• Turner to take advantage of weight allowance offered to female jockeys• Gordon has to give up place in Shergar Cup at Ascot to ride elsewhereJosephine Gordon, the reigning champion apprentice, has said she will not follow Hayley Turner’s example and seek to take advantage of the weight allowance offered to female jockeys by French racing. While Turner said on Saturday that it is “a no-brainer” for her to exploit the 2kg advantage by riding in France this winter, Gordon is planning to spend the off-season in Britain, with perhaps an occasional foray to the Middle East, and has no plans to use the profile she has gained in the past year to break into France.“If Hugo Palmer or another trainer was sending a horse over to France and wanted me to ride it, of course I’d do that,” Gordon said. “If I find myself riding there, then of course I’d embrace it [the allowance]. Continue reading…
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