He's back...Punting fallguy Blake Shinn returns to race riding at Sandown next Wednesday. Blake's been out for a year for illegal betting. He's spent much of his disqualification period at his family's Kilmore base. His plan is to have a few rides, get his 'eye' in and then return to Sydney to ride from early January. He will be in Sydney for the Rosehill barrier trials on Dec 23 and is eyeing the Jan 7 meeting at Warwick Farm for his comeback day. Problem for Blake? Can he pick up the old caree
He's back...Punting fallguy Blake Shinn returns to race riding at Sandown next Wednesday. Blake's been out for a year for illegal betting. He's spent much of his disqualification period at his family's Kilmore base. His plan is to have a few rides, get his 'eye' in and then return to Sydney to ride from early January. He will be in Sydney for the Rosehill barrier trials on Dec 23 and is eyeing the Jan 7 meeting at Warwick Farm for his comeback day. Problem for Blake? Can he pick up the old career contacts? Can he win back trust following the disclosures about his bad betting addiction?
Len Xuereb and John Pascoe will be out to score a fortuitous hometown Cup win when the Steeline Gippsland Moe Cup is belatedly run on Friday. Xuereb and Pascoe are the local trainers represented in the $40,000 event, by Scenic Find and Yasey San respectively, which was rescheduled after the original Moe Cup meeting in October was transferred to Cranbourne due to the state of the track. Normally run over 2050 metres, the rescheduled edition will be run over 1600m, presenting both Xuereb and Pascoe with a chance to target a race that might have been out of their charge's reach during the Spring Racing Carnival.