Vanessa Fry - First Win!
Dec 7, 2013 23:12:07 GMT -5
Post by Evelyn on Dec 7, 2013 23:12:07 GMT -5
Does anyone know the history of the the"apprentice rite of passage"?
Mack - Do you know anything about her? Promising?
Apprentice Jockey Vanessa Fry Notches First Career Winner
By Brian W. Spencer
Fair Grounds Site
APPRENTICE JOCKEY VANESSA FRY BAGS FIRST CAREER WINNER IN SATURDAY FINALE
Apprentice rider Vanessa Fry, a 25-year-old Atlanta, Georgia native, notched her first career victory in her eighth lifetime ride in the finale Saturday at Fair Grounds.
With one mount scheduled on the card, Fry waited patiently through the first ten races of the day for her ride aboard Half Moon Stables’ H M Rising for trainer Theodore Arndt in the $12,500 state-bred maiden claiming event. A twice-started maiden, H M Rising was sent to post at 49-1, making Fry’s rail-skimming ride and first trip to the charmed circle worth a memorable $100 bill.
Fry made her riding debut in the closing days of Arlington Park’s meet in Chicago and then rode six horses in the early weeks of the Fair Grounds meet after moving her tack to New Orleans with agent Doug Bredar.
Stopped frequently on her way back to the jockey’s room after the race, Fry received enthusiastic congratulations from trainers, riders, and fans alike. As she headed into the inevitable rite of passage that comes from fellow riders on occasion of an apprentice jockey’s first win (in this case, the entire jockey colony waiting for her with powder and multiple buckets of water), she was asked to comment. “If I could tell them one thing, it’s that I thank God for this.”
Fry is slated for two mounts on Sunday’s nine-race card.
Mack - Do you know anything about her? Promising?
Apprentice Jockey Vanessa Fry Notches First Career Winner
By Brian W. Spencer
Fair Grounds Site
APPRENTICE JOCKEY VANESSA FRY BAGS FIRST CAREER WINNER IN SATURDAY FINALE
Apprentice rider Vanessa Fry, a 25-year-old Atlanta, Georgia native, notched her first career victory in her eighth lifetime ride in the finale Saturday at Fair Grounds.
With one mount scheduled on the card, Fry waited patiently through the first ten races of the day for her ride aboard Half Moon Stables’ H M Rising for trainer Theodore Arndt in the $12,500 state-bred maiden claiming event. A twice-started maiden, H M Rising was sent to post at 49-1, making Fry’s rail-skimming ride and first trip to the charmed circle worth a memorable $100 bill.
Fry made her riding debut in the closing days of Arlington Park’s meet in Chicago and then rode six horses in the early weeks of the Fair Grounds meet after moving her tack to New Orleans with agent Doug Bredar.
Stopped frequently on her way back to the jockey’s room after the race, Fry received enthusiastic congratulations from trainers, riders, and fans alike. As she headed into the inevitable rite of passage that comes from fellow riders on occasion of an apprentice jockey’s first win (in this case, the entire jockey colony waiting for her with powder and multiple buckets of water), she was asked to comment. “If I could tell them one thing, it’s that I thank God for this.”
Fry is slated for two mounts on Sunday’s nine-race card.
