In years to come when racing trivia nights are held, a question will be - what was the horse champion jockey Jett Newman rode in her first metropolitan race win? And the answer is our One to Watch.
On a rain sodden day at Rosehill on Saturday the real talking point was country apprentice rider Jett Newman, who had made the flight from Ballina to Sydney to ride two horses for her master Matt Dunn, who had his hands full at the Gold Coast with promising three year-old Torque to be Sure in the Magic Millions 3YO Guineas.
A maiden by Shamus Award, Torque to be Sure pulled off a dream result for the stable when surviving a protest to beat race favoruite Ninja in the $3million feature, while in Sydney Newman executed her two rides to perfection producing wins on both Considered and then Band of Brothers later in the day.
“I can’t even believe it. I’m just so happy Matt trusted me to come down and had confidence in me to ride these horses today,” Newman said.
“Coming down, I was a bit nervous today, but walking the track with Darren (Beadman), and speaking with Matt, Dad’s (former jockey Mitch Newman) helping me obviously, it’s incredible.”
For those who have watched Jett riding since she was a little girl, her rapid trajectory in the past 12 months as a jockey comes as no surprise.
I am one of those people, as her mother used to bring Jett to the big South Coast Interschools event and my first recollection of her is flying around the 60cm jumping courses at a million miles an hour on a lightning fast pony.
Years passed and she progressed to bigger and more challenging horses with the wonderful white mare Wanda taking her all the way to super juniors jumping classes at the major shows.
Jett was a sparring partner at the big shows for young Charlie Magnier, who was also just moving into these elite classes for under 18 riders. He has since gone on to become the 2025 Australian Young Rider (Showjumping) of the Year, while Jett stepped sideways into racing.
The same cool precision she showed in the jump arena and that burning desire to win are traits serving her very well now.
The lightly raced mare Considered that she won on at Rosehill might have started life as a modest $30,000 Inglis HTBA Yearling Sale purchase from Widden Stud for Group One Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd, but her pedigree is anything but modest.
By outstanding sire So You Think, Considered is a three-quarter sister-in-blood to Group I Tatts Tiara winner Palaisipan, who won over $1.1million in prizemoney before being sold to Katsumi Yoshida to go to stud in Japan.
Considered is the second winner from Gooree Stud bred mare Blush and Smile, an unraced Snitzel daughter of stakes-winner Kiss from a Rose going back to the family of champion sire Northern Meteor and G1 producing sire Smart Missile.
Considered has never missed a place in seven starts with four wins and three placings netting over $123,000 and it looks like there will be more to come!
Blush and Smile was sold through Inglis Digital in 2023 and has a yearling filly by Russian Camelot (IRE), a colt foal by Wooded (IRE) and went to Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip (Fr) last spring.
