lol...most of them looked to scared to move* and yet some think it was fixed 



*say that in total respect, as i've never sat on a horse and pretty sure i wouldnt fancy hurtling at racing pace 12 weeks after first doing so

Mouse...I replied on the wasp thread....any good ?

Flapwasp ? I tire of him....he is too weak....I may unblock the Dr.

Woman in Full Burkha @ ascot next year will be next up  ,Post race inspection to Confirm no Gonads present at Weigh in .

Casta Semenya has spotted an opening !

Hi Mouse.

Did you enjoy your pancakes?

khadijah mellah   And google images ,now saying 12 hours ago 

Did she muck out every morning, clean tack, ride out, hold the horse still whilst the farrier and vet attended him, go back for evening stables, go home dirty and tired and still go back,  day in day out, until the glamour is long gone, and still work on? I'm not saying she didn't do well, but there are hundreds of lads and lasses out there who have far more ability and experience, but won't get a sniff at a winning ride.

Was the same with Pendleton years ago people involved in racing daily are likely to hold this viewpoint but won't be voicing it openly.

Riding a cold-blooded coloured gypsy cob around an enclosed sand school does not make you into a competent rider. Riding a straightforward and kindly gelding up the gallops surrounded by other horses does not make you a works rider. That win today was a PR victory, and maybe British racing needs to portray "inclusivity", but the real workers and risk-takers behind the scenes will rarely be acknowledged.

that's always the case, Braingloss...why only bringing it up now?   

Has margaret hodge asked for a stewards enquiry yet?

25/1 with ladbrookes

Hilarious ^^^^^^

Amazing how much publicity this story has generated.

I think it highlights how desperate some people are to appear that they are onside with diversity.

It was an amateur race that Racing TV didn't even show live.

What is the significance beyond the headline photos in today's papers? Everyone knows there are a limited number of black jockeys and black racegoers. Is that going to change? I very much doubt it. As long as that is down to personal choice and not barriers should we be that bothered? I don't think so.

Good luck to her but good luck to any poor white kid who might achieve the same and not get anything like the same publicity.

The 18-year-old Khadijah Mellah, the first hijabi jockey on a British equestrian racecourse, will take part in the 2019 Magnolia Cup charity Flat racing’s summer highlights, The Guardian reported. It took her two years on a waiting list before she could join Ebony Horse Club but she has long been a regular and it pains her that more people aren’t aware of the opportunity.

“To this day, people are like: ‘You ride in Brixton? Where?’ There’s literally a railway that goes above it, you see the horses from the train. Does no one pay attention?” Mellah said.

Just five months ago, the riding ambitions of the Muslim teenager didn’t extend beyond occasional lessons at the club in London. Yet, she’s currently expected to line up in a challenge event against former jockey and cyclist Victoria Pendleton, Irish model and TV presenter Vogue Williams, Apprentice series nine runner-up Luisa Zissman and others in a cavalry charge at the Sussex racecourse.

Mellah is being trained by Hayley Turner and Oli Bell, the latter executive producer of a documentary film about the challenge she has taken which will also be a significant moment in British racing.

Oli Bell pushing the story again...hmmm !

The irony here is that the same mugs that constantly bleat that racing is dying a death are probably the same ones moaning that a new audience might possibly be exposed to the sport.

Not the biggest fan of this religion & its practices but any opportunity to promote racing should be welcomed imo.

Haram for all jockeys, although it didn't stop her mentor, Hayley, from having the odd flutter.

Dunno, I don't watch ITV.