylor's late best mate and it was raced exactly four years to the day since Riley's unexpected passing. 'It was very special on that day,' Wilson-Taylor said. 'And when Kris wanted me to ride her again at Doomben this Saturday, obviously I was very keen. 'She won well when I rode her and then she went to Canterbury and performed really well. 'She has got plenty of upside as she did everything on that day at Coffs Harbour on raw ability. 'She is still a small, fine filly so once she fills into her frame she is going to be a really nice horse.' Issy's Star is rated a $7.50 chance in the opening race at Doomben on Saturday, the QTIS 2YO Handicap (1110m).
Herald Sun
19-07-2025
- Sport
- Herald Sun
Kyle Wilson-Taylor steps up for double with trainer Chris Waller at Eagle Farm
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. The big boys have left town, now it's Kyle Wilson-Taylor's time to shine. With the Queensland winter carnival well and truly over and the star southern jockeys either back home or on holidays, Wilson-Taylor collected a double with a couple of textbook rides on the Chris Waller-trained $11 chances Yet He Moves and Caboche. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Wilson-Taylor steered gelding Yet He Moves to victory in a Benchmark 78 Handicap over a mile before winning on Caboche in an open handicap at the same distance in the next race. 'The carnival is gone and the city jocks have gone home so that gives us a crack now,' Wilson-Taylor said. 'Chris (Waller) had a chat to me during the carnival and said once it goes, I'll be straight back in there. 'It's great to get these opportunities and even better to make the most of them. 'It helps when you draw good gates and have really well-prepared horses. 'I galloped him (Caboche) on Tuesday and he's one of my favourite horses.' Five-year-old gelding Yet He Moves flew down the outside in the straight to beat home Just Flying ($6) and $81 outsider Connecticut. Asked about the son of Adelaide going into the race without a trial after last running in early May over 1835m at Eagle Farm, Wilson-Taylor said: 'You never discount Mr Waller, he's the best trainer in the country for a reason. 'This horse is forward and just needs that sort of variety. He loves to switch off early and present at the right time and it all worked out for me today. 'I probably got there a bit soon and he switched off late but it's good signs going forward. 'Chris has been a really good supporter of mine in recent times and I've been doing a bit of work there and getting the results.' Caboche defeated $2.50 favourite Chica Mojito for a Waller quinella, with the Jack Bruce-trained This'llbetheone ($9.50) in third. There was a sad postscript to Caboche's victory, with the Chris and Corey-Munce-trained gelding Brookhaven being humanely euthanised on the track after breaking down entering the straight. Originally published as Kyle Wilson-Taylor steps up for double with trainer Chris Waller at Eagle Farm
Courier-Mail
19-07-2025
- Sport
- Courier-Mail
Kyle Wilson-Taylor steps up for double with trainer Chris Waller at Eagle Farm
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. The big boys have left town, now it's Kyle Wilson-Taylor's time to shine. With the Queensland winter carnival well and truly over and the star southern jockeys either back home or on holidays, Wilson-Taylor collected a double with a couple of textbook rides on the Chris Waller-trained $11 chances Yet He Moves and Caboche. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Wilson-Taylor steered gelding Yet He Moves to victory in a Benchmark 78 Handicap over a mile before winning on Caboche in an open handicap at the same distance in the next race. 'The carnival is gone and the city jocks have gone home so that gives us a crack now,' Wilson-Taylor said. 'Chris (Waller) had a chat to me during the carnival and said once it goes, I'll be straight back in there. 'It's great to get these opportunities and even better to make the most of them. 'It helps when you draw good gates and have really well-prepared horses. 'I galloped him (Caboche) on Tuesday and he's one of my favourite horses.' Five-year-old gelding Yet He Moves flew down the outside in the straight to beat home Just Flying ($6) and $81 outsider Connecticut. Asked about the son of Adelaide going into the race without a trial after last running in early May over 1835m at Eagle Farm, Wilson-Taylor said: 'You never discount Mr Waller, he's the best trainer in the country for a reason. 'This horse is forward and just needs that sort of variety. He loves to switch off early and present at the right time and it all worked out for me today. 'I probably got there a bit soon and he switched off late but it's good signs going forward. 'Chris has been a really good supporter of mine in recent times and I've been doing a bit of work there and getting the results.' Caboche defeated $2.50 favourite Chica Mojito for a Waller quinella, with the Jack Bruce-trained This'llbetheone ($9.50) in third. There was a sad postscript to Caboche's victory, with the Chris and Corey-Munce-trained gelding Brookhaven being humanely euthanised on the track after breaking down entering the straight. Originally published as Kyle Wilson-Taylor steps up for double with trainer Chris Waller at Eagle Farm
Herald Sun
24-06-2025
- Sport
- Herald Sun
Kyle Wilson-Taylor wins raced named in honour of late mate
