Jockey in the clear

PROMISING apprentice Aidin Thompson appears to have escaped serious injury after a two-horse fall at Beaudesert.

Thompson was riding Uno Amor, which crashed to the turf, and Conquermore came down over the top of him in the race on Saturday.

Thompson’s boss Peter Hulbert said he had spoken with Thompson, who said he was lucky as the horse rolled on him after the fall.

“He had a sore leg and sore ribs but the hospital cleared him of any breaks,” he said.

Conquermore rider Les Tilley, who won a race at Doomben earlier in the day, also escaped serious injury.

Thompson was granted a provincial A licence this week and is rated among the most promising apprentices in Queensland. He is apprenticed to Peter and Will Hulbert at Eagle Farm but has been riding all over the state this season.

He rode a treble at Cairns on Thursday, as well as winners at Charters Towers, Toowoomba and Townsville in the past eight days.

Thompson has 52 winners this season and is the leading apprentice in the state.

He made his provincial debut at Ipswich on Friday and was unplaced on Suzi Bel. Peter Hulbert said Thompson had the ability to be a top jockey and had a good work ethic.

“He can ride light and he is level-headed, which is a big start. He is the real deal as he can break in horses, shoe them and the like,” he said.

The Hulberts, who train at Eagle Farm, will run filly Oh Five Glory in the BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes on her home track on Saturday.