PJ Bell Stakes nominations – 2017

View the nominations for the 2017 PJ Bell Stakes. The PJ Bell Stakes will be run on Saturday 1st April at Randwick racecourse.

Horse
1 ARTEMIS ROSE
2 BLOWING KISSES
3 BRUGAL REWARD
4 CHIPANDA
5 CITIZEN’S ARREST
6 CONCHITA
7 DIDDUMS
8 EXOCET
9 FRENCH FERN
10 GIBRALTAR GIRL
11 HEAR THE CHANT
12 IMPROVEMENT (NZ)
13 INVINCIBELLA
14 KAWAIKINI
15 LADY DANE
16 MANAYA
17 MEDAILLE
18 MISS BENETEAU
19 MISSROCK
20 MODERN WONDER
21 MOSHKI
22 MY COUNTRY
23 OVERSTEP
24 PROMPT RESPONSE
25 QUICK FEET
26 RAIMENT
27 RED HEARTS
28 ROSA CAROLINA (NZ)
29 SAMANTHA
30 SAVVAN (NZ)
31 SCARLET RAIN
32 SIREN’S FURY
33 SMART AMELIA
34 SWEET SHERRY
35 USENA
36 WHITE MOSS
37 ZUMBELINA

News:

Jeff Lloyd has produced one of his best rides to equal the record for the number of wins in a Brisbane metropolitan jockeys premiership.

Lloyd brought up win number 103 when he drove Caillebotte ($4.80) along the fence and held on to beat Outraged ($3.90) by a nose in the open handicap (2200m) at Doomben on Saturday.

The former South African jockey is now certain to break Chris Munce’s record of 103 set in the 2011-12 season.

He had an off-the-track win on Friday when his suspension from a ride on Houtzen in the Golden Slipper was reduced on appeal from six to three meetings.

“I will now only miss one Saturday, which is next week, but I will be back to ride at the Weetwood meeting (April 8), which is the start of the winter carnival,” Lloyd said.

“It has been a great season and hopefully I can continue to ride winners on a consistent basis. It is a credit to my manager (Cameron Partington) and the trainers such as Matt Dunn, Toby Edmonds and co who have supported me.”

Dunn trains Caillebotte and gave much of the credit for the win to Lloyd.

“Like most stayers he has been a victim of slow pace at some of his recent starts. But Jeff was able to ride him closer and then got the run in the straight at the right time,” Dunn said.

“It is why he is such a good jockey.”

Caillebotte had won on a heavy track in France but Dunn was not certain he would handle the heavy 10 track on Saturday.

“He had struggled on some soft tracks but it is a case of different wet tracks having different type surfaces,” Dunn said.

Caillebotte, who had not won fro nearya year, is likely to chse teh Toowoomba Cup (2000m) in a fortnight.

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