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Star jockey Craig Williams extends premiership lead with treble at The Valley
Craig Williams could be unlikely to kick up an excessive amount of of a sink if 2024 didn’t finish.
The star jockey has loved among the finest months of his adorned profession in December and capped it off with a profitable treble at Saturday’s last Victorian metropolitan assembly of the season at Moonee Valley.
The 47-year-old made his first journey to the winner’s stall aboard Simply For Present within the fourth occasion, adopted up with victory aboard Mytemptation earlier than finishing a profitable hattrick with Fickle in Race 6.
The Valley treble made it 19 metropolitan wins in December for Williams, who has 37 Victorian metropolis wins for the season and leads Blake Shinn by three within the race for the Victorian Metropolitan Jockeys’ Premiership – a title Williams has already received 9 occasions.
“I’m proud of the place I’m at bodily and mentally, I’ve by no means been extra pushed, and I’m actually grateful for these alternatives,” Williams mentioned.
“It’s a beautiful to trip winners, that’s what we’re right here for.”
Williams’ The Valley wins got here aboard horses he celebrated metropolitan success aboard at their earlier begins.
The Ben, Will & Jd Hayes -trained Simply For Present backed up his win within the wealthy Rising Stars Closing at Ballarat with a last-stride win within the $175,000 VOBIS Gold Carat.
Mytemptation took his file to 3 wins from as many begins for Enver Jusufovic when he received the $80,000 BM70 over 1200m, whereas Tom Dabernig’s Fickle additionally made it three wins on finish with an all-the win within the $130,000 fillies and mares BM70 over 1000m.
“You simply can’t put a measurement on a horse’s capacity if you give them confidence and put them in the correct races,” Williams mentioned.
Whereas Williams claimed the day’s driving honours, Shinn didn’t go with out, driving a profitable double.
The 2022/23 metro jockeys’ premiership winner partnered two-year-old colt Subject Of Play to a stunning win in Race 2 earlier than scoring an all-the method win aboard Apache Tune within the last occasion.
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