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News.com.au
11-07-2025
- Sport
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Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michael Rodd outlines broken hand recovery
Melbourne Cup winner Michael Rodd faces another month or more on the sidelines after having his broken hand surgically repaired and secured with a small metal plate and screws. Rodd plunged off a horse at trackwork in Brisbane on the morning of the Ipswich Cup on June 21, missing the winning ride on Paul Shailer 's classy three-year-old Mister Bianco who was ridden to victory by Andrew Mallyon in a $150,000 race. The Queensland-based jockey has gone under the surgeon's knife and is upbeat about his recovery time frame following the unusual incident. 'I came down when a horse put his head between his legs and started pig rooting and got me off balance,' Rodd said. 'I hit my right hand on the ground and it came down really heavy. 'The scans showed a fracture in my hand and I had to have surgery, it needed a small plate and a screw in there to speed up the healing process. 'The next day I started physiotherapy straight away, just to get everything moving around it. 'It is probably another four to five weeks until I can return to ride, just until I can start getting proper movement. 'I have a small cast on at the moment to protect the area and I am doing a lot of hand therapy.' Rodd will be cheering from afar as Kyle Wilson-Taylor rides Mister Bianco as the $3.60 favourite, carrying 61kg and starting from a wide barrier, in the QTIS 3YO Handicap over 1350m at Doomben on Saturday. Mister Bianco was a late scratching from last Saturday's Group 3 Winx Guineas when Shailer could not find a suitable replacement rider after Ryan Maloney was injured earlier in the day. Rodd is Mister Bianco's regular rider, having partnered the Peter Tighe-owned galloper in three of his five career wins. Three wins on the trot to Mister Bianco as he wins at @IpswichTurfClub today! ðŸ'�ðŸ'�ðŸ'� @mallyon_andrew @RacingShailer @RaceQLD — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) June 21, 2025 • From Uruguay to Rockhampton – meet racing's new 'magic man' 'It hurts a little bit to miss the ride on him given the work that I've put into him, but it is good to see him keep winning,' Rodd said. 'It wasn't much fun on the day I got injured when I was laying there in hospital and I watched him win. 'But I don't have too much to stress about going forward. 'I will miss a bit of riding during the winter months, but will then be back into it.' Mister Bianco makes it two from three as he wins at @SCTurfClub! — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) August 10, 2024 Meanwhile, Rodd feels like he has conquered his battle with post-concussion syndrome, which at one stage kept him out of racing for 30 months. Despite being told a number of times his riding career was over, Rodd kept up his rehabilitation and has returned to being a formidable riding force. 'I'm all good, that is a long way behind me now,' Rodd said. 'I've been really fortunate. 'I think I just rehabbed it properly and went through the process, it has all been fine for a long time.'
News.com.au
21-06-2025
- Entertainment
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Mister Bianco will carry the colours made famous by Winx when he looks to win the race named in her honour
Peter Tighe will now get a golden chance to win the Winx Guineas with a horse wearing the colours of his legendary champion. Winx's part-owner Tighe knows Mister Bianco is no Winx, but he was more than happy to win the $150,000 TL Cooney (1350m) at Ipswich as the three-year-old gelding made it a hat-trick of wins. Mister Bianco, which races in Tighe's Magic Bloodstock colours made famous by Winx, will now attack the Group 3 Winx Guineas over 1600m on the Sunshine Coast in a fortnight. In 2015, Winx won the race which was then known as the Sunshine Coast Guineas and it marked the start of the mighty mare's incredible 33-race winning streak. 'The Winx Guineas is on the table, I haven't won that race since we won it with Winx and in fact I haven't even had a runner in it since,' Tighe said. 'The idea was if he keeps improving, we would give it a crack. 'But I won't be on the Sunshine Coast for the Guineas, I am just about to head to America for a month so I will have to keep an eye on it from afar.' Mister Bianco started the $3.40 equal favourite at Ipswich and he and fellow betting pick Stay Focused settled down to fight it out from a long way out with Mister Bianco being stronger on the line. Andrew Mallyon scored a late pick-up ride on Mister Bianco after Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michael Rodd fractured his hand at track work in Brisbane on Saturday morning. Three wins on the trot to Mister Bianco as he wins at @IpswichTurfClub today! ðŸ'�ðŸ'�ðŸ'� @mallyon_andrew @RacingShailer @RaceQLD — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) June 21, 2025 'I feel for Michael Rodd who was meant to ride this horse,' Shailer said. 'He'll be out of play for a little bit but Andrew was a great replacement. He is familiar with the horse and has done a wonderful job. 'The penny is starting to drop with Mister Bianco and he is racing with confidence. 'Three months ago, he wouldn't have won that race. 'He would have found a way to get himself beaten so it is good that he's got that killer instinct about him and he was really good off what was a strong tempo today.' Meanwhile, Gold Coast trainer Adam Campton struck a blow at big odds when mare Zouperb ($17) won the BM80 Handicap (1100m). Campton had been considering aiming the five-year-old mare at the Gai Waterhouse Classic but instead opted for the easier assignment over the shorter trip. 'She was purchased online for $30,000 and she's now got a Saturday metro win next to her name,' Campton said. 'Around the turn I was quietly confident but I knew we had to chase down a couple of handy horses and I was seeing (runner-up) End Assembly coming late,' Campton said.
