{"id":227567,"date":"2019-02-02T14:46:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T04:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=227567"},"modified":"2020-09-24T15:46:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T05:46:41","slug":"englishs-deserved-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/02\/02\/englishs-deserved-award\/","title":{"rendered":"English’s Deserved Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Clouds and Hannah English after their 2018 Wondai Cup victory (Photo: Ross Stanley)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Gunsynd's<\/a>February 2, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wondai-bred, Nanango-based Hannah English is a worthy recipient of this year’s South Burnett Senior Sportsperson of the Year Australia Day award.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Her 1573 riding engagements since the middle of 2015 has produced 159 wins.<\/p>\n

The former veterinary nurse has also been placed 468 times.<\/p>\n

Remarkably, in the past twelve months, she has plied her trade at 29 different racecourses for 43 different trainers.<\/p>\n

Hannah quickly outrode her country allowance and is close to being a non-claimer at the provincials.<\/p>\n

It is ironic that first ever horse she partnered in raceday silk had a name utterly opposite to Hannah\u2019s character.<\/p>\n

On June 6, 2015, her master Glenn Richardson legged the rookie up on to Miss Pugnacious at Gayndah, where the Ferocity filly ran ninth.<\/p>\n

However, the remaining three mounts, all for Dalby conditioner Patrick Sexton, went much better.<\/p>\n

Flinder\u2019s Luck and Luck\u2019s In, the full siblings by Bradbury\u2019s Luck from Seahawk Lass, both grabbed the minor money but Winner Wimmer carried her to Cup glory.<\/p>\n

The team repeated the dose by taking out the Eidsvold Cup the following week.<\/p>\n

More trophies were collected in November 2015 with Jam Tin saluting in the Kumbia Cup, Seen A Host prevailing in the Mount Perry Cup and Oggie scoring in the $50,000 Roma Cup at provincial level.<\/p>\n

Other key rural thrills include the Murilla Cup at Miles in February 2017 (when Klammer was part of a treble) and the Wondai Cups of 2016 and 2018 with Unbowed and Clouds.<\/p>\n

Despite a broken wrist sidelining her for three months during her first full season, Hannah missed out on being Queensland\u2019s top Country Apprentice by just one win.<\/p>\n

She has won the Desiree Gill trophy for being the premier South-East Country Apprentice twice, and easily took out the Nanango Jockeys Premiership for 2017-18.<\/p>\n

Her talent has been recognised by Racing Queensland as she represented the state in the National Apprentice Series in Tasmania in 2015 and in South Australia two years later.<\/p>\n

A little bit of luck in 2019 could well open bigger doors for English.<\/p>\n

She is a natural lightweight, has an affinity with animals, a well balanced style and is an astute operator.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, there is a wealth of experience and maturity to draw on.<\/p>\n

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Hannah English returns on Schindler after her success for the Glenn Richardson yard at Nanango last December (Photo: Ross Stanley)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Richardson Takes On The City Slickers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The field for the Lunar New Year Two-Year-Old Handicap (1000m), the second event at Eagle Farm on Saturday, includes Arnwood. <\/strong><\/p>\n

As a short priced favourite, this recent addition to Glenn Richardson\u2019s Nanango string had six lengths on his rivals in a Rockhampton maiden for juveniles on Friday, January 10.<\/p>\n

The Better Than Ready colt backed up a week later at the reopening of Eagle Farm and led before holding on for third placing.<\/p>\n

Red Dazzler\u2019s grandson is QTIS eligible, and a victory this weekend would earn a payout of almost $100,000.<\/p>\n

Arnwood\u2019s grand-dam Carry On Kona was no slouch, either.<\/p>\n

She banked more than $250,000 while Better Than Ready, winner of four listed races in Sydney and Brisbane, amassed almost $485,000 in just 16 appearances.<\/p>\n

The son of More Than Ready is related to Miss Mooney Mooney and Publishing.<\/p>\n

Hannah English, who is looking for her fourth metropolitan success, has the seat again.<\/p>\n

The pair jumped from a wide gate for the two tasks since Arnwood moved from Tom Dougall\u2019s Toowoomba stables and the draw has been unkind yet again.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Canid returns after a four month break in the Access Insulation No Metro Wins Handicap (1000m), the third event at Eagle Farm.<\/p>\n

English will pilot the eight-year-old that she part-owned before taking out her licence.<\/p>\n

The cursed wide marble dropped for the bay too.<\/p>\n

Hannah will get a good feel of the new track surface as she will be aboard On Demand in the opener, the Ratings 0-70 Handicap over 1400 metres.<\/p>\n

And guess what! Pat Duff\u2019s charge drew the extreme outside stall.<\/p>\n

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Buenos Aires jockeys making their pre-race whip selection (Photo: Ross Stanley)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oddity From Afar<\/strong><\/h2>\n

During a recent visit to South America, I discovered that jockeys at the Buenos Aires Palermo track in Argentina don\u2019t use their own whips.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Instead, there is a communal set provided.<\/p>\n

After each contest the riders drop the whip they used into a receptacle.<\/p>\n

An official then brings the collection around to the parade ring and jockeys pick a whip from the bunch as they arrive to chat with connections.<\/p>\n

They cannot be too fussy as there did not seem to be any stampede to get to the \u201clucky dip\u201d site.<\/p>\n