William Pike

It's been a really good month.

I mean, Willie Pike winning Cox Plate, I really liked.

The Cup was good.

Oaks is always fun.

But pick us up and about, because...

Willie Pike in the last is delivered.

Yes.

Yes.

So let's be honest.

It's the only winner I've had all day.

So Ray Magnerio down the outside, Willie Pike in the last.

He got me some little bit of cash on the last on cap day, and he's done it again today.

But pick us up and about, because...

Willie Pike in the last is delivered.

Yes.

Yes.

It's the only winner I've had all day.

So Ray Magnerio down the outside.

Willie Pike in the last.

He got me some little bit of cash on the last on cap day, and he's done it again today.

That was Chas Armitage.

Now, earlier in the show, you were talking a little bit about William Pike, the jockey William Pike.

Tell me what's important about him.

Well, I mean, for a start, he won this year's Cox Plate on Cosmic Crusader.

And obviously, We're very lucky in WA at the moment.

We've got some very good exports over to the east.

So obviously Cosmic Crusader and William Pike, who just won the Cox Plate, their WA product.

And Damien Lane is the son of a WA trainer, Michael, who's still training and doing very well.

Proxima Dia saluting in race eight.

And Willie Pike, the wizard from the west, the lucky last makes it his own once again with Ray Magnerio saluting.

Proxima D, so these are very hard to find, these stayers that can, as you said, cover a bit more ground today.

Is this a horse we could be talking about for a Melbourne Cup this time next year?

And today we saw another terrific card.

And would you believe it if you're a Western Australian and you follow Willie Pike? He rode the last winner again.

So back, Pike.

Drink what you like, JV.

I mean, there are five riders that have stood out.

Two of them are veterans, James McDonald and Willie Pike, but the other three, Chad Schofield, Zach Lloyd and Ethan Brown, all of them have gone to another level this spring, and all of them now are going to be formidable forces in the future.

So it's pretty exciting.

And you were on the triple M coverage on Tuesday, Bruce, and I don't know where the cup week ever lost its spark, but gee, on Tuesday, it was an amazing day.

I mean, there are five riders that have stood out.

Two of them are veterans, James McDonald and Willie Pike.

But the other three, Chad Schofield, Zach Lloyd and Ethan Brown, all of them have gone to another level this spring.

And all of them now, are going to be formidable forces in the future.

We saw Aliana draw wide in the Cox Plate and get in, and Cosmic Crusader sit on Aliana's back.

and James went, and Willie Pike, great ride, extremely patient, patient weighted, whereas James went earlier, and I was a bit disappointed with Eliana in the end because I thought that she was really set for that race, and I expected her to kick away, but Cosmic was too good.

The roles are reversed a little bit here now where Cosmic's drawn out in 11, which is a really tricky barrier for it, and Eliana's drawn four, so James can sit... handier if he wants.

And Aliana, I doubt Cosmic will be on Aliana's back from 11 versus four.