IN-FORM jockey Patrick Moloney will ride in New Zealand this weekend.
Moloney postponed a planned holiday to answer the call of trainer Mike Moroney to ride at Otaki on Friday and Ellerslie on Saturday.
Moroney was looking for a rider after Victorian jockey Jake Bayliss, who has been riding in New Zealand, was suspended.
“I was going to go on holiday and then Mike said to me that Jake (Bayliss) had been suspended and would I go over and ride a few. I said yes straight away, no dramas,” Moloney said.
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READ NOWMoloney, who is the stable jockey for Moroney, had a spring to remember as he won Group 2 Linlithgow Stakes on Rich Charm, the Group 3 Queen Elizabeth Stakes on Vengeur Masque and last Saturday’s Ballarat Cup on Grand Dreamer.
At Otaki, Moloney will ride The Boy Wonder in the Group 3 Wellington Stakes (1600m), as well as the colt’s stablemates Bocce, Ali Baba and Sound Works.
On Saturday, he will partner On The Rocks in the Listed Trevor Eagle Memorial (1500m) and has picked up four outside rides at Ellerslie.
“I’ve watched The Boy Wonder and On The Rocks and they look nice, progressive three-year-olds so I was more than happy to jump on board and I might eventually get back on them if they come to Melbourne,” Moloney said. “It will be a good learning experience no matter what happens. I’ll be back home after Saturday and then go on holiday.”
Meantime, enigmatic four-year-old So Si Bon has joined the Lindsay Park team.
So Si Bon had his last run for Robbie Laing when he finished fifth in the Zipping Classic.
So Si Bon won only once from 20 starts under Laing but was placed seven times including Group 1 placings in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes and the Rosehill Guineas this year and won $348,850 in stakemoney.