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The Australian
29-07-2025
- The Australian
Injured jockey Jason Maskiell shocked by $1.5k racing gear cost loophole
Jockey Jason Maskiell has found an expensive definition of the difference between jumpouts and official trials. The issue of barrier trials and jumpouts in Victoria has divided opinion between participants for some time, flaring late last year when many of Melbourne's senior riders refused to ride in jumpouts until they were paid for their efforts. That argument has calmed in recent months but Maskiell found out the difference between jumpouts and barrier trials after a fall last week at Pakenham. Maskiell suffered a broken wrist and punctured lung in the fall. His injuries forced paramedics to cut off his riding vest while stewards took his helmet following the incident. Maskiell thought he would be reimbursed for his equipment as per the procedure for race or barrier trial falls but was shocked with the response to his inquiries to Racing Victoria stewards and the Victorian Jockeys' Association. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet IQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! 'We're not covered for our gear riding in a jumpout,' Maskiell said. 'I'm covered for workers' comp and when I'm off, I get paid but my actual race gear, my vest and my helmet, I'll have to pay for. 'They said it was because it wasn't an official trial. They said they didn't think I was covered for jumpouts, only official trials. 'I just would have thought it's exactly the same except we're not getting paid.' The anomaly is likely to leave Maskiell up to $1500 out of pocket when he purchases new specialised riding gear. However, he won't have to worry about getting a new vest and helmet for a couple of weeks. 'I went for X-rays again on the lung and they're going to get back to me on Wednesday to see if it's improved,' Maskiell said. 'The wrist will be six weeks. They said both things will be six weeks. 'That means I rode the horse for free and I have to pay $1000 or whatever it is for my race gear, and I don't get the race ride anyway because I'm injured.' Jockey Jason Maskiell suffered a broken wrist and a punctured lung in a trackwork fall last week. Picture: Racing Photos • Monday Racebook: Brad Waters' horses to follow from Caulfield on Saturday The fall and subsequent financial penalty were unwanted birthday presents for Maskiell. His injuries have cost him rides at the upcoming Darwin Cup carnival as well as forcing him into an overnight float journey – his punctured lung prevents Maskiell from flying – to his home state of Tasmania to see his ill grandfather. Maskiell said the issue was unlikely to stop him riding in jumpouts, which are vital to jockeys' hopes of securing race rides. 'I never even realised it was a thing until I had my fall. I just find it mind-blowing,' Maskiell said. 'I guess you have got to keep riding in them just to get the race rides, but it's definitely something to think about.'
News.com.au
28-07-2025
- Health
- News.com.au
Injured jockey Jason Maskiell shocked by racing gear cost loophole
Jockey Jason Maskiell has found an expensive definition of the difference between jumpouts and official trials. The issue of barrier trials and jumpouts in Victoria has divided opinion between participants for some time, flaring late last year when many of Melbourne's senior riders refused to ride in jumpouts until they were paid for their efforts. That argument has calmed in recent months but Maskiell found out the difference between jumpouts and barrier trials after a fall last week at Pakenham. Maskiell suffered a broken wrist and punctured lung in the fall. His injuries forced paramedics to cut off his riding vest while stewards took his helmet following the incident. Maskiell thought he would be reimbursed for his equipment as per the procedure for race or barrier trial falls but was shocked with the response to his inquiries to Racing Victoria stewards and the Victorian Jockeys' Association. 'We're not covered for our gear riding in a jumpout,' Maskiell said. 'I'm covered for workers' comp and when I'm off, I get paid but my actual race gear, my vest and my helmet, I'll have to pay for. 'They said it was because it wasn't an official trial. They said they didn't think I was covered for jumpouts, only official trials. 'I just would have thought it's exactly the same except we're not getting paid.' The anomaly is likely to leave Maskiell up to $1500 out of pocket when he purchases new specialised riding gear. However, he won't have to worry about getting a new vest and helmet for a couple of weeks. 'I went for X-rays again on the lung and they're going to get back to me on Wednesday to see if it's improved,' Maskiell said. 'The wrist will be six weeks. They said both things will be six weeks. 'That means I rode the horse for free and I have to pay $1000 or whatever it is for my race gear, and I don't get the race ride anyway because I'm injured.' The fall and subsequent financial penalty were unwanted birthday presents for Maskiell. His injuries have cost him rides at the upcoming Darwin Cup carnival as well as forcing him into an overnight float journey – his punctured lung prevents Maskiell from flying – to his home state of Tasmania to see his ill grandfather. Maskiell said the issue was unlikely to stop him riding in jumpouts, which are vital to jockeys' hopes of securing race rides. 'I never even realised it was a thing until I had my fall. I just find it mind-blowing,' Maskiell said. 'I guess you have got to keep riding in them just to get the race rides, but it's definitely something to think about.'
