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Mornington apprentice Dakotah Keane is seeking to increase her metropolis expertise with a visit to Adelaide for 5 rides.
A number of the massive Victorian stables have known as on apprentice Dakotah Keane for mounts over in Adelaide on Saturday.
Ciaron Maher, Anthony and Sam Freedman and Phillip Stokes have the 3kg claiming apprentice driving for them whereas native coach Andrew Clarken will give the Mornington-based rider her fifth and closing experience of the assembly.
Keane is apprenticed to Tony Noonan who offered the rider along with her solitary metropolitan success when profitable at Sandown in July.
That winner Herbert Park, who Keane has ridden in two of her 4 victories, runs at Caulfield on Saturday, 20 minutes earlier than the younger rider heads out to experience Outdated Time Rock for Clarken.
Satirically, Herbert Park defeated La Casona in that Sandown victory which is one among Keane’s rides for Maher on Saturday.
“It’s good to get a very good guide of rides and to get just a few good alternatives from these trainers,” Keane stated.
“I feel I’ve acquired a few possibilities, though just a few have drawn a bit sticky, however hopefully it’s a very good day.”
Noonan delayed Keane’s entry into metropolis racing, wanting the rider to achieve expertise on nation tracks and utilise her declare.
From simply over 600 rides, Keane now has 50 winners to her credit score and is trying ahead to heading throughout to Adelaide extra typically in coming months.
It will likely be Keane’s second journey to Adelaide after having one experience for the Lindsay Park staff of Ben, Will and J D Hayes at Morphettville final Saturday.
Keane realises she has to do the exhausting yards to ascertain a reputation earlier than hopefully being a daily on town scene like fellow apprentices Celine Gaudray, Jaylah Kennedy and Tatum Bull.
“The boss (Noonan) is letting me go over,” Keane stated.
“He stated it will likely be good to study over there and whereas it’s a troublesome time of 12 months over right here, I’m glad to go over.
“It beats going to Echuca and people forms of locations.
“It’ll be good to get some expertise over there and when it’s not the massive time of 12 months like it’s now, I would be capable of hold it going and get Saturday metropolis rides.”
Keane stated La Casona regarded a pleasant experience within the Sportsbet Jockey Watch Handicap (1250m) whereas Apache Star is now part of the Adelaide staff for Stokes and runs within the Grand Syndicate Handicap (1550m).
Keane’s different rides are Chartwell Home for Mahar within the Sportsbet No one Does It Higher Handicap (1250m) and Kodiak, scratched from Sandown on Wednesday, within the Sportsbet Handicap (1400m).
“Ciaron Maher’s La Casona seems to be a very good experience and Stokesy’s is educated over there, so hopefully it’s a very good likelihood as properly,” she stated.
Keane may have little time to dwell on her Adelaide expertise, as she returns to Melbourne to experience No Give up within the Present Day Handicap (1420m) at Flemington on Sunday for the Lindsay Park staff.
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