Talented jockey Chris Parnham scored an emotional win for trainer Michael Lane and the Capararo family last Sunday when piloting their progressive five-year-old, Free Trade, to a dominant victory in the $120,000 Listed Pinjarra Classic (1300m).Widely regarded as one of the top three jockeys in Western Australia, the recently turned 23-year-old concedes he has had an indifferent first half of the 2019/20 season due to weight struggles.However, a brief freshen-up over the Christmas period has seen Parnham edge closer to his best form in the saddle, having ridden nine winners over the past 16 days.The son of WA Racing Hall of Famer and record holder of 13 WA trainer premierships, Neville Parnham, and brother of top local hoops, Steven and Brad, the youngest Parnham prodigy was always destined for a career in racing.Surprisingly, however, being a jockey wasn’t always his only ambition in the industry.“When I was kid, it was all racing and it was all I ever knew,” Parnham said.“I always wanted to be a jockey, but I had a bit of interest in race calling, too.“It was probably never really going to happen, it was more a jockey that I wanted to be, but I was quite interested in the race calling in the early days.“I used to watch heaps of replays and used to race textas on the floor.”Parnham attended private boys school Trinity College from year four to year 10 and, similarly to his older brothers, he left school to commence a jockey apprenticeship under the tutelage of his trainer-father.Whilst some aspiring hoops begin their apprenticeships after finishing school, however, Parnham juggled both activities during the early stages.“I actually started my apprenticeship half-way through year 10,” he said.“I started riding racehorses right at the end of year 10 and finished school just after that.“It was good to grow up in a racing family and it obviously gives you a bit of a leg up when you first start, because you already know the game pretty well than if you didn’t come from a racing background.“But I didn’t feel any pressure coming from a racing family.”Parnham had his first race ride in November 2012, at the age of just 15, and has ridden 550 winners in the seven years since.After a fast- finishing end to his debut season saw him fall just one-and-a-half wins shy of Ben Paterson in WA’s champion apprentice award, he took up an opportunity to go on a three-month loan to champion Sydney trainer, Gai Waterhouse, only 14 months after riding his first race.Parnham’s stay was short-lived after succumbing to an injury, however, in what was the start of a trend of interstate relocations for the young jockey.“I was only in Sydney for three weeks and I broke my wrist and had to come home,” Parnham said.“I was probably too young to be over there, anyway, and I was missing home a bit.“The first time I went to Melbourne was in 2015 and I was still an apprentice but only had one or two wins to go and I outrode them pretty quickly.“I was there for nearly a year and I had good opportunities, but I was missing home a little bit and decided to go home.“It was the same in 2016, I was getting good opportunities but got homesick again.“Then I went back in 2018 and, I wasn’t going as well over there, so I thought I’d be better off coming back home and getting more opportunities back here.”In the midst of multi-state ventures, Parnham still celebrated a career-best season in the saddle in 2017-18 when booting home 108 winners, including a Group 2, three Group 3s and six Listed races.He fell just two wins shy of claiming another winning century the following season, whilst also scoring another four Group 3 and six Listed victories, with his race rides again accumulating more than $4 million in stake-money for the second year running.Despite taking out last November’s $500,000 Group 2 WA Guineas aboard his father’s colt War Saint, however, Parnham says he has struggled to make the same impact this season and decided to take an indefinite break from riding mid-December.“I was having weight troubles and it’s been a bit of a frustrating season for me,” he said.“I haven’t been able to be in the form I’ve wanted to be in and a lot of that has to do with my weight, I think.“To be honest, I didn’t really want it to be made a big deal of at the time, I just wanted to have a break.“I didn’t know how long I was going to have off, whether it was one week, two weeks or two months.“I just didn’t know and I was just going to come back when I felt ready.“I ended up coming back for a week or two and, I’d already had a holiday booked, so I went on that then came back a fortnight after that.”Parnham wasted hard to make the 53-kilogram weight assigned to $1 million Group 1 Railway Stakes pre-race favourite, Tellem We’re Comin, on the same day as the WA Guineas.Asked if his struggles came to a head after battling to make the low weight for the Grant and Alana Williams-trained galloper, who finished 10“It wasn’t just that one race, it was having to do it constantly,” he said.“I’m slowly getting it back on track now, though, and eating the right foods and doing everything the right way.“It’s not 100 per cent yet, but I don’t think I’m far off getting it to a sustainable weight where I don’t have to lose too much.