Good news for Michelle Payne..Latest reports say she's working hard to make a return to race riding for brother Patrick by the end of January. Michelle hasn't ridden since injuring her back in a fall at Ararat on September 21. She's been back riding trackwork for two weeks. Michelle told TVN: 'My body feels fine riding trackwork but it's a lot different to race-riding...I'm working hard on improving my fitness every day and gradually bringing my weight down as well.'Paul Messara has Ortensia in
Good news for Michelle Payne..Latest reports say she's working hard to make a return to race riding for brother Patrick by the end of January. Michelle hasn't ridden since injuring her back in a fall at Ararat on September 21. She's been back riding trackwork for two weeks. Michelle told TVN: 'My body feels fine riding trackwork but it's a lot different to race-riding...I'm working hard on improving my fitness every day and gradually bringing my weight down as well.'
Paul Messara has Ortensia in great shape as her return to racing edges closer in the Grp 1 $500,000 Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington on February 16. Messara says: 'She's been back in work five weeks now and is doing everything right...She's on target to resume in the Lightning .' And that means a likely clash with Australia's sprinting 'Queen' Black Caviar.
The SMH reports: Bookmaker Tom Waterhouse has taken over from TAB Sportsbet as the NRL's gambling partner in a multi-million-dollar deal. Fairfax Media understands Waterhouse has inked a deal with the NRL worth more than $10 million a season for the next five years.