Trainer Aaron Purcell is so keen to win the Grand Annual Steeple at Warrnambool next May that he's importing a UK jumper - 4YO Dhaafer from the successful Alan King stable. Dhaafer ran 2nd/11 at Leicester (21 furlongs) on Dec 7. His only race win from 10 hurdle starts was at Warwick in a 16f Maiden Hdle on Jan 27.How good is the winning streak of Craig Williams? The popular jockey won his third Grp 1 race in as many countries over the past month when he rode Alfredo to victory in the Asahi Hai F
Trainer Aaron Purcell is so keen to win the Grand Annual Steeple at Warrnambool next May that he's importing a UK jumper - 4YO Dhaafer from the successful Alan King stable. Dhaafer ran 2nd/11 at Leicester (21 furlongs) on Dec 7. His only race win from 10 hurdle starts was at Warwick in a 16f Maiden Hdle on Jan 27.
How good is the winning streak of Craig Williams? The popular jockey won his third Grp 1 race in as many countries over the past month when he rode Alfredo to victory in the Asahi Hai Futurity at Japan's Nakayama racecourse on Sunday. CW turned in a polikshed riding performance to sneak Alfredo through on the inside to win the 1600m race by 2 lens. The win came just a week after Craig scored a resounding success on Dunaden in the Group I Hong Kong Vase (2400m.