McDonald Equals Cropp's Record
- Wednesday, 08 June 2011 07:45
New Zealand racing's whizz kid jockey James McDonald could set a New Zealand record for the number of winning rides in a season as early as Friday.
McDonald, 19, equalled Lisa Cropp's record of 197 winners in a season when Le Tourneau won a maiden race at Matamata on Wednesday.
Cropp, now riding in Melbourne, set her record in the 2004-05 season.
McDonald has seven rides at the Pukekohe meeting on Friday.
He is aiming to become the first jockey to ride 200 winners in a season and has until the end of July to do it.
He kicked home his first Australian Group One winner on Saturday, aboard the filly Scarlett Lady in the Queensland Oaks.
