Paul Richards: 5 – D Oliver (Vow and Declare) 4 – C Williams (Cochada) 3 – T Clark (Bleu Roche) 2 – D Lane (Aristia) 1 – J McDonald (Don’t Blush Baby) Dennis Huxley: 5 – C Williams (Cochada) 4- D Oliver (Vow And Declare) 3- D Lane (Aristia) 2 – C Brown (Nessuna Fiducia) 1- K McEvoy (Savacool) Progressive: (August winner Dwayne Dunn, September, Ben Melham, October Craig Williams) 43- C Williams 38- D Dunn, D Lane 28- K McEvoy 24- B Melham 23- H Bowman 22- D Oliver 21-B Allen* 20- L Meech 18- J McDonald 16- L Currie 15- J Childs 14- R Maloney, J Allen 12-M Zahra 10- S Thornton*, T Clark 9- D Yendall, J McNeil 8- M Walker 7- R Bayliss, J Doyle, P Cosgrave, G Schofield 6- Z Spain*, L King*, S Baster, B Mertens 5- N Callow 4- E Brown *, M Aitken*, J Martin* 3- B Rawiller, M Dee 2- A Darmanin, B Park, T Berry, C Brown 1- L Nolen, C Caserta, P Moloney, O Murphy, B Prebble *(Gauci Medal for apprentices)
THE VRMA will introduce a Jockey Of The Season award for 2017-18 sponsored by Wylie Dalziel Roy Higgins Racing starting in the new racing season with the winner to be awarded the Roy Higgins Medal.
Apart from being an 11 times premier jockey in Victoria, Higgins was a VRMA member and as a jockey pioneered relations between the media and the public. Every media person from Higgins’ era can testify to his unstinting co-operation to publicise his sport. The Higgins family has been notified by Wylie and say they are thrilled the award as been named on his honour. The leading apprentice jockey will receive the Darren Gauci Medal in honour of the recently retired champion rider who now works at Racing Victoria. Votes will be cast at each city Saturday and public holiday meeting by two of a panel of VRMA members on a 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 basis with the votes published regularly in Winning Post and on the VRMA website. The leading jockey each month will receive $100 and the season winner a dining package to the value of $500.