Jake Bayliss and Volpe Veloce
Trish Dunell
Much-travelled Australian jockey Jake Bayliss is set to return to New Zealand in time for the Hawke’s Bay spring carnival which commences on September 1.
The son of former Brisbane jockey Jamie Bayliss and brother of top Melbourne hoop Regan Bayliss, the 23-year-old was a good addition to the New Zealand riding ranks last season.
Bayliss rode 35 winners and seven stakes winners, including his maiden Group One win aboard Volpe Veloce in the Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day.
The talented jockey crossed the Tasman last November to ride for the Matamata training partnerships of Michael Moroney and Pam Gerard at Ballymore Stables and for Lance O'Sullivan and Andrew Scott at Wexford Stables.