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News.com.au
5 hours ago
- Health
- News.com.au
Group 1-winning jockey Luke Currie to undergo knee surgery, faces six weeks on sidelines
Surgery will halt jockey Luke Currie's impressive recent form. Currie rode a double for the Hayes brothers at last Saturday's Caulfield meeting to accompany his double at Flemington on May 17 as he built a solid partnership with the Lindsay Park operation. However, a knee issue sustained in a mishap will force Currie to soon go under the surgeon's knife. 'I've done the meniscus in it at the jumpouts,' Currie said. 'It's been sore all the time and they said, at some point, you've got to get it done.' The meniscus acts as a 'shock absorbing' cartilage between femur and tibia bones, producing pain and stiffness in the knee when damaged. Currie said it was the second time he had undergone the minor surgery. 'I did the other one but worse when one flipped over in the gates years ago but they said this one has got a tear in it and had other wear and tear from over the years,' he said. Currie said he expected to be away from racing for about six weeks. However, he said the operation was necessary in order to have him ready for the richer period of the year. 'I just thought, I was always staying here getting going again, so it was the right time to have it done so I'll be right for the spring,' Currie said. Currie has ridden 22 winners in Melbourne in the 2024/25 season. Currie will join Melbourne jockeys' premiership leader Blake Shinn on the sidelines. Shinn last week confirmed he would miss the remainder of the season after sustaining heavy bone bruising in an incident at the Cranbourne jumpouts last month.
Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
70-Year-Old Jockey Perry Ouzts Reaches 7,500 Career Wins Milestone
70-Year-Old Jockey Perry Ouzts Reaches 7,500 Career Wins Milestone originally appeared on Paulick Report. Jockey Perry Ouzts hit a new milestone after winning two races at Belterra Park, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Saturday, pushing his career win total to 7,500. Advertisement The first victory came in the second race, a maiden special weight event, aboard heavy favorite Calculated Move. He followed it up just two races later with a win in an allowance race riding Decree. Both horses were trained by Barbra Riley. Ouzts is the leader among active jockeys in North America, with Hall of Famer John Velazquez next with 6,703 wins. The native of Lepanto, Ark., is also the record holder as the oldest jockey to win a race in North America — a feat he accomplished last summer, breaking Frank Amonte Sr. 's record. "This could be my last summer," Ouzts said at the time after breaking the record. Nearly 11 months later, the soon to be 71 year-old is still riding – and winning. He has taken four out of his last five mounts. "I can still do it and feel good and like riding," Ouzts said last summer. "But it's getting harder to get mounts. Nobody wants to ride a 70-year-old. I don't want to be like Tom Brady and stay in two years too long." Advertisement However, Ouzts currently sits fourth in the jockey standings at Belterra with nine wins in 32 starts, and ranks third in earnings with $140,067. His 32 starts ranks sixth among all jockeys, and he's winning at an impressive 28 percent clip. Ouzts has spent most of his career riding in Northern Kentucky and Ohio. Though he has never won a graded stakes race, he was the subject of an award-winning 2015 documentary "Ironman Perry Ouzts," produced by the Hennegan Brothers. He ranks fifth all-time in wins, trailing only Russell Baze (12,842 wins), Laffit Pincay Jr. (9,530), William Shoemaker (8,833), and Pat Day (8,803). Over a career spanning more than 50 years, Ouzts has earned $52,796,464 in purses. He turns 71 on July 7. This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Jun 1, 2025, where it first appeared.
Daily Mail
12 hours ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
Hang it in the Louvre! Ryan Moore's Camille Pissarro ride is a masterpiece as he delivers Aidan O'Brien with his second Qatar Prix du Jockey Club
Michael Tabor called Ryan Moore a great jockey but it felt like being in the Louvre and describing Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa as a decent painting. Tabor, the leading owner, had just seen his orange-and-blue silks carried to success by Aidan O'Brien's Camille Pissarro in the Prix du Jockey Club and the twinkle in his eye immediately made it clear that his verdict about Moore was dripping with understatement. Camille Pissarro, named after a French impressionist, received a masterpiece of a ride from Moore, the 41-year-old sticking to the rail from his draw in stall one at Chantilly before pouncing with the stealth of a pickpocket as gaps opened. At the line, he had half-a-length to spare over Andre Fabre's Cualificar, who ran with credit for William Buick, while Detain showed great promise for John and Thady Gosden's Newmarket stable in third. Once Camille Pissarro had surged to the front, though, there was only going to be one outcome. It was the latest evidence that Moore is the best flat rider in the business. In situations where many could lose their cool, he stays laser focused and the result was a Group One success for the 7-2 favourite and the perfect start to a huge week for the Coolmore operation. Moore and O'Brien will combine at Epsom on Friday and Saturday with leading chances in both the Oaks and Derby, particularly Delacroix, who is currently the 9-4 market leader and is unbeaten in two runs this season. 'I'm delighted for everybody and Ryan gave him an incredible ride,' said O'Brien. 'He's very exciting and he's a Group One winner at two and now he's a French Derby winner and we all know how important they are. 'Ryan was prepared to wait and had to ride him to try to get the trip, which was an unknown. We thought he was a top-class horse last year and he showed it. Ryan was over the moon when he saw the draw and he gave him a masterclass.' Moore never accepts any praise in such moments and he was quick to pinpoint the quality of Camille Pissarro, who had warmed up for this contest with an encouraging run in the French 2,000 Guineas, when ridden by Christophe Soumillon and finishing behind his stablemate Henri Matisse. 'It was a very smart performance from a horse who seems to be getting better,' said Moore. 'He's always been highly regarded. I just wasn't getting it quite right on him and Christophe has shown me how to ride him. He recommended this race and it all worked out beautifully.'
