
Watch the confronting moment top jockey racially abuses Aboriginal people on video
Queensland Racing Integrity Commission officials confirmed they are reviewing the footage, which was reportedly filmed in Darwin last year.
'A video was recently brought to the attention of the Commission,' a QRIC spokesperson told Racenet.
'It is presently the subject of an investigation.'
Callow, 50, is a veteran rider with 1,632 career wins, having won jockeys premierships from Melbourne to Singapore, but has a number of controversial moments in his past.
In June he was suspended for three months in Queensland after a post-race jockeys room brawl with a rival hoop.
The video shows Callow strike up a conversation with an Aboriginal man he was passing on the street, offering him some pizza before the seemingly friendly conversation turned offensive.
'What's doing crackers,' Callow says, before asking, 'Have you showered? F*** you stink like f***.'
The man responds, 'Nah, I haven't got a job [inaudible].'
'You stink like f***. Have some pizza. Take the pizza. Eat. Eat the pizza,' Callow continues.
'I don't want to eat,' the man remonstrated.
'Have a shower then, do me a favour. Have a shower. You stink like f***,' Callow said.
'I sleep on the street,' the man replied.
'So you don't want a pizza … what do you want?' Callow asked.
'I want a beer,' the man replied.
'You want a beer … if you have a shower, I'll buy you a beer,' Callow offered.
'There's no shower in the friggin area,' the man said.
'Well jump in the f***ing creek … for f*** sake man,' Callow responds.
Callow then tries to guess the man's name, calling him 'Yothu Yindi' - an indigenous music group - and singing their hit song Treaty.
The man replies, 'What's wrong with you?' before the clip ends with Callow saying, 'Good to have you on the show, man.'
A second clip, filmed during the day, also contained offensive remarks.
It begins with Callow riding a bicycle behind a group of Aboriginal people who are blocking his way on a footpath.
'Look at these co**s,' he says towards nearby pedestrians.
After a pedestrian warns him, 'Watch out where you're riding your bike,' Callow responds aggressively.
'Stop walking on the f***ing footpath, you f***ing co**s,' he says.
Riding away, the then says 'Get up the co**s.'
Both clips have since circulated widely after initially being shared privately.
Callow is currently in Darwin preparing to ride Bear Story in Monday's $200,000 Darwin Cup.
He finished third on the horse in last year's race.
The veteran jockey, who says he has recently given up alcohol to sustain the final stages of his career, is the son of a jockey and is the father to Toowoomba-based apprentice hoop Stacey Callow.
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