BIG NIGHT OUT FOR BRENT EVANS

By Graham Potter | Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Apprentice jockey Brent Evans was undoubtedly the find of the season amongst the riding ranks in Queensland and the young rider capped off a memorable twelve months by taking out three Queensland Racing Awards which will stack up nicely with his five Premiership titles.

Evans’ family was on hand to see him land the treble as his name was called out as the winner of the Ken Russell Apprentice of the Year, the SEQ Metropolitan and Provincial Jockey of the Year and the SEQ Metropolitan and Provincial Apprentice of the Year.

Evans also claimed no less than five Premiership titles for the season. They were the Brisbane Metropolitan Apprentice Jockey’s Premiership, both the Jockey and Apprentice Jockey Premierships at Ipswich and both the Jockey and Apprentice Jockey Premierships at Toowoomba.

The prestigious George Moore Jockey of the Year award went to Shane Scriven, who had an outstanding season which included Group racing success, highlighted by Group 1 triumph on Scenic Shot in the Doomben Cup, and the satisfaction of beaten out his rivals to be a clear-cut winner of the Brisbane Metropolitan Jockey’s Premiership.

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