Jockey Noel Callow has been suspended for another racist rant caught on video, the second time the experienced jockey has been punished for such an offence.
The jockey ‘’recorded a video of himself engaging with a member of the public in a manner that included use of offensive and racist language’’, Stewards said.
Callow pleaded guilty.
According to the Queensland Racing Integrity Stewards report, Callow ‘’made the racist remark “you coons get about” and, on three occasions, offensively told the member of the public “give us a look at your bottom teeth.”
It is the second time Callow has been in trouble for racist videos, after copping a 10-month suspension for recordings made during the Darwin Cup in 2024.
‘’Stewards regard conduct involving racist language as inherently serious, as such conduct is objectively offensive, incompatible with community expectations, and capable of causing significant harm to the reputation of racing, regardless of whether it occurs on or off the racecourse,’’ the report said.
‘’In this matter, the seriousness of the offending is aggravated by the fact that Mr Callow recorded the conduct himself and disseminated the footage, thereby creating a foreseeable risk of wider publication, which ultimately occurred’’.
Stewards noted that the second racist recordings could be seen as worse than his first offence.
‘’Stewards further note that the video the subject of this charge can be clearly differentiated from the videos which resulted in Mr Callow’s disqualification following the inquiry conducted on 1 August 2025,’’ the report said.
‘’While the earlier videos could be characterised as opportunistic or impulsive conduct occurring in the moment, the discernible deliberate character of the conduct in the present video takes it to a higher level of culpability.”
‘’In this instance, Mr Callow engaged in an interaction with the member of the public off camera and then made a conscious decision to return with the camera activated in order to film the altercation.”
‘’By electing to re-engage in the interaction for the purpose of recording, Mr Callow converted a private exchange into content that carried a real and foreseeable risk of entering the public domain and being associated with the racing industry.”
‘’This sequence of events reflects a considered decision to create material that was foreseeably offensive and prejudicial.’’
Callow argued to Stewards he deserved leniency for pleading guilty early and had ”expressed genuine remorse and has taken steps since the incident to educate himself and address his behaviour”.
He ”also submitted that he has been unable to be gainfully employed as a result of the previous conduct matter and that he has suffered mentally as a consequence”.
He argued also that as the latest video was in the same time frame as his first offence, the puishements should essentially be served at the same time.
Stewards said a significant punishment was needed, including deterrence for future offences, as well to ”to discourage any repetition of such behaviour, and general deterrence of particular importance to ensure a clear message is sent that racist conduct, whether on or off the racecourse and whether intended as humour or otherwise, will not be tolerated”.
Stewards handed Callow a 6-month suspension, reduced to 5 months because the 51-year old pleaded guilty.
Three of those months will be served alongside his current ban, with two months essentially added on to his existing sentence. Callow will be free to ride in August.
