ZAC LLOYD TAKES THE TURN INTO THE NEW YEAR LEADING THE SYDNEY JOCKEY'S PREMIERSHIP
By Graham Potter | Wednesday, January 1, 2025
With five months of the season completed, as we take the corner into the New Year, Zac Lloyd has the honour of leading the Sydney Metropolitan Jockey’s Premiership, a notable feat, even allowing for the absence of the perennial champion jockey James McDonald in recent months.
McDonald, who has just completed a short-term riding contract with the Hong Kong Jockey Club, last rode in Australia on Champions Day, November 8, over the Melbourne Cup Carnival and he will still not be in action at Randwick on Saturday having instead accepted a booking to ride in the Group 1 Telegraph at Trentham in New Zealand.
If you leave the door open, chances are someone will take up the running and, while the precarious nature of Zac Lloyd’s Premiership lead is highlighted by the fact that, after not having McDonald competing in Sydney for the last two months, Lloyd only leads McDonald by two winners, it is still a lead. Read more
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