In an age when kids are grabbing 'fame' whenever they can, it's nice to see apprentice Jackie Beriman deciding to take her time about launching into major city racing. She and trainer Jarrod McLean think it's better that she hone her skills on country and provincial racing. Jackie's only 17 and she's had a tremendous start to her riding career, booting home 56 winners from 299 rides in 7 months. She rode her first Melbourne city winner on June 27 - but from now on she'll be rejecting city mounts
In an age when kids are grabbing 'fame' whenever they can, it's nice to see apprentice Jackie Beriman deciding to take her time about launching into major city racing. She and trainer Jarrod McLean think it's better that she hone her skills on country and provincial racing. Jackie's only 17 and she's had a tremendous start to her riding career, booting home 56 winners from 299 rides in 7 months. She rode her first Melbourne city winner on June 27 - but from now on she'll be rejecting city mounts. In a frank admission, Jackie says: ' My weight claim seems to be going quicker than my riding is improving...I want to outride my provincial claim and then I can come to the city next year.' Now, there's a young lass with her brain switched on!