Jockey Evans makes triumphant return home Jockey Nathan Evans was all smiles after winning the 2021 Rocky Amateurs Cup. Photo Tony McMahon.
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Toowoomba jockey Nathan Evans made a triumphant return home when he landed imposing grey Factory Warrior ($5) a narrow winner of the $30k Rocky Amateurs Cup (1600m) at
Rockhampton’s Callaghan Park races on Saturday.
On a busy 10-race card where exciting and close finishes dominated, Factory Warrior won by a half-head from an unlucky and fighting Mr Phenomenal ($13) with The Tax Accountant ($4.40) a nose away third.
Factory Warrior is trained in Toowoomba, where Evans has been based for well over a decade by Mark Currie.
Long-serving jockey makes race riding return at Rocky John Stephens makes his return to race riding at Callaghan Park on Saturday after an absence of eight months.
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Rockhampton racing’s longest-serving current resident jockey John Stephens makes his return to race riding at Callaghan Park on Saturday after an absence of eight months.
Stephens, who has been associated and enjoyed major success with some highly talented horses during his career including Eye Liner Stakes winner Leroy’s Magic, has been off the scene since last June.
Ironically, in Saturday’s Open Handicap (1050m) at the Rockhampton Jockey Club’s Callaghan Park TAB races, he combines with one of the district’s most talented young sprinters in Lepreezy.