Horse Racing Singapore and Malaysia

Well travelled international Australian jockey Aaron “Spicky” Spiteri is set to become one of the first noteworthy Australian jockeys for many years to head to India to ride.

Spiteri who has been a journeyman throughout his career – and a very capable jockey has interspersed his Australian career with regular stints in Asia – riding many feature race winners in both Singapore and Malaysia.

Spiteri has just finished his riding stint in Singapore where his did a lot of riding for successful trainers Laurie Laxon and John Meagher and he had been back in Australia for a couple of weeks when the opportunity arose for him to take up a position as stable jockey for one of India’s leading stables.

Many years ago Aussie jockeys such as brothers Bill and Reg Cook, Edgar Britt, Alf Smith were among the leading riders in India but the sub-continent has not attracted Australian riders for many