Promising apprentice Jett Newman joins Tulloch Lodge on loan

Apprentice jockey Jett Newman will join Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott’s Tulloch Lodge on a three-month loan.

The 18-year-old, who is apprenticed to Murwillumbah trainer Matthew Dunn, will have her indentures transferred to the leading Sydney stable after she rides at Randwick on Saturday.

Newman has enjoyed a steady rise in the riding ranks, establishing herself as one of Australia’s most promising apprentices with more than 100 career winners.

“She’s where she needs to be now; she needs to go to a new level,’’ Dunn told the Racing NSW website

“She’s riding lots of winners at the Gold Coast and the provincials in Queensland and we’ve purposely held her back from riding too much in the city to hold her claim for when she gets down there.

“It was always in the plan for her to go down and we were trying to work out the right place, the right stable for her to go to.

“I spoke to Adrian a few weeks ago and I think it’s the right place for her and she’ll hold her own for sure. She’s ready to go now and she’ll do a good job.”

Waterhouse and Bott believe the arrangement will further Newman’s development and provide valuable exposure to metropolitan racing.