Terrible news to end the year...Kiwi jockey Ashlee Mundy has died after a fall at the Kurow races in NZ on Sunday. Mundy was flown to Dunedin Hospital in a critical condition after the fall in race seven at Kurow, North Otago. She died in hospital today, a spokeswoman confirmed about 8.40am. The 26-year-old had returned to New Zealand a couple of weeks ago from Queensland to ride on the South Island's summer circuit. Ashlee was a freelance jockey at the Gold Coast Turf Club, where she had been e

Terrible news to end the year...Kiwi jockey Ashlee Mundy has died after a fall at the Kurow races in NZ on Sunday. Mundy was flown to Dunedin Hospital in a critical condition after the fall in race seven at Kurow, North Otago. She died in hospital today, a spokeswoman confirmed about 8.40am. The 26-year-old had returned to New Zealand a couple of weeks ago from Queensland to ride on the South Island's summer circuit. Ashlee was a freelance jockey at the Gold Coast Turf Club, where she had been expected to return in February. She spent Christmas Day with her parents in Westport. "It's the first Christmas I've had with them for 10 years," she said in an interview on Boxing Day. The jockey had been working at Kenny and Lisa Rae's Riccarton stable in Christchurch during her stay. According to NZ Racing, Ashlee had ridden 232 career winners in NZ, including four in Listed races.

Lastest reports suggest Nathan Tinkler's Queensland racing dream could be over. The Courier-Mail in Brisbane says: 'The former billionaire's Patinack Farm racing stable scratched every runner in Brisbane on Saturday, with racing industry insiders claiming the Newcastle Knights owner is set to place his Queensland operations on ice until his business empire bounces back from mounting debts....More than 30 people are employed at Patinack's Canungra base in the Gold Coast hinterland and many are already reportedly looking for new jobs as speculation continues that Tinkler's racing empire is on borrowed time.'

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