Court moved with plenty of grace on her way to a slashing victory in the Listed Carrington Stakes at Randwick on New Year's Day, which is more than can be said for her jockey and trainer who both hobbled through the mounting enclosure after the race.Pre-race favourite News Alert was another whose action wasn't at its best on Friday and was scratched at the gates after rider Jim Cassidy requested the horse be vetted because of a shortening in his action when cantering to the barriers before the 1

Court moved with plenty of grace on her way to a slashing victory in the Listed Carrington Stakes at Randwick on New Year's Day, which is more than can be said for her jockey and trainer who both hobbled through the mounting enclosure after the race.

Pre-race favourite News Alert was another whose action wasn't at its best on Friday and was scratched at the gates after rider Jim Cassidy requested the horse be vetted because of a shortening in his action when cantering to the barriers before the 1100-metre feature.

The Con Karakatsanis-trained News Alert was subsequently found to be lame in the near-off foreleg.

Court exploded in the closing stages after a quiet ride to defeat Prince Braeman and winning jockey Glyn Schofield couldn't wait to see trainer Clarry Conners after the race, but the pair took longer than usual to reach each other.

Conners suffered a serious knee injury after falling in the shower and has only recently upgraded from a motorised scooter to a walking stick.

Schofield wasn't moving as freely as usual either, after suffering a heel injury which kept him out of action for a couple of weeks.

He missed Court's last start in the Razor Sharp Handicap on December 19 when she was ridden into ninth place by Jay Ford.

"We've been in the wars Glyn and I but we're very happy now," Conners said.

"She got a fair way back today and I didn't think she'd get there but full credit to Glyn, he judged it well."

Schofield asked Conners for a rating out of 10 after the race.

"I reckon 11 Clarry," Schofield said.

"Ten," Conners said.

Schofield was delighted to see Court getting back to her best after her last-start flop.

"I was surprised when she ran a poor race the other day, but Jay told me she got herself quite stirred up before the race, so that would have something to do with it," he said.

"That's just not her, she's a very placid filly and she certainly was today. Thankfully, too, because it makes Clarry and I feel a lot better after battling our way around lately.

"I think if I was a horse I would have been scratched today."

The victory from Court continued the Warwick Farm trainer's long and successful association with the Newhaven Park Stud Syndicate.