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. It was a country race worth $13,950 to the winner but for emotional jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor, it was priceless and just as special as claiming one of Australia's premier Group 1s. The Jesse Riley 2YO Handicap was named in honour of Wilson-Taylor's late best mate and it was raced at Coffs Harbour last Friday, exactly four years to the day since Riley's unexpected passing. It was the race the Queensland jockey wanted to win more than any other and it was months in the planning that saw him partner Kris Lees' young filly Issy's Star, who started the $2.10 favourite. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! When the filly bolted in to win by almost six lengths, emotions overflowed. 'I did it for Jesse, not for myself, I just know he would have been looking down from above and got a big thrill out of it,' Wilson-Taylor told Racenet. 'It was probably equally as special as winning a Group 1. 'He was a great mate, everyone at Coffs Harbour loved him. 'I can still hear his laugh, he had a big, obnoxious laugh on him and he was just a great human. Kyle Wilson-Taylor (left) riding at the beach with his late mate Jesse Riley. Picture: Supplied. • 12, 13, 12, 13, 15, 10, 16 … surely this barrier bad luck can't continue? 'When he was younger he was an apprentice jockey but he struggled with his weight. 'He sort of lived his dream through me a bit, but tragically he passed away, it was really unexpected. 'The day that he passed away, I was driving to the Kilcoy races and I was just shattered, it's the only day of my adult life that I can't even remember really. 'In recent times I had gotten in touch with Jesse's old man and he hasn't been too well, I lined it up so he could get there for the race. 'I was very emotional when I won the race, I tried not to cry but I came back in and saw his Dad crying and it was intense.' Sometimes a race is much more than a race and that was the case last Friday. Two years ago, Wilson-Taylor soared into the Group 1 club when he won the Tatt's Tiara on Palaisipan. Sadly, his great mate never got to see it. Wilson-Taylor was determined to honour him at Coffs Harbour last week. Jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor celebrates with connections of Issy's Star after his emotional victory in the Coffs Harbour race named in honour of his late mate Jesse Riley. Picture: Trackside Photography • Dream come true, literally, for longshot Cup winner's owner 'I spoke to Kris Lees months out and I asked him to do me a solid, if he could send something that would win the race for me,' Wilson-Taylor said. 'Jesse was a major influence in my life and, without him, I might not be riding today. 'I had my troubles when I left Victoria and I moved to Coffs Harbour and he was the first friend I made there, we just clicked. 'I would finish track work and have nothing to do and so I would go around to his place and punch bungers (cigarettes) and drink coffees and just talk all day. 'He had been young and wild but once his daughter was born, he completely turned his life around and was such a devoted father. 'There were times after I had moved to Brisbane when I would call him and say I wanted to go back to Coffs Harbour. 'He would just give me a verbal spray on the other end of the phone. 'He always had a lot of faith in me which was a big thing, because there were a lot of times when people didn't. 'He is the closest person to me that I've had pass away and they still don't really know what happened to him.' Jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor and Issy's Star at Coffs Harbour last Friday. Picture: Trackside Photography. Wilson-Taylor has copped a riding suspension and will miss Group 1 Tatt's Tiara day but will be back for the final day of the Queensland winter carnival on the Sunshine Coast on Saturday week. Originally published as 'As good as winning a Group 1': Kyle Wilson-Taylor's emotional tribute to his late mate
Irish Daily Mirror
12-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Jockey banned for fighting rival after five-word taunt sparked post-race scrap
Jockey Noel Callow has been handed a three-month suspension following a brawl he initiated with a fellow rider. The legendary Australian rider, nicknamed 'The King', has won more than 2,000 races, including five at Group 1 level, earning over £20million in his homeland. The 50-year-old pleaded guilty to improper conduct after getting into a scrap in the male jockeys' room at Doomben, Queensland last month. Callow was taken to the hospital after showing signs of concussion, which caused stewards to adjourn their inquiry on the day of the incident. When the investigation resumed, it emerged that the altercation started when Callow stood too close to Kyle Wilson-Taylor during weigh-in. Wilson-Taylor had to shove him aside to leave the scales, warning Callow: "I'm not scared of you", per the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission stewards' report. Callow then followed Wilson-Taylor into the changing room and "made aggressive contact" from behind, sparking "a physical altercation." The scuffle saw both men hit the deck, with Wilson-Taylor landing two blows to Callow's head while on top of him before they were separated. Despite the tussle, only Callow faced charges for behaviour detrimental to the interests of racing. Callow's solicitor informed the panel that the confrontation was brief, lasting just 15 or 20 seconds, and happened away from public view. His counsel argued it was a "momentary loss of temper", "out of character over recent times" and "unlikely to be repeated." Callow had issued an apology and was pursuing anger management guidance. The disciplinary panel deduced that Callow was the primary provocateur in the altercation and, whilst there was existing tension between the two, it didn't justify his behaviour. The findings highlighted: "Offences of this nature are unacceptable and cannot be condoned by the industry or industry regulators, in this case QRIC stewards." Callow received a three-month ban, which will be reduced to two provided he visits a sports psychologist and completes an anger management programme during his suspension.
