Bosra Sham will be ridden by Pat Eddery for the remainder of this season, according to a statement issued yesterday by the filly's owner Wafic Said's racing manager Captain Tim Bulwer-Long. In the statement Bulwer-Long said: "Addison Racing has retained Pat Eddery to ride all Wafic Said's English trained horses for the remainder of the 1997 season."
Said's decision came after the Syrian businessman was understood to be unhappy over the tactics used by trainer Henry Cecil's retained jockey Kieren Fallon when Bosra Sham finished third to Pilsudski in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes, at Sandown earlier this month.
The filly had been boxed in on the rails three furlongs out giving the eventual winner and runner-up Benny the Dip a huge advantage when Bosra Sham was finally able to launch her run.
At the time Cecil refused to make Fallon a scapegoat for the defeat, although he admitted the filly had been "asked to do the impossible."
He later gave Fallon a full vote of confidence during a successful Newmarket July meeting for the pair. Eddery will renew acquaintances with Bosra Sham, who he rode to victory in last year's 1,000 Guineas and Champion Stakes.
Speaking at Newbury races, the jockey said: "I've been lucky to ride for Mr Said before and have known his racing manager for 20 years so obviously I'm delighted about riding for them again.
"At the present I'm retained for the rest of the season but obviously I would like it to become an on-going situation."
Peter Savill was fined £200 by the Musselburgh stewards yesterday for switching the rider of Goretski in the STUC Handicap.
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