Riders questioned
NZPA-AAP Sydney The Australian Jockey Club’s chief steward, John Schreck, questioned the two New Zealand riders, Earl Harrison and Bruce Compton, after they finished first and second in the $40,000 weight-for-age Hill Stakes (1750 m at Rosehill on Saturday. Harrison won the race on the New Zealand galloper, Greatness, by a nose from Drawn, which was ridden by Compton. Schreck questioned Comp-
ton over the rails run Harrison and Greatness received in the straight coming to the home turn when Drawn moved off the rails. “I consider you, rightly or wrongly, one of the most competitive riders in Australia, but that didn’t appear to be competitive,” Schreck said to Compton. Schreck questioned Compton over his non-use of the whip on Drawn and over Compton allowing Greatness to get out of a pocket. Stewards accepted Compton’s explanation.
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