Racing stewards have stood down prominent jockey Noel Callow, alleging the 50-year-old of racially abusing and ridiculing several Indigenous people in separate incidents in Darwin last year.
Under investigation are two videos which were allegedly filmed on the Group-1 winner's mobile phone around 12 months ago and emerged online last week.
The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has already charged Callow with two counts of conduct prejudicial to the image of thoroughbred racing.
The matter was initially adjourned by stewards to allow Callow an opportunity to seek legal advice before entering a plea to the charges.
But soon after the adjournment, Callow was immediately stood down and his riding license suspended from last Friday until the inquiry has concluded.
The jockey ran his last race last Tuesday, July 29, finishing third on Hills Minto over 1000 metres at Doomben racecourse in Brisbane.
Callow's suspension came after he allegedly filmed an Aboriginal man on the streets of Darwin's CBD while walking, eating and offering the man a bite of pizza.
What started out as a friendly conversation quickly turned into Callow ridiculing the man.
"What's going on, Crackers? You want a pizza?" Callow says.
"How about a shower? You stink like f**k."
Callow, who appeared intoxicated, asked the man his name before he begins to mimic an Indigenous accent with inaudible chatter.
In the video he ridicules the man further after not getting a reply, mockingly calling him "Yothu Yindi", before mimicking the song 'Treaty'.
In a second video, Callow is riding a bicycle on a footpath, holding a jockey whip in his left hand on the handlebars while nearly crashing into three Aboriginal pedestrians, firing off a racist four-letter slur which National Indigenous Times will not publish.
"Stop walking over the top of the footpath," Callow allegedly yells.
Callow was unable to fulfil his rides during the Darwin Cup carnival including in Monday's $200,000 Darwin Cup (2050m) on Bear Story, who consequentially finished last in the field.
He rode Bear Story in last year's Darwin Cup to a third place.
"The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (on Friday) convened its stewards' inquiry, and issued two charges under Australian Rule of Racing AR 228(a) against licensed jockey, Mr Noel Callow," a QRIC statement read.
"The charges relate to conduct alleged to have occurred approximately one year ago while Mr Callow was not riding at, or attending, a race meeting and was not at any racecourse.
"It is alleged Mr Callow engaged in conduct prejudicial to the image of racing.
"Acting under AR 23(a), the stewards have suspended Mr Callow's jockey licence in full, pending the outcome of the inquiry.
"Mr Callow has been informed of his right of appeal in respect of this decision.
"QRIC takes matters concerning conduct, welfare and integrity seriously, and will continue to ensure all participants are held to the highest professional and behavioural standards."
It is not the first time Callow has attracted unfavourable attention after reportedly fighting with a fellow jockey, Kyle Wilson-Taylor, during a race meeting in this year's Queensland winter carnival.
Callow later denied on SEN radio that he threw a punch in the jockey's room after a race back, arguing it was only a bit of push and shove after Wilson-Taylor bumped Callow, who was waiting for a weigh-in at the scales.
Stewards suspended Callow for three months over that incident, but one month of the ban was suspended after he undertook an anger management class.
"I was out of line, probably old enough and should know better," Callow said.
"It is what it is – (but) categorically, I'll tell you one thing: I didn't throw one punch.
"Maybe I was shadow boxing myself.
"I copped about three (from Wilson-Taylor) – I'm zero-and-one on the fight status."
Callow – with five Group 1 wins to his name in Australia – had only just returned to riding last week.
He has claimed 1634 wins over a career that stretches back to 1990. During his career he has earned nearly $46.3 million in prize money for his connections.
