GIFTS TO JOCKEYS
A revival in big bctting over iin portant racos that have been run in tliQ past few months has raised tln standard, of pay for trainers and rider! to a new high levei, states a Sydney newspaper. It is reported that one trainer ro cently found hiniself the 'rieher b;> £7500 after everything had been bal anced following two wins by a horse in his stablo. "Cuts" for ridcrs have soared lo thc £5000 mark where big plunges have been landed. At Randwick recently rider re eeived a present of £1000, it is said for the winning of an ordinary liundi eap. The owner, a heavy punter when In fancies a horse, was reported to havt cleared a snialJ fortuue by the win. Old-timc jockevs sav their moutlu water wliou they hear of the present day reniunerations. It is not so muny years ago that 10 per eent. eut of the stake was t-on sidered fair treatment of a jockey b\ a winning owner. The jockey who got a present of £10( for winning a race considorod himsell right in Ihe nioney.
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 July 1946, Page 6
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185GIFTS TO JOCKEYS Chronicle (Levin), 3 July 1946, Page 6
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