Canberra apprentice jockey Kayla Nisbet is hoping for a three-month loan spell with a top Sydney or Melbourne stable after outriding her country claim.
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She's been linked with a move to David Hayes' stable, one of Australia's top trainers, but she said nothing had been finalised.
Hayes has won the Australian trilogy of racing - the Melbourne Cup (Jeune in 1994), the Caulfield Cup (Fraar in 1993 and Tawqeet in 2006) and the Cox Plate (Better Loosen Up in 1990 and Fields of Omagh in 2006).
''I would like to, hopefully, but nothing's been confirmed yet,'' Nisbet said. ''I think it'd be a great opportunity, I think he'd be good to go to, but as I said, nothing at all has been confirmed.''
The 18-year-old said a move to Melbourne or Sydney would be ideal.
''I'd like to go on loan to someone for three months during winter hopefully, not sure who yet, whether it be Victoria or Sydney,'' Nisbet said.
''I think girls get a better go in Victoria, I'm not sure why, but I'd like to go to Sydney because it's closer to home, but I think Victoria might be the way to go.
''I've got to find someone who's willing to take me on for three months, that's the best thing for me at the moment, too, so that they can make use of my [city] claim and ride more winners.
''Otherwise if I stay here with no claim then I'm just competing as a senior jockey and it'll be much harder to get rides.''
Apprentices are allowed to ride at a reduced weight - designed to counterbalance their inexperience to help them get rides - until they've ridden 80 winners.
Nisbet passed that milestone on the Tracey Carey-trained Di Monza at Goulburn on February 22.
She's allowed to claim for another 80 winners for provincial and metropolitan tracks.
At least she always knows she can get rides from her dad John, who's a Canberra trainer.
''It's a bit bitter-sweet. It's something you want to accomplish, but at the same time it's going to make it harder to get rides,'' Nisbet said.
''I am definitely happy to lose it [her claim].'' Nisbet is still waiting to see what rides she'll get for Black Opal Stakes day.
''We may have one runner in the National Sprint, Glad You Called, if she gets a run, but she was supposed to race at Goulburn on Thursday and they got called off,'' she said.
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