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Randwick: Hugh Bowman wins Frank Packer Plate after nasty fall in opening race – Racenet
Jockeys are the bravest athletes. There is no other sport where the ambulance follows them in the field of play.
Jockeys are the bravest athletes. There is no other sport where the ambulance follows them in the field of play.
About an hour after being involved in a horrific fall in the opener, champion jockey Hugh Bowman, nursing some painful ribs, was back in the saddle riding Senor Toba to an impressive win in the Group 3 $160,000 Frank Packer Plate (2000m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
“I’m a bit tender but it feels better when I’m riding,’’ Bowman said.
“It was pretty nasty, it could have been a lot worse…
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