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And Pike‘s Group 1 rides in South Australia next Saturday are also in doubt.
Pike had been booked to ride Flexible for Godolphin in the Australasian Oaks and Sisstar for Tony and Calvin McEvoy in the Robert Sangster Stakes.
The following week, Pike and his young family were set to jet to the Gold Coast for The Coast‘s big meeting of the winter carnival which features Doomben Cup aspirants running in the Group 2 Hollindale Stakes.
Pike has been booked to ride Fifty Stars in the Hollindale. Fifty Stars showed he was on track to pluck some Queensland racing riches when finishing only a length and a half off Kolding in the Group 1 All Aged Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.
Border closures threaten William Pike s much-awaited Queensland trip by Ben Dorries William Pike is currently in limbo Image: NewsCorp
Willie Pike s billing as a star attraction at the start of the Queensland winter racing carnival has been thrown into doubt due to the state border closures sparked by the snap COVID lockdown in Perth.
And Pike‘s Group 1 rides in South Australia next Saturday are also in doubt.
Pike had been booked to ride Flexible for Godolphin in the Australasian Oaks and Sisstar for Tony and Calvin McEvoy in the Robert Sangster Stakes.
The following week, Pike and his young family were set to jet to the Gold Coast for The Coast‘s big meeting of the winter carnival which features Doomben Cup aspirants running in the Group 2 Hollindale Stakes.
William Pike to follow Sisstar to Adelaide for TAB Classic
Willie Pike booked to ride in TAB Classic and Australasian Oaks by Mitch Cohen William Pike winning aboard Sisstar Image: Getty
Star jockey William Pike is poised to chase more interstate success with the man of the moment snapped up for a prime pair of Group One rides in the TAB Classic and Australasian Oaks at Morphettville next week.
The Wizard of the West will continue his association with the Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained Sisstar in the TAB Classic (1200m), also known as the Robert Sangster Stakes, on May 1.
He piloted the improving mare, which is a full-sister to the McEvoys’ former superstar Sunlight, to victory last Saturday in the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield.
Willie Pike shooting to win Australian Guineas Posted by: Mediality Racing+ at 1:44pm on 25/2/2021
Image: Reg Ryan
Willie Pike will ride Dom To Shoot for the Sean and Jake Casey stable in the Australian Guineas
Leading Perth trainer Sean Casey has had to venture to Melbourne to gain the services of his champion local jockey Willie Pike but he is thankful for the rare opportunity .
Pike will ride Dom To Shoot for the Sean and Jake Casey stable in the Group One Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday.
Casey said he had little hesitation in accepting the offer when Pike’s manager Dale Verhagen rang him and said he was keen to ride Dom To Shoot in the three-year-old feature.