“To beat them was a thrill and they were great about it afterwards, although I copped a bit of banter in the jockeys’ room.” Te Rapa track specialist Crafty Jess (blue & gold) provides apprentice Tegan Newman with a winning double “It was also pretty ironic that when I won on Crafty Jess, I beat Sam Collett (Ranger) and Danielle Johnson (Germanicus) who have been wonderful mentors for me since I started riding. “I’ve never ridden for the Corneges or for Murray and Andrew before, so to be able to get a ride for them and to win was really satisfying. “I need 23 more wins to do that which seems like a bit of a mountain to climb but I’m hoping I can do that if I can keep getting on some of the nice horses I have been riding lately. “When I came back from my injury, I set myself a crazy goal to outride my two-kilogram claim before I come out of my apprenticeship,” she said. Newman is determined to outride the two-kilogram claim she currently enjoys before her apprenticeship ends in September. Since making her return Newman has gained steady momentum with a winning double aboard the Fred and Lindsay Cornege-trained Rose ‘N’ Power (NZ) (Power) and the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Crafty Jess (NZ) (Mastercraftsman) at Te Rapa on Saturday taking her tally for the season to 29 victories and 57 lifetime wins overall. The personable twenty-five-year-old was off the racing scene for four months after suffering serious back and chest injuries in a trackwork incident. Tegan Newman guides Rose ‘N’ Power to victory at Te RapaĪpprentice jockey Tegan Newman is well on her way to achieving the ‘crazy’ goal she set herself when she returned to the saddle last year after recovering from a major injury.
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