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Amanda joins Star Parwan Prince and Jade Darose won the All Victorian Sprint Series Handicap at Flemington. Picture: RACING PHOTOS horses makes it possible. "I think I'm really lucky that I can still ride track work for a lot of people and you pick up different ideas from different trainers, so you're always learning," she said. "It's a little bit tricky to balance because I've also got a son who is four-years-old. "I've got to drop my son at daycare in the morning, then I go pick up the horse, take him to the track, ride him, ride for a few other stables at Cranbourne, at the end of the morning I take him home, then go back and get ready to go to the races. "It's a bit of a juggle, but we manage." Being able to start the initial transition into training, while still jockeying, was the drawcard for Darose to get a dual licence back in 2016. "There were a couple of us who pushed forward and got our licences straightaway to do both," she said.
"Now there's a few more coming through which is really good because sometimes when you're riding, you kind of need to transition into something else too. "It's a bit of a transition into going from riding to training if you're heading that way." Saturday's historic, and unlikely, win at Flemington - Parwan Prince was a $12 outsider to win the race - was a moment to savour and Darose admits she isn't sure what the future holds for the gutsy horse. "He doesn't get many runs because he's got a lot of problems - he spends a lot of time on the sidelines, but he makes up for it," she said. "I just sort of have to take it as it comes because he really is a race-by-race horse. "He can't race through summer because the tracks are too hard, so you're kind of limited to winter time when the tracks are a bit softer."
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Flemington is arguably the most storied racecourse in the county and on Saturday afternoon Cranbourne local Jade Darose etched her name in the track's history books. Darose became the first ever dual licence holder to win at Flemington when she rode Parwan Prince - her only horse in training - to victory in the 1000-metre All Victorian Sprint Series Handicap. "I still find it a little bit unbelievable - he's been such a good horse and to go to Flemington and win when you think you weren't quite ready is just unreal," Darose said. "He was going well, but I just thought he might need the run; I thought he'd be a run short, but clearly he wasn't!" As a dual licence holder, Darose is both a licenced jockey and trainer - a rare accomplishment that has only been possible since 2016 after rules were changed to allow those willing to do both. While being a jockey and trainer is uncommon, success as a dual licence holder is even more infrequent. Darose has trained Parwan Prince since attaining her dual licence in 2016 and claimed her first win with the horse in late 2016 at Ballarat, but on that occasion she wasn't the jockey - instead handing over the reins to Kassie Furness. In 2017, Darose claimed her first dual licence win on board Parwan Prince at Geelong. But to win at Flemington is simply extraordinary. Coming down the final straight, Parwan Prince was in the lead with the rest of the field charging home. Darose, who has been riding horses for as long as she can remember, admits she wasn't sure how the final 100 metres were going to pan out. "I thought the other horses were coming a bit quicker and the post was a bit further away, so I thought he was going to get rolled, but he's so tough and he just fought," she said. Trying to find the balance as both a trainer and jockey is a challenge, but Darose's love for
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Long-term Casey councillor Amanda Stapledon has joined the Star News Group team. One of the busiest public figures in the region, Amanda will contribute a weekly Around Casey column to the Berwick News and Cranbourne News. The column is not linked to the mayoral role and will continue after the term expires later this year. It will aim to give a glimpse of the important events Amanda attends and the people she meets in the course of her civic duty. At the moment, there are between 25 and 30 appointments in the diary weekly - a number that doesn’t reduce by much when she is not wearing the mayoral robes. “I just love dealing with people and helping to solve their problems,” Amanda said. “And I have always had a dream to write for a newspaper one day, so this is a fantastic opportunity.” This week she kicks off with a tribute to good friend Rita Hartney, who passed away on Monday. Turn to page 10 for Amanda’s first Around Casey column.
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