Racing: Stackhouse bounces back

Dnaiel Stackhouse, the Ashburton apprentice, bounced back from a fall at Trentham on Saturday to ride three winners at Washdyke yesterday.

Stackhouse required a medical clearance before he rode yesterday.

He was unseated when his mount Yourtheman slipped and fell near the 2000m in the Wellington Steeplechase.

He was taken to hospital.

"I had pain in my right side and went to hospital for an X-ray but I was cleared after the doctor examined me," Stackhouse said.

"I think I was badly winded. The horse was lying on top of me when the rein was caught."

Stackhouse (20) had won the maiden hurdles on Foremost three races earlier at Trentham.

He said he felt a bit bruised yesterday.

Stackhouse won on Ishiabeel (Winter Cup Trial), Midllans and Aronsay yesterday.

Stackhouse stayed near the rail with Ishiabeel and Midllans on a slow track.

Ishiabeel won the Winter Cup Trial (1600m) by seven and a-half lengths.

The rising 4yr-old mare is now exempt from the ballot for the $100,000 Winter Cup (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday week.

Her trainer Terri Rae confirmed the Winter Cup would be the next race for Ishiabeel.

The last 4yr-old mare to win the Winter Cup was Kalott, in 1967.

Stackhouse, who rode Ishiabeel half a kilogram over weight at 53.5kg yesterday, is first in line for the mount.

It was the fourth win in nine starts for Ishiabeel, owned by Bradbury Bloodstock Ltd.

"She has taken a while to mature and she likes to be ridden cold," Rae said.

Rae also has Don't Say Clang in the Winter Cup.

He ran fourth when resuming in the Winter Cup Trial at Ashburton the previous week.

Don't Say Clang ran third to Taking The Mickey and The Twist in the Winter Cup last year.

He won the Winter Cup Trials at Ashburton and Washdyke in 2008 but missed the Winter Cup that year with a stone bruise.

Rae plans to give Don't Say Clang a 1400m race at Oamaru on August 1 as his final lead up.

Matthew Cropp, who was fined $500 at Trentham on Saturday, won the hurdles on Joint Effort yesterday.

The Cambridge jockey was fined for weighing out in a modified riding vest.

Kidunot continued his preparation for the Grand National Steeplechase when he mastered 70kg with ease in the steeplechase yesterday.

 

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