apprentice-academy
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Lai's big debut week in the saddle
Alan Lai, the newest member of the Hong Kong Academy riders learning his craft in South Australia, will chase a country cup success at just his second day of race riding at Roxby Downs on Saturday. Lai, who works with the Andrew Gluyas stable at Morphettville and is being mentored...
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Four new faces welcomed to Apprentice Academy
Four new faces have been welcomed to the Racing SA Apprentice Academy, as Polly Brewster, Sophie Mitchell, Brooke King and Monika Wolanin signed their official paperwork on Monday. The four new riders will be formally inducted at a ceremony at Morphettville on Thursday. Brooke King (bottom right) boasts an impressive...
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Apprentice Academy Wrap: June 2023
Jacob Opperman had a big month in the saddle riding 10 winners across June. The South-East rider, who won the 2021 Dux of the Racing SA Apprentice Academy, boasted a strike-rate of 25 per cent of runners to winners which included a four at city level building a strong association...
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Apprentice Academy Highlights: March 2023
Lachlan Neindorf had a massive month in the saddle in March. Neindorf landed 10 winners from his 65 rides to continue a brilliant season and trails only Jake Toeroek in the race for the Adelaide Jockey Premiership. Neindorf also secured a late pick-up ride in the Adelaide Cup. Jacob Opperman...
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Ingram to make race riding debut at Penola
A self-confessed “fitness freak”, Harri Ingram was dominating on the football field back home in Ballarat when he decided he wanted to be a jockey. That was two years ago, and after making the move to Adelaide to pursue his dream, the 18-year-old is gearing up for his first race...
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Apprentice Academy Highlights: February 2023
February 2023 will forever be a month to remember for Caitlyn Munro and Caitlin Tootell. The newest additions to the South Australian riding ranks both landed their first race wins, Munro aboard Frankel Star at Murray Bridge early in the month before Tootell guided Comfort Girl home at Strathalbyn for...
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Apprentice Academy Highlights: January 2023
The Racing SA Apprentice Academy kick-started 2023 in style with a massive month of milestones. Despite having less rides in January, on the back of less meetings, the next generation of riding talent rode 74 winners, 20 more than December. Alana Livesey was the most successful rider with 15 wins...
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Price claims top gong at SA Apprentice Awards
Rising star Ben Price has been crowned the Dux of the Racing SA Apprentice Academy after riding more winners than any other apprentice in South Australia in 2022. His consistently high standards including two metro trebles at Morphettville, earned Price the prestigious honour just ahead of the fast finishing Teagan...
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Team SA announced to defend NARS title
The Racing SA Apprentice Academy is confident that it has the talent to go back-to-back in the National Apprentice Race Series (NARS), which starts in the Northern Territory in March. A team of six South Australian apprentice jockeys have been selected to defend the title that SA won last year....
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Annells' Apple Isle adventure
Lizzie Annells’ Tasmanian adventure is about to become permanent. The apprentice jockey is planning a move to the Apple Isle in March, to ride for trainer Sarah Cotton. The decision came about after she recorded her first Tasmanian double at Hobart on Sunday. “I’ve been umming and ahhing for a...
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Tootell to make race riding debut
Considering her mum didn’t let her ride a thoroughbred until she was 16, Caitlin Tootell has come a long way in nine years. The Racing SA Apprentice Academy jockey is about to make her race riding debut on Australia Day this Thursday at Murray Bridge. She’ll kick off her career...
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Apprentice Academy Highlights: December 2022
Teagan Voorham and Alana Livesey had plenty of reasons to celebrate in December. Voorham claimed her second Listed victory aboard Diamonds in the Christmas Handicap at Morphettville while recording 12 wins from 72 rides – riding at 17 per cent runners to winners - to follow on from a massive...
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Three new faces join SA Apprentice Academy
The Racing SA Apprentice Academy has welcomed three new faces into the program including Hong Kong Jockey Club rider Alan Lai, Chelsey Reynolds and Tala Hutchinson. Twenty-two year old Lai has temporarily moved in with Britney Wong and Nichola Yuen, who’ve helped him settle into South Australia. He’s apprenticed to...
