Give Payne a chance
It was great to see Michelle Payne ride a winning double at Flemington recently plus two seconds.
For a Group 1-winning rider, I find it difficult to fathom why she does not receive more opportunities. Often when I scan through Victorian race fields, I find that she doesn’t even have a ride. On other occasions, she may have picked up a couple of outsiders.
Yet whenever she is given the opportunity of riding a horse which has a genuine winning chance, she acquits herself well, just as she did on Saturday, when she timed the finishing runs of her two winners to perfection.
Hopefully her phone may start to ring a little more frequently after Saturday. She’s a talented rider who deserves more opportunities.
Ulladulla (NSW)