Jett off to a flyer with help of a great and dream double at Rosehill

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By Craig Kerry

January 17, 2026 — 5.20pm

A walk of the Rosehill track with riding great Darren Beadman helped calm the nerves of gun country apprentice Jett Newman before she won with her first two city chances on Saturday.

And the 18-year-old’s father, former Hawkesbury trainer and jockey Mitch Newman, would love to continue the association when Jett heads to Sydney full-time.

Jett Newman returns a winner on Considered.

Newman came to Rosehill for two rides for her boss, Murwillumbah trainer Matt Dunn, and drove the first, Considered, to victory in the Highway Handicap (1400m) in rain-swept conditions.

She had the So You Think mare ($5 favourite) behind the leaders on the rails from gate one before taking her through a gap at the 300m. The four-year-old wore down Brooklyn Lights to score by three-quarters of a length.

She then rated Band Of Brothers ($2.35 favourite) well out in front easily to win the benchmark 88 handicap (1300m).

It was a dream start in town for Newman, who has 77 country winners in less than a year of race riding and hopes to one day move back to Sydney to take her career to the next level.

“I can’t even believe it. I’m just so happy Matt trusted me to come down and had confidence in me to ride these horses today,” Newman said.

“Coming down, I was a bit nervous today, but walking the track with Darren, and speaking with Matt, Dad’s helping me obviously, it’s incredible.”

Mitch asked Beadman, who was on course as part of the Chris Waller team, to give Jett advice on the day.

“We just walked the track and he was just telling me how it plays, that it could be a bit different because of the renovations, but the fence is usually a bit off and up on the mound is usually where it’s at,” she said.

“Just the knowledge that he has is very valuable and I was very pleased that Dad asked him and set it up.”

Jett Newman pilots Considered to victory in the Highway Handicap at Rosehill.

Mitch said watching the win “was so good” and he was grateful to Beadman for the track walk.

“Darren has so much knowledge and he was so good to help her. He’s a beautiful man,” he said.

“When she comes down here, I would love for Darren to look after and mentor her a bit, that would be ideal.”

Mitch and Jett’s mum, Debbie Greaves, moved north to support the teenager and they were trackside to celebrate the wins.

Late calls on the money

Nash Rawiller’s brave call to stay near the fence, and a last-minute decision from trainer Ciaron Maher to tackle the heavy Rosehill track with Future History – a horse not even nominated for the race – paid off in the listed January Cup (2000m) on Saturday.

The eight-year-old was a controversial addition to the $200,000 feature on Wednesday when officials, fearing the race may not stand up, recruited runners to give them eight acceptors.

Scratchings as wet weather hit on Saturday left the race with five runners. Future History, a last-start winner of the 2800m Bagot Handicap at Flemington, led and controlled the race under Rawiller and topweight of 61 kilograms before kicking late for a three-quarter length victory.

As he did with Maher-trained Gringotts on a heavy Kembla track in The Gong last November, Rawiller was successful when bucking the trend and sticking to the inside rail.

Nash Rawiller drives Future History to victory in the January Cup.

“We obviously didn’t tie him down with too many instructions other than to lead and go along at a nice speed,” Maher racing manager Sam Fitzgerald said.

“I was certainly surprised that he hugged the rail as closely as he did, I thought perhaps maybe he would look to get off, but you can’t question his judgment, he’s done it too many times.”

Fitzgerald had questioned stewards just before the race about the prospect of a further downgrade of the track as rain fell. After a reply of no, and a call to Maher, the stable stayed in the event.

“We were in until Chad [Schofield] came back on Lull in the three-year-old race and he said he thought the track was worse than an eight,” Fitzgerald said.

“So with that in mind, we were bordering on scratching.”

Future History, now on a three-race winning streak in listed events, will likely back up in the Australia Day Cup (2400m) on Monday week at Warwick Farm. He was headed to that race next before the January Cup opportunity.

“Obviously coming off the back of a 2800m race, he had a good amount of fitness under his belt and that was probably the difference today in heavy conditions,” Fitzgerald said.

“That will give him a nice run under his belt, he’ll have a light week and he’ll back up at Warwick Farm.”

Braith Nock was reprimanded for not making the weight of 53 kilograms to ride Let’s Fly in the race. Andrew Adkins was a late replacement.

Godolphin break new ground

Lonhro mare Mother Goose and Bivouac colt Outspan gave global racing giants Godolphin a unique double at Rosehill on Saturday.

Michael Freedman-trained Outspan put itself into the Golden Slipper market with an impressive finish to win the 1100m two-year-old handicap under Sam Clipperton at his second start. He was into $34 for the Slipper from $101.

“He’s pretty sharp, but I do feel six furlongs and probably even seven furlongs will be right up his alley,” Clipperton said.

“He’s a classy colt and he’s in the right camp to get him further on down the road.”

Freedman, the winner of last year’s Slipper with Marhoona, already has equal favourite Incognito in the running.

Gary Portelli-trained Mother Goose then won the Midway Handicap for jockey Alysha Collett. It was believed to be the first time Godolphin has had a runner in the weekly race which excludes the top group of trainers from the previous season. Godolphin switched from a private to a public training model this season.