Champion NZ jockey to cross ditch for Sandown ride
NZ jockey to cross ditch for Sandown ride by New Zealand Racing Desk Jockey Lisa Allpress with Aimee s Jewel Image: Race Images South
Four-time New Zealand champion jockey Lisa Allpress will reunite with Aimee s Jewel in Melbourne on May 1.
Allpress was the Proisir four-year-old mare s regular rider in New Zealand, guiding her to three wins from her seven starts under the care of Stratford trainer Trudy Keegan.
The highlight was her win in the Group Three Canterbury Breeders Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton last November.
Now with Kyneton trainer Charles Cassar, Aimee s Jewel has won two jumpouts in preparation for her Australian debut over 1300m at Sandown, her most recent at Kyneton on Monday.
Allpress heads to Melbourne to ride Kiwi racing.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from racing.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Tonio Portughese will be chairing the Employment Relations Board, the government said on Friday.
Portughese, whose appointment comes months after he was replaced as PBS chair, will represent the government within the board together with new appointees Cory Greenland, Desiree Cassar and Charles Cassar.
This consultative board brings together the government, representatives of employers and unions to discuss issues pertaining to industrial relations, conditions of work and workers.
Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister Carmelo Abela congratulated the new members and thanked Anthony Licari, Doris Pace Grima, Michael Sant and Edward Zammit for their work in the board over the past years.