Rebecca Goldsbury
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Rebecca Goldsbury is broadening her racing horizons in Australia.
The New Zealand apprentice accepted an offer from Queensland's leading provincial trainer Ben Currie to further her riding experience.
"I got here on Sunday and I'll be staying for three weeks and I'm really looking forward to it," Goldsbury said.
"I rode at the jump-outs on Tuesday morning and I've got six rides at Toowoomba on Saturday night, five of them for Ben."
The Queensland opportunity was extended to Goldsbury on the word of former Te Awamutu apprentice Josh Oliver, who ended his time with the Currie operation.
"Josh has finished his apprenticeship and he mentioned my name to the stable," she said.
"They watched me ride at a meeting in New Zealand and then asked me to come on over."
The 24-year-old began her career as an amateur rider and rode her first winner aboard King Of Rock at Hastings in May, 2013.
She posted another three wins, including two aboard Lady'O, a mare that she raced herself for a time and who was trained by her father David, to whom she became apprenticed in October, 2014. The following month she opened her professional account with Wild Rock at Awapuni.
Goldsbury, who can comfortably ride at 50kg, has since added a further 51 winners to her tally, 13 of them this season. – NZ Racing Desk.
The New Zealand apprentice accepted an offer from Queensland's leading provincial trainer Ben Currie to further her riding experience.
"I got here on Sunday and I'll be staying for three weeks and I'm really looking forward to it," Goldsbury said.
"I rode at the jump-outs on Tuesday morning and I've got six rides at Toowoomba on Saturday night, five of them for Ben."
The Queensland opportunity was extended to Goldsbury on the word of former Te Awamutu apprentice Josh Oliver, who ended his time with the Currie operation.
"Josh has finished his apprenticeship and he mentioned my name to the stable," she said.
"They watched me ride at a meeting in New Zealand and then asked me to come on over."
The 24-year-old began her career as an amateur rider and rode her first winner aboard King Of Rock at Hastings in May, 2013.
She posted another three wins, including two aboard Lady'O, a mare that she raced herself for a time and who was trained by her father David, to whom she became apprenticed in October, 2014. The following month she opened her professional account with Wild Rock at Awapuni.
Goldsbury, who can comfortably ride at 50kg, has since added a further 51 winners to her tally, 13 of them this season. – NZ Racing Desk.