Linda Meech interview
Meech -- who was Victoria's leading jockey last season -- was yesterday sacked as the rider of Victoria Derby second favourite Thought Of That by its owner Brae Sokolski. Zephyron will be at his peak for this race and, being bred to get a strong middle distance, will be improved by his first run over 2000 metres at Rosehill last start when he raced on the pace. I’ve shared a jockeys room with Linda for nearly 20 years. Meech, who rode three winners on the seven-race card, piloted her own horse Beeokay to victory in a 1005m Benchmark 64, thwarting race favourite Lagerfeld. Zahra wasn’t teaching the horse to be racehorse at Donald two starts back when he was striking and roaring at the other runners behind the barriers. Linda Meech proves you don't have to be dead to be stiff. At Echuca on Tuesday she booted home five winners, including the four legs of the quadrella, and with Peter Moody's No. Sacked Victoria Derby jockey Linda Meech has shot back with fighting words after she was kicked off Thought Of That.
Zephyron certainly has an outstanding pedigree, being by Zabeel from the Danehill mare Diamond Like, who is a descendant of the celebrated broodmare Eight Carat. Linda Meech is flying high, and not only in her boyfriend's helicopter which regularly delivers her to provincial tracks. The two-kilogram claim for Jake Duffy is also a bonus, and added to a good barrier draw in a big field he appeals as one of the best bets of the day.
She rode the Bel Esprit filly when she made her debut at Werribee in June where she staged a huge performance to come from second-last at the 400 metres to cruise home an easy winner, and followed it up with a second at Sandown on a very heavy track. Rode Though Of That beautifully last two starts, yet replaced by Mark Zahra for Saturday's VRC Derby. Zahra is pictured after winning the Ladbroke Stakes on Cape of Good Hope on October 12 Former Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne has slammed an owner over his shock decision to cut a female jockey.Melbourne Cup Day is a statement calendar date, but not everything is all poise and graceful at the carnival.Michelle Payne goes off on owner of Thought of That.Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne has weighed in on an owner’s decision to dump Linda Meech from a Victorian Derby contender only days out from the race.Set to be run on Saturday afternoon, Meech was down to ride one of the favourites, Thought of That, but owner Brae Sokolski made the call to replace Meech with jockey Mark Zahra.Meech had ridden the colt and second favourite in the Derby in each of its last two races but was advised of the decision on Tuesday morning.It was a call that left Payne infuriated and she didn’t hold back when addressing the decision on social media.In a since deleted tweet, Payne took aim at Sokolski.“Not for the public to decide but the public can recognise you as a pig,” Payne wrote.Meech won’t be riding in the Victorian Derby on Saturday.Her comment was in reply to Sokolski’s statement defending the decision to have Zahra ride the horse instead of Meech.“I know it’s going to be unpopular and I know I’m probably getting lambasted on Twitter but so be it,” Sokolski said.“I make the decision, it’s the right decision for the horse and the owners, it’s not a decision for the public.”This isn’t the first time Payne has taken aim at the racing industry after she blasted the “chauvinistic” nature following her historic 2015 Melbourne Cup victory on longshot Prince of Penzance.“It’s such a chauvinistic sport, a lot of the owners wanted to kick me off. Linda Meech has ridden more winners than all bar one jockey in Victoria this season, yet is walking proof that racing is largely a man’s world.
She deserved this opportunity. Top Victorian jockey Linda Meech makes a rare return to Brisbane, where she did part of her apprenticeship, for two key rides at Eagle Farm. From a perfect barrier he looks a great winning chance.Linda Meech is flying high, and not only in her boyfriend's helicopter which regularly delivers her to provincial tracks. So it's no surprise that the gelding's breeder, Patrick Hogan, is among the horse's owners.
Leading Victorian jockey Linda Meech makes a rare "homecoming" appearance at Eagle Farm with two key rides.
The move looks set to pay off with Zephyron after the gelding has had three runs in Sydney leading up to this. On firm ground here, she is back from a spell and seems to be at generous each-way odds in fixed markets.Planet Voyage is one of the most consistent sprinters in Victoria and his first-up fifth at Flemington on Oaks day when he finished 1½ lengths behind Lankan Rupee and Snitzerland down the straight at Flemington reads as excellent form for this race.
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