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Apprentice Academy Highlights: November 2022
Teagan Voorham was the star of the saddle for the Racing SA Apprentice Academy in the month of November. Not only did Voorham ride 11 winners, but she claimed her first SA Country Cup success aboard the Grant Young-trained Neva Doubt Us in the Clare Cup before topping that less...
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Rawiller returns to SA
Talented apprentice Campbell Rawiller is making a return to the South Australian riding ranks. Rawiller made Adelaide home back in January with success riding 25 winners in his first four months before moving back home to Melbourne at the end of July. But after limited opportunities in Melbourne, Rawiller has...
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Marvellous Milnes 'super excited' for racing debut
Rochelle Milnes’ meteoric ride from track work rider to apprentice jockey culminates in her race riding debut at Gawler on Wednesday. Instead of strapping and saddling John Dunn and Krystal Bishop’s runners, she’ll be racing them just four months after joining the Apprentice Academy. “It’s progressed so much faster than...
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Apprentices take centre stage in Montgomerie/Forrest Series
The future generation of South Australian riding talent will be on show when the 2022 Montgomerie/Forrest Apprentice Series kicks off at Strathalbyn on Sunday. The three-race series honours Simone Montgomerie and Caitlin Forrest who tragically passed away in race falls. Montgomerie started her career with Goolwa trainer David Jolly before...
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Apprentice Academy Highlights: October 2022
Success on the track was overshadowed by the feelgood story of October with Alice Lindsay granted her metropolitan riding licence. It’s been a story of perseverance for Lindsay having spent more than a year out of the saddle following a fall in Darwin where she sustained injuries to her back,...
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Three fresh faces welcomed into Apprentice Academy
The Racing SA Apprentice Academy will feature three fresh faces when the 2022-23 thoroughbred racing season commences. Caitlyn Munro, Caitlin Tootell and Rochelle Milnes are a part of the new intake of young riders in the academy which has aligned with other track riding programs to help the next generation...
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Apprentice Academy highlights: June 2022
Ben Price had a big month in June as the leading Racing SA apprentice and outriding his provincial claim. Price rode eight winners across the month, while Ellis Wong boasted the best strike-rate of the academy riding at 15 per cent runners to winners. The future generation stole the show...
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Apprentice Academy highlights: May 2022
The Racing SA Apprentice Academy stole the show at Hawker in May riding the card. Led by Lachlan Overall who claimed the 2022 Hawker Cup aboard Grinzinger Star, his second country feature aboard the Kylie McKerlie-trained galloper. Alana Livesey had a break-out day with a double to share riding honours...
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Apprentice Academy Highlights: April 2022
Lachlan Overall and Jade Doyle outriding their 4kg claims, as well as a pair of country cup victories highlighted another strong month for the South Australian Apprentice Academy. Angus Chung took home the Kimba Cup on Grinzinger Star, while Sophie Logan saluted on veteran galloper Fulton Street in the Penola...
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SA apprentices go from strength to strength
Fresh off South Australia’s win in the National Apprentice Race Series we chat with Apprentice Academy Master Briony Moore about their recent success. Why do you think SA has traditionally done so well at NARS, and won it again this year? It’s quite incredible that in the 14 years the...
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Apprentice Academy Highlights: February 2022
Jade Doyle picked up her first TAB winner in February, while two apprentices make their race-riding debuts, as Lachlan Overall and Nichola Yuen began their careers at Lock. Port Lincoln proved a happy hunting ground for SA apprentices, with seven of eight races won by members of the academy. Ben...
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NARS Series to kick off at Strathalbyn
The next generation of Australian riding talent will be on show across the country in March when the National Apprentice Race Series kicks off at Strathalbyn next Wednesday. Ellis Wong will represent South Australia in the opening heat of series against Victoria’s Madison Lloyd, Angela Jones from Queensland while Brandon...
