Apprentice jockey Jack Taplin sustained a broken wrist in Saturday’s shocking race fall at Riccarton Park, which involved four other jockeys including Bridget Grylls and Brandon May, who were also injured. Taplin’s mount King Of The Castle was brought down by the fallen Richard Stomper (May) near the 550m, with the trailing Koyama (Yogesh Atchamah), She’s So Reliable (Grylls) and Proserve (Brett Murray) unable to avoid the fallen horses and dislodging their respective riders. Atchamah and Murray were assessed by St John personnel and cleared of injury, while Taplin, May…
Day: 29 September 2025
Freebelle fires first-up at Waverley
Robbie Patterson was given a boost of confidence around the future of staying mare Freebelle (NZ) (Belardo) when she came out on top in the Murdoch Contracting 1400 at Waverley on Sunday. The five-year-old had just five starts under her belt in a short career to date, two of those being winning efforts over a mile, so Patterson anticipated she may find the seven furlongs a touch sharp first-up this campaign. Kavish Chowdhoory got the late call-up to ride the mare after regular stable rider Craig Grylls was unable to…
Shameless Star tops milestone week for Didhams
Promising three-year-old filly Shameless Star (NZ) (Shamexpress) continued a week of milestone successes for the Didham family at Waverley on Sunday. The daughter of Shamexpress delivered her co-trainer Peter Didham’s 100th training victory in the NZB Mega Maiden Series (1200m), just two days after the Awapuni horseman got his first win in partnership with his son, Trent Didham, courtesy of Danjuro (NZ) (Saxon Warrior) at Otaki. Shameless Star had appeared three times as a juvenile, the third of those contesting the Gr.1 Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) at the end of…