Apprentice jockey Jack Taplin is going from strength to strength and scored a deserved first stakes win when piloting the Kenny Rae-trained Fraudster to victory in the Gr.3 Barneswood Farm Stakes (1400m) at Ashburton last Saturday.
Exciting 3YO Fraudster made full use of his significant early pace and a strong on-speed track bias, racing clear to claim his first stakes victory in the Gr.3 Barneswood Farm Stakes (1400m) at Ashburton.
Former West Coaster John Blackadder has had plenty of success around the South Island, but there remains one track firmly on his hit-list, his former hometown of Reefton.
Apprentice jockey Jack Taplin sustained a broken wrist in Saturday’s shocking race fall at Riccarton Park, which involved four other jockeys including Bridget Grylls and Brandon May, who were also injured.
