Chief Stipe Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 NZ young gun Pinn extends stay in Melbourne Wiremu Pinn has extended his stay in Melbourne. Picture: Racing Photos via Getty Images By Gilbert Gardiner 05:04pm • 03 August 2023 1 Comments Rising star New Zealand apprentice jockey Wiremu Pinn has secured an extension to stay in Melbourne beyond the spring carnival. The 24-year-old natural lightweight, who wants to stay in Australia permanently, could be invaluable in handicaps and weight-for-age races. "I'll struggle (to get rides) with all these jockeys coming back but I can ride light, anything 48kg/49kg I'll be able to ride it," Pinn said. "I could get down to 47kg, if they needed me to, hopefully I can pick up some rides by being the light jockey." Pinn transferred his apprenticeship from Daniel Miller to Michael Kent at Cranbourne on a three-month loan initially from late May. Kent signed the paperwork this week to retain Pinn. "I'm really enjoying it here and I'm learning heaps, I just love the racing here in Melbourne." Pinn has seven rides on Saturday at Flemington including Senor Uno, a Kiwi stayer part-owned by his parents, and last-start winners Hell Hound and Alhambra Lad. "My mum and dad have a share in him (Senor Uno) and my aunty and uncle, it's their first share in a racehorse and he's doing them pretty well," Pinn said. "They know nothing about racing, none of my family have anything to do with racing, so it's good for them to be involved and they follow the horse, they're having a lot of fun with him." NZ import Senor Uno will make his Australian debut at Flemington. Picture: Trish Dunell Senor Uno, an $18,000 purchase, has banked more than $72,000 prizemoney with five wins and three places from 16 starts. "Dan (Miller) bought him at the sales, he was quite cheap, I was riding him at the stables and he gave me a good feel," Pinn said. "I said to mum (Chanelle) and dad (Daniel) I think you guys should get a share because he's quite cheap and I think he'll be all right. "He's been great so far and hopefully he can win a race over here, it will be great." The five-year-old gelding led all the way to win at 2100m race Te Arapa last May with Pinn's partner and eventual NZ apprentice champion Tayla Mitchell aboard. "It was good I got her on that horse," Pinn laughed. "I tried hard to get her on that horse too, it won her the premiership … she only won it by one point so she needed him to win." Mitchell has joined Pinn in Melbourne with a view to start riding trackwork out of Cranbourne. Pinn warned Senor Uno, a $41 outsider, would find the 1600m too sharp on Saturday. "A mile is well short of his best but he's going to improve off whatever he does Saturday and once he gets up over 2000m that's when you'll see the best of him," Pinn said. "He's a pretty good stayer and I think he could win a staying race just the way staying races are run here, he can run good sectionals and sustain a good gallop. "I reckon the older he gets the better he's going to get, if you look at him, he's still quite weak so I reckon he'll definitely get out to a trip … he'll win a nice cups race somewhere." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mardy Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Can't really blame him. Looks like he can foot it with them,and im sure he'll get some nice light rides over the carnival. Hope it goes well for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 The opposition very strong over there, the claim a big plus but won't last forever, that will make it a little tougher, but he's done very well so far, and wish him luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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