News.com.au
24-07-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Warwick Farm trials to feature spring's finest, including Lady Shenandoah and Ceolwulf
Boom filly Lady Shenandoah, King Charles III Stakes victor Ceolwulf, two-time The Everest placegetter Private Eye and gun stayer Alalcance are just a few of the spring stars set to step out at Warwick Farm on Friday morning. The big names - including horse of the year in-waiting Via Sistina – have been out in force this week tuning up for the spring with the next lot of stars to have barrier trials in Sydney's west. Lady Shenandoah, Chris Waller 's winner of three Group 1s this season, will contest a 900m Group trial on the course prosper alongside Joseph Pride 's stars Ceolwulf and Private Eye. Alalcance steps out in a 1000m Group trial on the course proper with Adam Hyeronimus aboard in her first appearance since her run of three straight autumn victories came to an end abruptly in the Sydney Cup. Highly-promising stablemate Sir Delius is in the same heat with Doncaster Mile placegetter Encap. â– â– â– â– â– Champion trainer Chris Waller's move into Godolphin's Carbine Lodge base at Flemington has opened the door for father-son duo Tony and Calvin McEvoy to open up a base at the track. Waller announced this week he would be relocating his Melbourne team to iconic Flemington complex, which boasts 50 boxes at the premier racing venue. His 31-box stable came up for grabs as a result with the McEvoys taking the opportunity to have another location. The McEvoys will continue to operate their main base out of Ballarat. Meanwhile, Godolphin's prized properties of Crown Lodge at Warwick Farm and Osborne Park at Agnes Banks are yet to be snapped up. â– â– â– â– â– Punters shouldn't expect to see Golden Eagle runner-up Lazzat running in the $20 million The Everest – at least not this year. The star galloper Lazzat is an $8 chance in betting for the richest race on turf but a second trip to Australia isn't likely this spring. Trainer Jerome Reynier revealed plans to keep Lazzat's focus in Europe this carnival with an eye on returning to Australia in the future. ðŸ'� @WilliamHaggas has done it again! Lake Forest wins the $10 Million Golden Eagle with Cieren Fallon in the saddle! @aus_turf_club â€' SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) November 2, 2024 'Maybe next year The Everest for him if six furlongs is really his trip,' Reynier told Nick Luck Daily. 'You never know. This year we want to make him the best European sprinter and needs to win a couple more Group 1s races at that level.' Lazzat highlighted his quality with victory in the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes during the Royal Ascot carnival. Only four horses have been locked in for this year's The Everest after Jimmysstar was announced as the TAB's runner for 2025 earlier this week. The world's best sprinter Ka Ying Rising remains a firm $1.80 favourite.
News.com.au
13-07-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Eagle Farm ‘sight screen' coming down, vital set of trials scheduled on Tuesday
Eagle Farm will host a crucial set of barrier trials on Tuesday as Queensland's premier racetrack gets a glimpse into its future without its now famous 'sight screen'. Trackside hoardings covered in mesh, meant to stop horses shying at a building on the point of the turn, were established last year as a method of covering up the construction of the building at which jockeys had claimed horses were shying. Jockeys dramatically withdrew their services from riding at Eagle Farm for a period after a Robbie Dolan fall last July. But the sight screen and other mitigation methods – including cantering horses past the 600m mark prior to every race to 'sight' the building – have worked with no similar racing incidents in the time since. Developers were keen to remove the sight screen many months ago but there was consensus it should remain until after the Queensland winter carnival. But now the sight screen has come down – at least in part. The construction works involving the building which had apparently had caused the issue have now been finished. There are parts of the sight screen which remain, covering up other construction areas. However Tuesday's trials are an important plank for racing returning to normal at the state's top racetrack. • 'Ridiculous': Melbourne Cup-winning jockeys demand vest action 'The intention is to have predominantly horses who aren't trained at Eagle Farm involved in the trials,' acting chief steward Geoff Goold said. 'We will have a number of stewards placed around the track to watch and then we will have feedback from the riding group after they come back in from each trial. 'Representatives of the Queensland Jockeys' Association will also be there.' A condition of nomination for the eight 1000m trials will be that trainers agree that it will be mandatory for horses (pre-trial) to be cantered to the start and turned around to get a sight of the building area. There is a nine-race metropolitan card scheduled to be raced at Eagle Farm on the Saturday after the trials, Saturday July 19. Glen Prentice, the general manager of the Queensland Jockeys' Association, said: 'After some consultation with the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission, Racing Queensland and the Brisbane Racing Club, we look forward to trialling on Tuesday with the hoarding removed now that the building is in its finalised form. 'After the trials we will have an in-depth discussion with all parties to work out a way forward where hopefully everything can return to normal. 'Whether that be that the pre-race sightings remain before a race, or we return to procedures prior to the changes.'
