Angela Jones is a $1.20 favourite to win the Brisbane jockeys’ premiership heading into the final metropolitan meeting on Wednesday, while her great mate and rival jockey Emily Lang is $21.
Ben Dorries talks to Angela Jones and Emily Lang ahead of their bid to create a new slice of racing history on Wednesday, with one set to become the first female hoop to score the Brisbane jockeys’ premiership.
Fresh off a Glorious victory at Royal Randwick and with the support of the Rob and Annabel Archibald stable, jockey Heavelon Van Der Hoven is starting a new chapter in his career in Brisbane.
Irish jockey Martin Harley is still riding high after his epic JJ Atkins win last month. He’s back in Brisbane after a well-deserved holiday and hoping that Cool Archie will continue to keep his career on an upward trajectory.
Sunshine Coast trainer James Healy had no hesitation in booking Siobhan Rutledge on his gelding The Irish and the “omen” came off on a heavy Doomben track.
Nikita Beriman has revealed the mental and physical strain of her post-concussion symptoms while calling for changes to better protect jockeys from the often debilitating effects of head knocks.
History will soon be made with the first female jockey to win the Brisbane jockeys’ premiership, but don’t expect it to be a one-off.
Star apprentice Rochelle Milnes rode four winners, including the feature Lightning Stakes, as she claimed the Adelaide jockeys’ premiership at Morphettville on Saturday.
Peter Moody will raise the bar again for Bridal Waltz after the filly took out the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes – it’s just a matter of when.
Ole Dancer will target the Group 1 Thousand Guineas after she stayed unbeaten at Caulfield despite trainer Peter Moody expressing some concern about her lack of development.
Legendary trainer Lee Freedman will wind back his training duties as brother Michael opens a satellite stable on the Gold Coast.
Mister Bianco, who was controversially scratched from the Winx Guineas, will have one more run in Brisbane on Saturday before a spell, but there are no plans yet to send him interstate yet.
Kyle Wilson-Taylor says he is incredibly proud of his partner Angela Jones, but he will still be trying as hard as ever to beat her in races as the Brisbane jockeys’ premiership goes down to the wire.
Only three horses remain in James Cummings’ now empty Flemington stables, with his last Melbourne runners in Saturday’s Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes before a new training chapter begins in Hong Kong.
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