Bookies are getting set to run up the white flag in the battle of the New Zealand jockeys premiership. And that could mean paying out punters who backed veteran rider Chris Johnson with more than a month of the season to go. Johnson was $50 to win the jockey's premiership at the start of the season, being just 15th in the order of favouritism. To further aid him, Danielle Johnson heads to Sweden in early July to compete at an international female jockeys competition, meaning she will miss at least one northern meeting, possibly more. But as far as the TAB, and punters, are concerned, the premiership could well be over and the winning spent by then.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 21, 2017 08:29 UTC