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​Three jockeys were given a six-month extension to their current Club's Licensed Jockey's Licence namely Stephen Baster, Ivaldo Santana and Opie Bosson.
Photo by Singapore Turf Club
With the trio's current licences all expiring on 30 June 2012, they have now been renewed and will be valid from 1 July to 31 December 2012.
Baster, 37, has made an instant impact at Kranji ever since he commenced his six-month licence last January. A winner of over 1,000 races, the former Melbourne-based jockey has notched 28 wins at Kranji and currently sits in third place on the Singapore jockey's premiership, 68 wins behind runaway leader Joao Moreira.
Supported by a variety of trainers such as Michael Freedman, Steven Burridge and Leslie Khoo among others, Baster, who goes to scale at 51.5kg is well sought-after. Baster, who counts two Oakleigh Plate wins among his major achievements in Australia, has already nailed down one local feature win to his name - the Group 3 Kranji Sprint with Mr Big.
Santana, 30, began his current licence on 15 January, 2012 and though he is not supported by big stables at Kranji, he has still been able to ride 16 winners to lie in sixth position in the standings.
The Brazilian jockey, who has scored close to 800 wins in his eleven years of riding in Brazil, including 48 at Group (12 Group 1s) and Listed level, goes to scale at 51kg.
Bosson, 31, will again be sponsored by fellow New Zealand trainers Mark Walker and Bruce Marsh. Bosson has up to now been booked for only 146 rides, but still performed creditably to land 13 wins, which puts him in ninth spot on the Singapore jockey's premiership.
The former one-time New Zealand champion jockey (2009/2010), who has recorded over 1,100 wins and is also a multiple-Group winning jockey back home, struck a good relationship with the Walker-trained Flying Fulton at Kranji, scoring two Group 3 wins in the New Year Cup and the Polytrack Mile Championship.
Bosson goes to scale at 54kg.