News.com.au
a day ago
- General
- News.com.au
Pakenham Monday tips: $11 tip to start the week on the right foot
Form analyst Gilbert Gardiner presents his best bets and jockey to follow for Monday's Victorian meeting at Pakenham on the Synthetic track.
The Australian
2 days ago
- General
- The Australian
From setback to success: Andrew Adkins shines with Lord Mayor's Cup success
A new improved model of jockey Andrew Adkins reaped the rewards for his hard work at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday when success in the Listed Lord Mayor's Cup was one of his two winners. Adkins, 27, had done it tough since he was involved in a horror fall in 2020 when he broke his leg in four different places, punctured a lung and broke a collarbone. He returned to the saddle eight months later but the opportunities started drying up and in 2024 he made the decision to change tact and move his riding career in a different direction. • 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! 'I was coming to town, riding two or three 100-to-one chances, and I just spoke to the manager and we decided to try a different path,' Adkins said. 'We decided to take a step down, go back and get full books of chances at the provincials rather than coming to town on a Saturday and things have gone really well. 'The last 18 months or so, I've really been enjoying my riding and things have been going really well. 'Then you have a day like this, and you know you've done the right thing.' After riding less than 40 winners in each of the previous two seasons, Atkins is closing in on 60 race winners at a career best strike rate of 12.3 per cent for the 2024/25 season with two months still remaining until it draws to a close on July 31. 'Any Stakes winner is rewarding but to get two winners back in town today is very satisfying and it helps build that confidence,' he said. 'I've been back at the provincials for a while now and I've had great success there. 'It's been great for my confidence and now as we head into the winter months, the opportunities to come back and ride in town are opening up and like today, I've made the most of some really great opportunities.' • Eagle Farm to host Super Saturday after Derby Day washout Atkins win earlier in the day was aboard the impressive Joe Pride-trained King's Secret in the Toyota Forklifts 3&4YO Benchmark 72 Handicap (1100m) but his steer on the sometimes tricky Touristic in the Lord Mayor's Cup (2000m) was that of a mature rider at the peak of his powers. Touristic, a sometimes barrier rogue, jumped swiftly and rolled forward with Adkins finding a spot in the first three pairs of the field, switching him mount off to conserve energy before wheeling out four wide from the top of the straight and surging to the front 200m from home. 'The main thing for him today was to begin well, which is something he's not really known for, so that was box one ticked early on and from there I just wanted to have the most economical run as I could so that was another box ticked,' Adkins said. 'He had a really fluent run and he was always going to be strong late and he'd been crying out for a wet track like we've got today. 'He's a fit horse that was never going to stop so once he got the first half right, I was pretty confident he'll take some beating and that's the way it played out.' Touristic ($9) defeated Major Beel ($6) by two-and-a-quarter lengths with the $3.60 favourite Glory Daze another three-quarters of a length back in third. • McMurray's magic moment with first Saturday Sydney success Winning trainer Peter Snowden said the son of former British superstar Frankel was deserving of the victory while also praising the piloting skills of Adkins. 'He won well and he's done a really good job,' Snowden said. 'He's a horse that needs things to go right for him in a race and Andrew executed perfectly. 'He's a genuine enough horse but with cut in the ground, he relished the conditions and when he got put into the race like he was, he was always going to take some beating. 'Really happy for Andrew too. A genuine good guy that can ride light. 'He listens, works hard and we've had quite a bit of success over the years so yep, very happy for him.' Snowden said while Touristic 'has been up for a while' he would see how he comes through the run and consider a trip to Queensland for a race on the first weekend in July. 'A race like the Caloundra Cup might suit him,' he said. 'He can run a mile and a half. 'He ran second to Deny Knowledge in the Grafton Cup last year so he can get a trip and that might be on the cards.'
