PETER ROBL is a month into his second coming as a Sydney jockey and little has changed for him in terms of winners, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. It says: ''I have had 12 winners since I have been back and four of those were in town,'' Robl said. ''That is pretty similar to where I was before I got time. It has been a pretty good way to start and now I just have to keep it going.'' He spent a year on the sidelines for his involvement in a betting scandal with friend Blake Shinn. A big part

PETER ROBL is a month into his second coming as a Sydney jockey and little has changed for him in terms of winners, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.

It says: ''I have had 12 winners since I have been back and four of those were in town,'' Robl said. ''That is pretty similar to where I was before I got time. It has been a pretty good way to start and now I just have to keep it going.''

He spent a year on the sidelines for his involvement in a betting scandal with friend Blake Shinn. A big part of Robl's penalty was for giving misleading evidence to stewards, rather than betting. He was also found guilty of betting but has moved on. ''I was guilty,'' Robl said. ''I stood up for a friend and I would do it again because that is the way I was brought up. I had a bet, there is no hiding from what I did.''

Robl was equally as forthright in the inquiry where he was given the disqualification ''put bluntly, it is stupidity'' he told stewards. The 40-year-old said he never considered retirement during his ban but whether he would return to Sydney was his biggest dilemma.

Robl forged his career around the border region of NSW and Victoria until 2007 when he was lured to Sydney, and the simpler life in the country would have been an easier option. ''I never contemplated giving it up,'' Robl said. ''The main decision was whether I would stay at home in Wangaratta or come back here. I always liked riding at home and I wasn't sure what the reaction to me would be to me.

''The support has been great. Racing is a very forgiving industry and there were trainers who were offering me rides straight away.''