Plenty Of Winners & Apprentices In Weir's World
- Friday, 30 July 2010 03:53
In the space of just 15 years Darren Weir is firmly established as one of Victoria’s leading thoroughbred trainers.
It was never going to be easy he was fully aware of that when licensed in 1995 to train at Stawell.
His recipe for success is hard work - something he has never been afraid of which has resulted in 1,086 winners after the win of Rue Maple at Moonee Valley last Saturday.
While Weir is proud of his record of six country training premierships, he is just as proud of the apprentice lads that have been attached to the stable.
Sebastian Murphy, Brady Cross and Ben Melham are now fully fledged jockeys while Jarrod Fry, Jason Rule, Jake Duffy and Jackson Matthews are still indentured to their master.
Weir has never been afraid to send a boy on a man’s mission. His philosophy being if they put in the hard yards they are rewarded with the rides.
Saturday was a big occasion for Fry and Rule both had mounts in the Travis Harrison Apprentices Cup a race that is dear to the hearts of all young jockeys.
Fry completed a winning double when he won the race on Belscenica. He had previously scored on Rue Maple earlier in the day for his boss.
He has the perfect score on the Rubiton filly, four rides for as many wins, increasing his city wins to 31 in an all up score of 181winners.
Rule, who hails from Wangaratta, is a competent young jockey with a bright future. He has ridden 66 winners this season with three in the city area.
Picture: Jack Styring
