Magic Premierships Heat Up As Season Nears End

 

Gerald Ryan, Dale Sutton, Stathi Katsidis and Clare Lindop are in the box seat to win the inaugural Magic Millions Premierships with two weeks of the season remaining.

Ryan, who won the final Group One race of the season with Gold Coast graduate Melito, is four wins clear in the Leading Training division with 52 wins.

David Hayes, Mark Kavanagh and Gai Waterhouse all have a chance of hauling in Ryan – all locked together on 48 wins.

Dale Sutton, sixth on the overall wins table, heads the race to be the Leading Trainer by non-metro wins.

His haul of 38 is six more than Toowoomba’s Mark Webb and eight more than Tasmanian father-son team David & Scott Brunton.

Magic Millions 2YO Classic winning jockey Stathi Katsidis leads two of the three Leading Jockey Premierships.

Katsidis has skipped 11 wins clear of his Brisbane rival Jim Byrne -78 to 67 for the category for all wins across Australia.

Stathi KatsidisIn the most non-metro win division Katsidis is just one win ahead of top Gold Coast senior rider Daniel Griffin.

Another Magic Millions 2YO Classic winning jockey heads the Leading Female Rider Premiership.

Clare Lindop, with 28 wins, is three clear of fellow Adelaide rider Libby Hopwood (25).

Perth’s Kyra Yuill continues her late season charge and is now just four wins behind Lindop.

The winners of each premiership will win a cash or voucher prize to the value of $2,000 and a special Magic Millions merchandise pack.

The 2009/10 racing season concludes on July 31 and the premiership winners will be announced soon after.

LATEST PREMIERSHIP STANDINGS

Magic Millions Leading Trainer
All wins in Australia

52 – Gerald Ryan
48 – David Hayes
48 – Mark Kavanagh
48 – Gai Waterhouse
42 – Bryan Guy
42 – Dale Sutton
38 – John Thompson
37 – Peter Moody

Dale SuttonMagic Millions Leading Trainer
Non metro wins in Australia

38 – Dale Sutton
32 – Mark Webb
30 – David & Scott Brunton
28 – John Thompson
26 – Bryan Guy
23 – Trevor Bailey
22 – John Wallace
21 – Roy Chillemi
21 – Jason McLachlan
21 – Gai Waterhouse

Magic Millions Leading Jockey
All wins in Australia

78 – Stathi Katsidis
67 – Jim Byrne
59 – Shaun O’Donnell
45 – Larry Cassidy
42 – Daniel Griffin
39 – Alan Kennedy
37 – Corey Brown
37 – Brendon McCoull

Magic Millions Leading Jockey
Non metro wins in Australia

42 – Stathi Katsidis
41 – Daniel Griffin
37 – Brendon McCoull
35 – Shaun Meeres
32 – Grant Buckley
30 – Jim Byrne
28 – Adam Best
27 – Stephen Maskiell

Clare LindopMagic Millions Leading Jockey
Female riders – all Australian wins

28 – Clare Lindop
25 – Libby Hopwood
24 – Kyra Yuill
19 – Linda Meech
15 – Skye Bogenhuber
15 – Kathy O’Hara
14 – Claudia Lions
14 – Alisha Taylor