Busy schedule for Lindop's comeback

Thursday 17 July 2014, 12:52pm

Clare Lindop is keen to let the fanfare surrounding her return to riding subside as she throws herself into a busy schedule.

Lindop booted home a winner on her first day back at Morphettville on Wednesday after spending four months recovering from 15 rib fractures and other injuries sustained in a fall in March.

Lindop's comeback attracted attention from mainstream media as well as the racing press but the jockey was keen to get on with her job, starting with two rides at Gawler on Thursday.

"I was trying to explain to the non-racing media that it's just a case of back to business for us," Lindop said.

"I'm very happy to be back but there are still a heap of jockeys out with injuries and it's kind of par for the course of our job."

Trainers have booked Lindop for six rides at Saturday's Morphettville meeting where her mounts include the Peter Moody-trained Pindan Pearl in the Adelaide Galvanising Handicap.

Lindop expected a few aches and pains in the early days of her return but said she would be no different to her counterparts late in the season.

"All the jockeys riding on the weekend will be in a similar position, they'll have a sore foot or a sore back or something," Lindop said.

"You have to tough it out and manage it as best you can."

Lindop will also travel to ride at Port Augusta on Sunday and says she will continue to take as many rides as she can in her bid to re-establish herself in South Australia.

"I knew when I came back I had to be fit enough because it is so competitive here," Lindop said.

"You can't really afford to knock rides back, especially when they are winning chances."

– AAP

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