Angela Jones leaves door open for Emily Lang in Brisbane title race after failing to ride a winner at Eagle Farm
Jones had a decent book of seven rides but couldn't break through for a winner and extend her narrow lead on apprentice jockey Emily Lang, who is sidelined while serving an eight-day suspension on a careless riding charge.
The 24-year-old Jones sits on 64 wins in the Brisbane premiership, two ahead of Lang, with just three metro meetings remaining before the season ends this month.
Lang returns to riding on Wednesday, hungry in the knowledge that she's still well in the hunt to create history and become the first female to win a Brisbane jockeys' premiership crown.
Both Lang and Jones work for Brisbane's premier trainer Tony Gollan, who is holidaying in Bali and missed the live action at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
There were several cases of 'close but no cigar' for Jones, who finished runner-up on Berezka ($3.50) and Spanish Treasure ($2.30), and third on Arisphere ($2.40), Brereton ($2.90) and Give Giggles ($4.80).
Jones' chance of securing the metro premiership took a big blow when she copped a 10-day suspension for careless riding at the Caloundra Cup meeting two weeks ago when she won the Group 3 Winx Guineas (1600m) on The Three Hundred.
Without Parallel indeed!
Damien Thornton and Matthew Dunn combine to take the second at Eagle Farm @_damienthornton @mattydunnracing pic.twitter.com/HVM2VzMHaA
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She returned to racing last Wednesday at Doomben but couldn't find a winner on the day.
Gollan's stable representative Craig Cavanough said after the final race on Saturday that it was coming down to a thrilling duel between good mates Lang and Jones.
'She was a bit unlucky with five placings,' Cavanough said about Jones.
'She's around the money and one thing about Ang, she won't let it get to her.
'She'll turn up again on Wednesday (at Eagle Farm) and ride them 100 per cent again.
'Ang is such a cool character and she never gets flustered.
'Not riding a winner today won't worry her. She'll be here on Wednesday ready to hook in again.
'The two girls are going good and it's nice to have them both in our team. It's a terrific duel between them.'
Alpha Sofie and Cejay Graham come home best in the fifth at Eagle Farm!
Angela Jones narrowly denied again, she remains only two wins in front of Emily Lang in the Brisbane Jockeys Premiership 😬😬 @CejayGraham1 pic.twitter.com/crvL3hPgKd
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Jones' fiance Kyle Wilson-Taylor jagged a double on Saturday for Sydney's top trainer Chris Waller, winning on $11 chances Yet He Moves and Caboche in consecutive 1600m races.
There was drama in the penultimate race when trainer Gary Duncan lodged a protest against the winner Lead Me On which was dismissed by stewards.
Duncan and jockey Taylor Marshall, riding Ten Good Reasons, argued they were denied a chance at victory when Cobi Vitler shifted across on Lead Me On just 50m from the finishing post but stewards deemed it did not affect the result.
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