Chris Symons has done his chances of getting more rides for Chris Waller no harm, maintaining a perfect record for the trainer with victory on Fulgur at Flemington. On a day when Waller prepared the quinella of Beaten Up and Foreteller in the Group One Doomben Cup in Brisbane, import [...]
Jockey Chris Symons is adamant he is on the right horse in Saturday’s South Australian Derby as he chases a breakthrough Group One win. Symons rides Shoreham in the $500,000 classic over 2500m at Morphettville and says it will mean a lot if he can land the biggest victory of [...]
A first stakes win for Shoreham at Flemington on Saturday was a moment to savour for trainer Saab Hasan and reason to dream of Derby success in Adelaide. The Hasan-trained Shoreham raced away with the Listed Galilee Series Final over 2500m to book his place in next month’s South Australian [...]
Talented apprentice Chad Schofield endured one of most harrowing days of his short and chequered career when he was suspended for 27 meetings and fined $1500 at Caulfield on Monday. Schofield also rode a winner on the card, but any joy it may have provided was overshadowed by the heavy [...]
Tasmanian stayer Norsqui has fulfilled a long-range plan by veteran trainer Walter McShane to win the Adelaide Cup. McShane targeted the race a year ago after the gelding finished third in the Group Two event, one of the few feature races left in the calendar over the 3200 metres of [...]
Mrs Onassis is still in the mix for the Oakleigh Plate with a final decision to be made after she gallops on Tuesday morning. Trainer Gerald Ryan said his original thought had been to wait another week or two but he had been persuaded by the mare’s owner Gerry Harvey [...]
Comeback jockey Chris Symons is lookng forward to renewing his association with three-year-old Hosting at Flemington on Saturday. Symons rode the Greg Eurell-trained three-year-old to an impressive debut win last August before both he and the horse spent the spring sidelined through injury. Craig Williams partnered Hosting first-up in the [...]
Popular jockey Chris Symons has made a winning return with a double at Sale, the scene of a freak accident which kept him out of racing for more than four months. Symons broke his foot in late September when he had to take evasive action in the car park to [...]
Chris Symons has tried to make the best of a frustrating few months but he can’t wait to be back race riding on Saturday. The popular jockey returns from a broken foot with three rides in Adelaide for trainer Tony McEvoy, an opportunity he hopes to capitalise on as he [...]
Injured Melbourne jockey Chris Symons hopes to be back riding by mid-January, four months after breaking his foot in a freak accident. Symons was loading his gear into his car after a race meeting at Sale in September when he was forced to take evasive action when he saw a [...]
