Why would he jump off now? Craig Williams will ride Caulfield Cup winner Dunaden in the Melbourne Cup. Geoffrey Faber, the Australian rep for owner Sheihk Fahad al Thani, says the popular rider's commitment had been "locked away" for several months. He says: 'Craig will be riding Dunaden in the Melbourne Cup, that's been the plan all along...If Craig wasn't going to commit to Dunaden for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups then there would have been another jockey engaged who could ride t
Why would he jump off now? Craig Williams will ride Caulfield Cup winner Dunaden in the Melbourne Cup. Geoffrey Faber, the Australian rep for owner Sheihk Fahad al Thani, says the popular rider's commitment had been "locked away" for several months. He says: 'Craig will be riding Dunaden in the Melbourne Cup, that's been the plan all along...If Craig wasn't going to commit to Dunaden for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups then there would have been another jockey engaged who could ride the horse in both races.' The next big assignment for Williams is the ride on well-fancied Green Moon in the Cox Plate.
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