“When it was time to go on the holiday, I actually didn’t want to go because I was just back in the zone of race riding, but it was already booked so I had to go.”Refreshed and rejuvenated, a focused Parnham now feels he is almost back to his best.His trademark polish and flawless technique in the saddle was on show last Sunday when he guided the Lane-trained Free Trade to victory in the Listed Pinjarra Classic, romping in by more than three lengths.The Lane-Parnham combination has been arguably WA’s most lethal partnership over the past 12 months, winning 19 of their 70 starts together to return a brilliant strike rate in excess of 27 per cent.“I don’t really know that how that eventuated, I just started slowly riding for Michael more and more,” Parnham said.“We’ve got a good strike rate together and we’ve just always clicked so it’s worked.“I enjoy riding for him and his horses always go good, especially at the moment, so I’m really happy to be riding for him.“I got quite a bit of satisfaction out of Sunday’s win, for Michael’s sake and also the horse.“I’ve been with him since he had his first trial and we’ve always thought he was a good horse and, the way he won the other day, just proved it.”Now boasting a stunning race record of 14 career starts for seven wins and seven minor placings, Free Trade has been the perfect tonic for connections after the Trade Fair five-year-old’s breeder and Lane’s close friend, Harry Capararo, sadly passed away last year.Asked if the ultra-talented galloper could furnish into a Railway Stakes type, Parnham says he no longer feels the 1600-metre distance of WA’s iconic race may be beyond him.“Last preparation I would’ve said there’s no way he’d get a strong mile,” he said.“But, the older he gets, the more I can actually see him running a mile.“If he keeps progressing and winning like did the other day, I think he could run a mile.”Although the excitement surrounding Free Trade could make it difficult not to dream of future Group 1 glory, Parnham knows just how hard it is to win races at the elite level.He has placed in seven Group 1 events, however, a winning triumph has eluded him to date.“I’ve had quite a few opportunities, but I’ve just fallen short a few times,” Parnham said.“I’ve been a little bit unlucky, as well, just the way things have worked out sometimes.“I could’ve been riding a horse if someone else rode something else and that type of thing, but it just hasn’t really fallen my way yet.“When I was a bit younger it was all I’d think about but, as I get a bit older, but it’s not something that I think about all the time now.“But I’d still love to win one, especially in Perth.”A trainer that Parnham would love to ride a Group 1 winner for in particular is his legendary father, Neville, who the young gun attributes as being the biggest influence in his career to date.“He’s supported me from the start and, obviously he’s done the same with Steve and Brad.“I’d say there is a healthy rivalry between us boys and we’re quite competitive with one another, but I’m extremely happy for them when they win.“Sometimes people think that you might look after your brother on the track but, I wouldn’t ride any different against Steve or Brad than I would against Willy Pike or Troy Turner.”After enjoying a stellar past fortnight in the saddle and almost having his weight under control, Parnham hopes to re-claim his position as one of the state’s premier riders.Currently fourth in WA’s metro jockey premiership, just one-and-a-half wins shy of champion jockey Paul Harvey in third, Parnham has a podium finish at the conclusion of the 2019-20 season within his sights.“I just want to ride as many winners as I can and be consistent, something I probably haven’t been in the last six months,” he said.“Two seasons prior, I was riding 100 winners in a year, but that doesn’t look like it’ll happen this year.“I’ve had more time off and I probably haven’t had the same amount of opportunities that I’ve had in previous seasons, but I think I just need to ride winners and prove myself again.”
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The Group 1 $350,000 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) is next on the winter agenda for Port Macquarie-trained gelding Victorem after his upset win in the Victory Stakes at Eagle Farm on the weekend. Thoroughbred Australian Horse Racing results, Horse Racing Materials. About your choices. Chris Parnham is on Facebook. Talented jockey Chris Parnham scored an emotional win for trainer Michael Lane and the Capararo family last Sunday when piloting their progressive five-year-old, Free Trade, to a dominant victory in the $120,000 Listed Pinjarra Classic (1300m). Love You Lucy was the pride of the Darling Downs on Saturday winning the Group 2 $175,000 Dane Ripper Stakes (1400m) at 40/1 for trainer Barry Squair at Eagle Farm. Jockey Chris Parnham statistics and form. t — Chris Parnham (@parnham_97) November 20, 2018 Parnham had ridden Dainty Tess in each of the mare’s three runs this campaign, winning the Group III Prince Of Wales Stakes and Listed Crawford Stakes before a fourth placing in the Group III Colonel Reeves Stakes at Ascot last Saturday. Picture: Chris Eastman “I have 31 wins left with my claim and, when it’s gone, I wanted to go home a better jockey,” she said. Talented jockey Chris Parnham scored an emotional win for trainer Michael Lane and the Capararo family last Sunday when piloting their progressive five-year-old, Free Trade, to a dominant victory in the $120,000 Listed Pinjarra Classic (1300m).

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