September 16, 2016
Sunshine Coast jockey Jason Hoopert, who will be in action at Nanango on Saturday, has taken out the 2016 South East Queensland Country Jockeys Premiership.
It is the second time the former Murgon resident has won the senior premiership, but this time he will be able to celebrate the occasion.
In July 2006, Hoopert was badly injured in a race fall at Kilcoy which almost cost him his life.
When the premiership was announced that year, Hoopert’s name was read out but he was in a coma.
“First time ever that’s been done,” he joked this week on Facebook.
Hoopert was told a few times he would never race again, but managed to get back to the track in 2011.
Now he’s celebrating another senior jockeys victory, taking his return to racing full circle.
It was also an excellent year for apprentices Montanna Savva, Adam Spinks and Hannah English who actually secured more race wins than Hoopert.
[UPDATED with correction. Originally published as “Hoopert Wins Jockeys Premiership”]
