Kate Brooks has won the National Apprentice Series title. Source: Roy Van Der Vegt / News Limited
SA APPRENTICES REIGN SUPREME
KATE Brooks secured South Australia it's fourth National Apprentice Series Title in just six years when she won aboard Walkingaroundmoney at Alice Springs on Monday.
The Gawler-based apprentice scored an effortless win with the short-priced favourite to give SA an unbeatable lead in the series with one more heat to go at Hawkesbury in July where Krystal Bishop will represent SA.
South Australia holds an eight-point lead (seven awarded for a win) from Victoria with Western Australia and Queensland in equal third.
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TASSIE APPRENTICE JOINS FORM STABLE
TASMANIAN apprentice Rasit Yetimova will join the local riding ranks this week.
The Turkish-born rider has already ridden 83 winners in Tasmanian where he was apprentice to Leon Wells, Yetimova joining the Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas stable at Morphettville.
MEANWHILE, Eran Boyd makes her return to race riding after recovering from a broken leg at Port Augusta on Sunday.
Boyd has three rides including two for new boss John MacMillan.
In other apprentice news, Omer Ay is also on the move departing the Ken Sweeney stable and is on loan Stuart Gower.
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PRETTY BLONDE QUEEN OF RED CENTRE
Pretty Blonde after winning the Port Lincoln Cup. Picture: Ivon Perrin Source: Supplied
THE Darwin Cup is now on the agenda for in-form mare Pretty Blonde after her win in the Alice Springs Cup on Monday.
Senior jockey Justin Potter followed the favourite Chieftan Jack into the race before proving too strong in the run to the line, denying Dom Tourneur a seventh title in nine years.
Trained at Strathalbyn by Kym Healy, Pretty Blonde has now won four races in a row, including the Port Lincoln and Kimba Cups, collecting just over $200,000 in prize money.
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LINDOP JOINS SKY FOR GOODWOOD
CLARE Lindop will give punters her insight with special comments from the mounting yard for Sky Channel at Morphettville tomorrow.
Lindop, who won the Group 1 Goodwood aboard Lone Rock in 2011, remains sidelined following her nasty fall on Adelaide Cup Day and is now expecting to return to race riding in July.
The leading rider was hoping to gain clearance from her doctor Matthew Liptak to return to trackwork this week, but said she won't be back at the track for between four and six weeks.
Lindop will also be a guest at tomorrow's SAJC board luncheon.
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HOLDER OUT TO A BIG LEAD
JASON Holder's stunning month in the saddle saw the in-form jockey shoot well clear in the 2013/14 John Letts Medal at the end of April.
With just three months left in the season, Holder opened up a 15 point margin from Matthew Neilson and Dom Tourneur.
LEADERBOARD
Jason Holder 52
Matthew Neilson 37
Dominic Tourneur 37
Simon Price 32
Clare Lindop 31
Libby Hopwood 25
Jamie Kah 24
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STEWARDS STRIKE AT BALAKLAVA
THOROUGHBRED Racing SA stewards were on the warpath at Balaklava on Wednesday.
They dished out four fines, three severe reprimands, four reprimands and suspended two others in an eventful day at the track.
Ronnie Bell and apprentice Dylan Dunn were both outed for careless riding and given four meetings, commencing after Sunday's meeting at Port Augusta and expiring at midnight on Saturday, May 17.
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GALLAGHER GETS SUSPENSION REDUCED
SA jumps jockey Paul Gallagher, who was suspended for failing a breath test at the Warrnambool races last week, has had four days shaved off his ban following an appeal.
Gallagher was suspended for 28 days by stewards after he recorded a blood-alcohol level above the 0.02 limit when tested ahead of last Wednesday's Galleywood Hurdle meeting.
All jockeys competing at the Warrnambool meeting were tested on the day.
Gallagher initially blew 0.042 before showing a 0.030 reading 20 minutes later.
He was stood down from his ride in the Galleywood Hurdle.
Gallagher appealed against the severity of the suspension on Thursday and the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary (RAD) Board reduced his penalty to 24 days.
He is free to resume riding on May 25 when three jumps races are scheduled at Casterton.
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ZOUSTAR ARRIVES SAFELY IN EUROPE
Zoustar, Australia's only chance for Royal Ascot glory next month, has taken no harm from his marathon flight to Europe.
Trainer Chris Waller said the three-year-old had coped with the 27-hour trip to Germany like a seasoned traveller.
"He travelled exceptionally well but it was a very long trip,'' Waller said.
"He landed in Germany, spent a day in Frankfurt and then went by truck to England.''
Zoustar will be stabled at Lambourn, close to the Ascot racecourse.
"The vet who inspected him in Frankfurt couldn't believe how well the horse travelled and how bright in the eye he looked,'' Waller said.
Zoustar represents Waller's first foray into international racing and he is looking forward to the challenge after dominating Sydney racing for the past three seasons.
The colt, sold for $14 million on the eve of his Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes win at Flemington during the spring carnival, will contest the Diamond Jubilee Stakes on the final day of the Royal Ascot festival.
SAINTS:
KUSHADASI
(Delivered first G1 win for Richard Jolly)
MIRACLES OF LIFE
(Back to her best in an emotion-charged victory)
SINNERS:
FAVOURITES
(Went 0-8 at Morphettville on Saturday)
SMALL CROWDS
(Disappointing numbers for quality G1 racedays)
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