General Salute wins The Hunter in photo finish, honouring fallen apprentice
General Salute won The Hunter, Newcastle's $1 million horse race, in a photo finish.
Reported by Newcastle Herald
ShareWhy it matters
Racing communities bond tightly; a young apprentice's sudden death shook the sport, and the race named for her became a place for grief and remembrance.
In Australia. The Hunter is Newcastle and the Hunter region's flagship spring racing event; Izzy Neale's death has rattled Australia's horse-racing community and sparked fresh conversations about jockey safety.
Key facts
- $1 million
- The Hunter purse
- 1300 metres
- Winner's distance
- 22
- Izzy Neale's age
- About 6500
- Attendance
- General Salute won The Hunter, Newcastle's $1 million race over 1300 metres, on Saturday, November 14.
- Tim Clark won his first Hunter in a photo finish, beating She's an Artist.
- Earlier that day, champion apprentice Siena Grima won Izzy's Gift, a 1400-metre race honouring apprentice Izzy Neale.
- The 22-year-old died on Tuesday after a fall at Warren.
- Grima broke down in tears speaking of the win.
- She and Neale had raced together days before.
- About 6500 people watched on a beautiful spring day.
