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McCoull notches 14th jockeys’ premiership

30 / 07 / 2014 Article by: TR Internal
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TOP Tasmanian jockey Brendon McCoull celebrated another great season by winning his 14th Tasmanian jockeys’ premiership.

McCoull rode 80 winners, which was seven more than he collected the previous season.

He enjoyed success in multiple feature races but the most significant was his win aboard Black ‘N’ Tough in the Newmarket Handicap which is one of the few feature races on the calendar he had not won heading into this season.

David Pires finished second with 58 winners which was a career best for the former Victorian who now calls Tasmania home.

Pires’ most significant win was board Isibaeva in the Group 3 Bow Mistress Trophy in Hobart on Derby Day and his alignment with premier father-son training duo David and Scott Brunton late in the season assisted with his rise in premiership standings.

Apprentice Bulent Muhcu finished third on 52 to easily win the apprentices title.

Muhcu’s riding skills went to another level midway through the season and his biggest win came in the $100,000 Devonport Cup when he led all the way aboard the Shirley Berger-trained Red Eagle.

Final standings in Tasmanian Jockey Premiership for season 2013-14:

Jockey Premiership

Date: 01/08/2013 to 29/07/2014

State = TAS     Area = All

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Strike Rate Starters
McCoull Brendon  80  49  39  38  25 22.9% 349
Pires David  57½  40½  45  51  50 13.9% 417
Muhcu Bulent  52  46½½  38  39  35 14.6% 355
Darmanin Anthony  46  63  41  47  42½ 12.6% 365
Toker Ismail  32  29½½  36  32  31 11.7% 274
Carr Sigrid  30  38  31  30  34 10.9% 276
Willis Chantal  26  27  31  21  24 9.4% 277
Moore Kim  21  34  26  31  37½ 6.1% 343
Lyon Jason  21  11  27  36  27 9.0% 233
Catania Georgie  20  26½½½  33  39  46½ 5.5% 364
Sanderson Kelvin  17  13  10  10  15 14.4% 118
Yetimova Rasit  16  13  13  10  14 8.9% 180
Whitehouse-Summers Millie  14  13  20  13  9½ 10.7% 131
Maskiell Stephen  13  15½  7  16  7 14.4% 90
Buck Tyson  13  12½  21½  13½½  18 8.4% 155
Keane Patrick  11  11  9  6  4 13.6% 81
Mangan Rhonda  11  10  14½  22  24 4.6% 239
Maskiell Jason  11  5  10  6  9 15.3% 72
Grace Kodie  11  5  8  4  14 13.4% 82
Mccarthy Hayley  10  13  9  5  10 9.9% 101
Season 13/14 Wednesday, 30 July, 2014