Apprentice Alysha Collett has escaped suspension for her ride on Silk Pins at Canterbury and has instead been sent back to school.
She has been ordered to attend Racing NSW’s riding skills panel consisting of former jockeys Maurice Logue and Ron Quinton after attempting to take a run on Silk Pins that stewards said clearly wasn’t there in the Bowermans Office Furniture Handicap (1250m).
Chief steward Ray Murrihy said a review and training from the panel was a better course of action than giving Collett, who only returned from suspension on Saturday, her seventh ban in the past 12 months.
“They’ll sit down with you and give you some remedial training,” Murrihy told Collett.
“If you want to make it here (in Sydney) you’ve got to ensure you ride safely. At the moment you’re making too many errors.”
Collett was back in the field on Silk Pins and attempted to go for a run inside of Robert Thompson on Rebel Dancer before checking her mount back out of the position.
“I should have taken more precaution and made sure the gap was a bigger gap for my horse,” Collett said.
Collett has ridden six metropolitan winners in Sydney this season since moving from New Zealand on loan to premier trainer Chris Waller.
