"But I had some family matters to deal with first," Newitt said. 25 June, 2020 "Those papers were signed today (Thursday) so I can now move back to Victoria to live. https://nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net/transform/v1/crop/frm/nq3JkD2JZTWMXDuN44nfBn/11e75831-5146-497a-a40a-3e339140c3da.jpg/r0_424_4528_2982_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg "Because I will have been in isolation the whole time I've been home, I won't have to isolate again when I get back to Melbourne," he said.Longford trainer Peter Luttrell has been enjoying a good season and three of the horses that have contributed to his success will lineup in the main race at Spreyton on Sunday.Ethical Dilemma, Westerly Haze and Mr Churchill make up a third of the field for the Vale Shane Yates Benchmark 74 Handicap over 1350m.It's a re-match for Ethical Dilemma and Westerly Haze as they also contested the same race a fortnight ago and filled the quinella.Luttrell, who has prepared 15 winners in this shortened season, won't mind if he gets the same result again but is not certain it will be in the same order. It saw him link with brilliant sprinter Miss Andretti and he rode her to five Group I wins. Ethical Dilemma's first-up win didn't surprise Luttrell but the heavy backing for the horse wasn't the stable's doing.
It was six years later Craig Newitt rode his first Group 1 win when partnering Perfect Promise in the 2006 C.F Orr Stakes. 31 July, 2020 "I told Dave (Pires) he'd get back and get home hard and, as it turned out, he was really suited because there was plenty of speed on.
"I told Dave (Pires) he'd get back and get home hard and, as it turned out, he was really suited because there was plenty of speed on." "Ismail (Toker) said he got held up by a couple in front of him - he had wanted to get going a tad earlier than he could," Luttrell said. Newitt holds fears for Tasmanian racing - Cobram Courier. Leading jockey Craig Newitt fears for the future of the Tasmanian racing industry following its shutdown by the government in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus.The three codes, thoroughbreds, greyhound and harness, were told to stop racing for four weeks by Tasmania Premier Peter Gutwein last Thursday as racing on mainland Australia continues.After growing up in Tasmania, Newitt moved to Victoria where he rode successfully for 15 years before returning home in 2017.Craig Newitt said there was no warning before Tasmanian racing was shutdown. “We’ve been thinking about it for a while, we’ve got four kids now, it’s a lifestyle choice,” Newitt said. You can find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out Craig Newitt grew up in Tasmania in a family immersed in racing.
Just hours after Saturday's Caulfield meeting, Newitt will head back to Tasmania desperately hoping his stay is little longer than it needs to be.Newitt heads back for personal reasons, which will require two weeks of self-isolation, the result of which will determine whether he returns to the mainland or reintroduces himself to the Tasmanian racing ranks, which he has dominated the past couple of seasons.
WhatsApp . Form. From 14 starts, he's recorded six wins, five seconds and a third. Craig Newitt rides Deroche to victory in the Vamos Stakes at the Launceston Cup from Mowbray Racecourse.