Tuesday May 30th 2023

It would be interesting to know what sparked his interest in the first place, too. (Unless I missed it).

His granddad was a 10p each way yankee punter on the TV racing and they used to watch it together. Kaiya used to imitate the top jocks when riding his bike on the street, and then went to help out at the Ebony Horse Club in Brixton where Khadijah Mellah learned to ride. Kaiya didn't sit on a horse until he went to the British Racing School in Newmarket aged 16. He has a fantastic supportive mum, as this interview reveals. He is expected to ride a fancied one at Epsom on Saturday. Some story.

Can you learn after 16?

My son went to Horse Riding Lessons in Catford, London Zone 2/3 when he was very little and yes Horse Riding does exist in Brixton and I know that Inner City London is actually a hot bed for Horse Riding Schools.

I think learning those skills are pretty difficult after the age of 6.

I napped him in his last Race and maybe he needs a break.

I did a reverse forecast on Big Baby Bull and Tai Sing Yeh in that Race but the latter was run out of 2nd place by a Nose.

Now there is no 30 euros in my pocket where 30 euros should be.

Rust decided the next head had to be a female WHY ?

Why was he allowed to stay on for 12 months ( on 320k plus pa) after tendering his resignation and rubber stamping the useless clueless Harrington whose sole claim for anything to do with horses or racing was tenuous to say the least . Running a brewery was apt though because she can't organise a piss up in one .

He had form on appointing useless females , Phelps the rower whose appointment statement was a classic .

" I'm looking forward to learning about the industry "

That went well didn't it ,wasted a huge amount of time and money on that oh so important diversity.

Then off she went ,after pocketing a nice big salary with perks.

Rust was under the bookies, this one is as well.

Her speech on her stupid whip change rule and vision for racing was ridiculed in Aussie by the HK CEO who actually knows and understands the game .Which she does not .

We are where we are in racing today because of Rust tenure .

I argued about it for years on TH where he was defended , but in reality we've been landed by him with someone even more clueless than he was. Brilliant move that .

Rust was allowed to do what he did by those who kept him there. You have to ask the question about how the gambling industry has got a stranglehold on horseracing. And a great deal more.

Who did Rust work for prior to becoming Head of the BHA.

That answers your question.