Group 1 winning jockeys Noel Callow and Kyle Wilson-Taylor embroiled in physical altercation at Doomben races

Jockeys Noel Callow and Kyle Wilson-Taylor were involved in a physical altercation at Doomben races on Wednesday with an inquiry opened into the matter.

Jockeys Noel Callow and Kyle Wilson-Taylor

A pair of Group 1 winning jockeys were involved in a physical altercation at Doomben races on Wednesday, with one being taken from the course to seek further medical treatment.

Racenet can reveal Queensland stewards have opened an inquiry into a dramatic incident involving young riding gun Kyle Wilson-Taylor and multiple Group 1 winning veteran rider Noel Callow.

It is understood the physical altercation came after ill-feeling between the pair escalated at Doomben.

“I can confirm that a stewards’ inquiry has been opened into a physical altercation between two riders at the Doomben race meeting today,” Kim Kelly, Deputy Commissioner for the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission, said.

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“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.”

Kelly would not comment further.

It is understood Wilson-Taylor insisted that he had not been the aggressor in the initial incident.

Callow has been stood down from riding for medical reasons, but it is understood Wilson-Taylor will be fine to continue to ride while the stewards’ inquiry is pending.

Callow, with five Australian Group 1s to his name, has collected big-race wins all over the world, including a prolific stint in Singapore.

The larrikin jockey they call “King” has returned to being a formidable metropolitan riding force in recent times, but says after he first arrived in Queensland many trainers thought he was in semi-retirement.

Wilson-Taylor came through the apprentice ranks in Queensland and has been a success as a senior jockey, breaking into the elite Group 1 club when he scored in the Tatt’s Tiara on Palaisipan in 2023.

Late last year, he revealed how seeing a sports psychologist had been a “game-changer” for his career and helped to curtail a wave of riding suspensions.

Originally published as Group 1 winning jockeys Noel Callow and Kyle Wilson-Taylor embroiled in physical altercation at Doomben races