A difficult week for apprentice Tom Sherry got even worse at Randwick when he was fined $1000 by stewards for failing to comply with an order. Sherry, who rode in the first race and had a four-hour gap until his next engagement, sought permission to leave the course to go home and sweat. The spas[...]
Apprentice Tom Sherry has continued his flying start to the new season with his first metropolitan double at Warwick Farm. Indentured to trainer Mark Newnham, the Irish-born Sherry has recently made the transition to town and earlier this month teamed with his boss to break his city maiden aboard Fulmina. On Wednesday, he notched another[...]
After a bumpy start, a thrilled Tom Sherry has celebrated a career milestone with his first metropolitan winner at Randwick, fittingly for boss Mark Newnham. The Irish-born apprentice combined with promising mare Fulmina to claim the ATC Thank You Trainers Handicap (1800m) on Saturday, earning high praise from Newnham for his ride. Relief mixed with[...]
Trainer Mark Newnham believes he can start the 2020-21 Australian racing season on a winning note at Randwick as he looks to continue improving on his stable’s results in the next 12 months. Newnham has Black Magnum and Fulmina entered for separate races at Randwick on the opening day of the new season and he[...]
There was no warm welcome to Sydney racing for new kid on the block Tom Sherry, who had his best chance for a win scuttled by some competitive riding. After kicking off his first metropolitan meeting with a second aboard the David Payne-trained Bazooka, Sherry’s next two rides were unable to figure. But the Irishman[...]
With the new Australian racing season fast approaching, trainer Mark Newnham believes the time is right for apprentice Tom Sherry to make his Sydney metropolitan racing debut. Sherry, who hails from Ireland, has ridden 93 winners in NSW this season in the country and provincial areas and is scheduled to make the step up at[...]