NEW AND RESULTS FOR MARCH 2009

KYLIE 2ND AT LINGFIELD ON RAWDON 20TH MARCH 2009

Many thanks for Sara Waterson who has written this piece for Eclipse Magazine.

KYLIE MANSER started out as an Amateur, winning the coveted Lady Amateur’s diamond necklace on Mine Behind for John Best on King George Day at Ascot in 2005. She took out an Apprentice licence, had lessons from former Champion Jockey Stan Mellor to improve her skills in a finish, and later moved from Best’s yard to Brendan Powell’s dual-purpose set-up in Lambourn, where she did well. She’s just moved on to the Newmarket all-flat yard of Gay Kelleway, who as a former jockey herself (and the first woman to win a race at Royal Ascot) has supported a lot of young women in the sport, but she’s currently taking a week in America to ride work, her prize for winning the 2008 Pontefract Apprentice Jockey Series. Kylie burns with ambition, and she only needs two more wins for her claim to reduce to 5lbs.

Eclipse is an excellent on-line magazine and with The Cheltenham Festival looming (and the piece on Kylie) it's well worth a read!

ECLIPSE MAGAZINE - GIRLS WITH GUTS!