{"id":140555,"date":"2025-05-29T05:04:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T05:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/140555\/"},"modified":"2025-05-29T05:04:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T05:04:18","slug":"explosive-fight-breaks-out-between-two-jockeys-with-one-rushed-to-hospital-for-treatment-after-post-race-bust-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/140555\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosive fight breaks out between two jockeys with one rushed to hospital for treatment after post-race bust-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AN explosive post-race bust-up between jockeys saw one rushed to hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Stewards have opened an urgent investigation into the &#8216;physical altercation&#8217; between two top-tier riders.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jockey Noel Callow wins a horse race, raising his hand in victory.\" height=\"960\" width=\"741\" data-credit=\"Alamy\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2jxjbty-jockey-noel-callow-returns-857905344.jpg\" data-caption=\"Legendary jockey Noel Callow has been stood down from riding in light of the 'physical altercation'\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2jxjbty-jockey-noel-callow-returns-857905344.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Legendary jockey Noel Callow has been stood down from riding in light of the &#8216;physical altercation&#8217;Credit: Alamy<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Two men in suits posing for a photo.\" height=\"462\" width=\"338\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ky.jpg\" data-caption=\"Kyle Wilson-Taylor, seen here with Frankie Dettori, is the second jockey at the centre of the investigation\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ky.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Wilson-Taylor, seen here with Frankie Dettori, is the second jockey at the centre of the investigation<\/p>\n<p>Group 1-winning superstar Noel Callow, who has won more than \u00a322million in his career, was involved.<\/p>\n<p>As was fellow top level-winning rider Kyle Wilson-Taylor, report <a aria-label=\"Racenet (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.racenet.com.au\/news\/group-1-winning-jockeys-noel-callow-and-kyle-wilsontaylor-embroiled-in-physical-altercation-at-doomben-races-20250528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">Racenet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Their scrap was said to have erupted during a heated argument after a race at Doomben in Australia on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Kim Kelly, Deputy Commissioner for the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission, said: &#8220;I can confirm that a stewards\u2019 enquiry has been opened into a physical altercation between two riders at the Doomben race meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A considerable body of evidence has been taken and the matter was adjourned to a date to be fixed to allow a rider who was taken from the course for medical treatment to give evidence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Racenet report that Wilson-Taylor, 25, insisted he did not start the fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;King&#8217; Callow, 49, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/24658031\/i-was-top-jockey-making-millions-now-uber-driver\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">became an Uber driver during one break from the sport<\/a>, has been stood down for medical reasons.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed that Wilson-Taylor is fit and well enough to continue riding pending the outcome of the probe.<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear what did or didn&#8217;t happen in the race to spark the scrap.<\/p>\n<p>And any punishments will have to wait until the investigation is concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Callow is one of the biggest names in Australian racing &#8211; but his career has been a series of ups and downs.<\/p>\n<p>Amid a series of bans he banged in five Group 1 wins and enjoyed a lucrative and prolific stint in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson-Taylor is at the opposite end of the racing spectrum in that he is continuing to make a name for himself on the big stage.<\/p>\n<p>But his big breakthrough came in the 2023 Tatt&#8217;s Tiara aboard Palaisipan, a victory worth just shy of \u00a3250,000.<\/p>\n<p>Fights breaking out between jockeys, while they don&#8217;t happen often, are nothing new.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/horseracing\/13126423\/infamous-breeders-cup-fight-2010\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Breeders&#8217; 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