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Neilson leads jockeys premiership

Posted on February 9, 2010, 8:08am

A quartet of winners for Adelaide rider Matthew Neilson at Bordertown on Sunday has seen him snatch top spot for the 2009-10 Limestone Coast jockey’s premiership.

Neilson is riding in career best form and with 16 local winners, now leads Dominic Tourneur by one.

A double to Naracoorte trainer Sue Jaensch on the same programme resulted in her securing second spot for that title, five astern of Sam Turner of Bordertown.

Veteran galloper Da Thong overcame a run of outs and stepped up to open company in fine fashion by winning Sunday’s feature race, the $10,000 Tatiara Summer Cup.

Unplaced at his previous five runs and having only his second run over 1900 metres, Da Thong finished too powerfully to deny the favourite, Fraaclase a home town victory.

For Mount Gambier trainer Jamie Opperman, it was his first local cup of the current season and he has now moved to fourth position on the trainer’s premiership ladder.

Yet another frustrating placing for Fraaclase, his fourth over the 1900 metre journey, while the minor placegetter, Mytika had every chance at the youngster’s first start in open company.

Neilson’s winners included Reignsgold (trained at Strathalbyn by Barry Dunn), Djatala and Kanejake out of the Sue Jaensch stables at Naracoorte and Zaazip (Karen Byrnes, Murray Bridge).

It was girl power in the Mundulla Hosted Accommodation — Curlew Park Handicap when jockeys, Tille Neve, Kate Dyson and Claudia Lions filled the first three placings.

Neve kicked hom Let Go Johnny to victory for Murray Bridge trainer John Hickmott, while Dyson guided Under The Radar into second and Lions was on board third placegetter Rain Strategy.

A couple of late scratchings in Texan Warney and Storm Veil in he Jolpac Rural Supplies Handicap affected betting fluctuations for the 1900 metre race, which was won by the Gary Searle trained Achtachan and ridden by Adrian Patterson.

This Sunday will see the richest race meeting of the local season to date with the ever popular Naracoorte Cup fixture.

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