SA jocks on fire in OZ

Brisbane – Premier jockey Jeff Lloyd bounced back from a bout of ill health to bring up 100 Queensland winners for the third season in a row at Doomben.

APRIL 3, 2018
Lloyd missed the Sunshine Coast last Sunday and then stood down from riding on Wednesday with a stomach virus. He got a medical clearance to ride at Doomben on Saturday and won on Pah Terie before taking the Open Handicap (1050m) on Gracida.

Lloyd has ridden more than 100 winners in Queensland for three seasons in a row and has 76 metropolitan winners, which puts him well on the way to riding more than century in the city for the second year in a row.

Lloyd was able to bounce Gracida ($2.70) to the front on a leader-biased track and held on to beat In his Stride ($9.50) by 0.75 lengths. “Once he got to the lead I could dictate the pace and he ran the fastest final 600m sectional for today,” Lloyd said.

Trainer David Vandyke has done a great job with Gracida, who has won eight races including five of his past six starts. “Gracida will run in a 1000m Open at the Sunshine Coast metropolitan meeting in a fortnight and we can make bigger plans from there,” he said.

Much-travelled jockey Sean Cormack believes he has found a permanent home after riding his first metropolitan Saturday double since returning to Queensland.

Cormack, who returned to full time riding on the Sunshine Coast last month, has ridden seven winners in the past 11 days. Cormack rode a double at the Doomben midweek meeting on 14 March 14 and followed that with a double on Bodega Negra and Trommelschlagen at Doomben on Saturday.

He backed that up with a win on his only ride, Foxy Affair, at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday. “It has naturally taken a while to get back to full fitness. But I am really enjoying things and I have a few mates in the jockeys’ room so it feels like home now,” Cormack said.

“We love the Sunshine Coast where I am based and the trainers are starting to use me a bit.” –

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Chippy has also started to get rides on the Gold Coast

Don't forget Robbie Fradd-19.9%S/R-he is lying 5th on the jockeys log with Lloyd-26%S/R- in 3rd place.Glyn Schofield-14.7%S/R-in 33rd place.Sean Cormack 304th-12.2% S/R.

wonder if they have more space as there are a few riding in SA I'd love to see leave :evil:

I was under the impression that Cormack had Epilepsy. How was he cleared to ride?

Good one Mr H :lol: