Craig Williams will take over from Damien Oliver on favorite Vigor in the Caulfield Cup. Trainer Danny O'Brien says: ' The 51kgs was always going to be a bridge too far for Damien Oliver and in looking for a replacement we wanted a natural lightweight and with Craig the current champion jockey, he's a pretty good replacement.'Those whip rules lash out again...Damien Oliver and Craig Williams are the latest leading jockeys to break racing's new whip rules. Williams copped a four-day suspension an
Craig Williams will take over from Damien Oliver on favorite Vigor in the Caulfield Cup. Trainer Danny O'Brien says: ' The 51kgs was always going to be a bridge too far for Damien Oliver and in looking for a replacement we wanted a natural lightweight and with Craig the current champion jockey, he's a pretty good replacement.'
Those whip rules lash out again...Damien Oliver and Craig Williams are the latest leading jockeys to break racing's new whip rules. Williams copped a four-day suspension and Oliver a $400 fine at Moonee Valley on Wednesday.
She's OK...Singapore mare Jolie's Shinju has recovered well after her weakening performance in last week's JRA Cup at Moonee Valley. The Jolie's Shinju team says the mare will target the Grp 1 Yalumba Stakes (2000m) at Caulfield on Oct 10 next start.
Corey Brown looms as the hot jockey for Sat's Epsom and Metropolitan double. He's on fav Rangirangdoo in the Epsom and rides highly-rated import Speed Gifted in the Metropolitan. The Lee Freedman-trained gelding must win the 2400m Metrop and draw at least a 1kg penalty from the handicapper to make the final Caulfield Cup field.