{"id":1165,"date":"2020-08-11T17:28:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T07:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theracingsharks.com.au\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1165"},"modified":"2020-08-11T17:28:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T07:28:54","slug":"craig-williams-secures-surprise-baby-ride","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/theracingsharks.com.au\/news\/craig-williams-secures-surprise-baby-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Williams Secures Surprise Baby Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"first\">Melbourne Cup favourite Surprise Baby will be ridden by jockey Craig Williams in the Group 2 Feehan Stakes at Moonee Valley on September 5, replacing Jordan Childs.<\/p>\n<p>Childs rode Surprise Baby last spring, where the Paul Preusker-trained gelding won the Bart Cummings, before finishing 5<sup>th<\/sup> in the Melbourne Cup.<\/p>\n<p>That Melbourne Cup was won by Danny O\u2019Brien\u2019s Vow And Declare who Williams rode, and it appears the champion rider has a tough decision to make for the Spring Carnival\u2019s feature staying event.<\/p><div class=\"396456b7f3fe45513491166c7bb3cce7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center><div class=\"mcwidget-embed\" data-widget-id=\"14472961\"><\/div><\/center>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Pete Newcombe, Childs\u2019 manager, confirmed the news, \u201cJordan is disappointed to lose the rise but appreciates the opportunities he has been given on the horse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Surprise Baby is a $9 favourite for the Melbourne Cup, with Vow And Declare a $26 chance with the significant weight penalty thanks to last year\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":1166,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"news_category":[],"news_tag":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theracingsharks.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theracingsharks.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theracingsharks.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theracingsharks.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theracingsharks.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theracingsharks.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theracingsharks.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"news_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theracingsharks.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_tag?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}