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Accident For Hull
Apprentice jockey Jake Hull will never forget his debut to horse racing for he became the third New South Wales Rider in a week to incur a serious racing accident. Hull’s tough luck occurred in a race at the Canterbury racecourse. After his mount Saddler Jack went down, the 17-year-old hoop was dislodged to incur hip and shoulder injuries.
It was just a week ago when top jockey Kerrin McEvoy broke a vertebra in the middle of his back when he fell at a race in Gosford. Also, Patrick Ferris is in an induced coma at the John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle after he fell in a race at Muswellbrook. Both jockey are experiencing improved health conditions.
While racing at the 1550-metre theraces.com.au Handicap, Saddler Jack was inching closer to the lead coming into the final turn when the race horse suffered a fracture in the upper foreleg. Hull fell to the side of the Grant Allard-trained horse and he was able to save himself from further harm. However, Saddler Jack had to be euthanased.
For that race, trainer Brett Cavanough’s The Invincible One won by a neck over Landamman. Pre-race favourite Mazzine got third spot after finishing a neck behind Landamman. After the race, Hull said that it was not the way he envisioned his city career to start. He also added that he heard a loud pop and the horse went down. The saddle then came loose and he was thrown to the side.
The right hip and shoulder of Hull are sore but he said that he could have experienced worst. As for the race, The Invincible One was travelling in bursting speed and he was able to fight off Landamman in the home straight. Cavanough commented that the booking of jockey Nash Rawiller who happens to be the top jockey in the premiership is a big factor.
Cavanough added that he was going to claim on the horse when Rawiller is at the reins for he was worth more than the minus three kilos by the apprentice. Cavanough added that Rawiller made a big difference in the race and that he gave his jockey’s run a perfect rating. Cavanough also said that Rawiller is riding in peak form and is chasing his first Sydney premiership trophy.
The victory took Rawiller’s points in Sydney to 78 chasing him is Corey Brown who is six points behind. Brown also won on the day and in an earlier race, John O’Shea’s filly Warpath won over older horses to register a wire-to-wire victory at the 1900-metre Rosehill Garden Events Centre Handicap.
Warpath became a dual acceptor by selecting the horse and Benchmark 75 over three-year-old Benchmark 68 at the same trip later today. Warpath won the race over The Warrior Woman by three-quarters of a length and because of this, jockey Tim Clark has high hopes that the filly will become a reliable stayer. Warpath will have one more race before resting for the autumn horse races.
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