Schofield to hitch spring ride with Maid

Tuesday 29 July 2014, 4:45pm

Comeback jockey Chad Schofield won't be giving up the ride on Golden Slipper placegetter Bring Me The Maid any time soon.

Bring Me The Maid's third to Mossfun was the culmination of a partnership that started with a Flemington win in March and also claimed the Group Two Magic Night Stakes in the space of four outings.

Schofield travelled to Brisbane to ride Bring Me The Maid in a trial at Doomben on Tuesday, a day after resuming at trackwork after seven weeks out with broken neck vertebrae the jockey sustained in a fall at Cranbourne in June.

Schofield said Bring Me The Maid made the trip worthwhile even though the rising three-year-old filly finished second behind the Liam Birchley-trained Headwater Country in her 850-metre hit-out.

"She just had a nice quiet trial today but she did everything I wanted her to do," Schofield said.

"She's strengthened up a bit and she felt terrific."

Schofield said Moody has not confirmed Bring Me The Maid's spring program, which could take in races in Melbourne or Sydney.

But the Cox Plate-winning jockey said he would be keen to stay with the Sebring filly irrespective of where she races.

"She's obviously a very talented horse that will be competitive in whatever she runs in," Schofield said.

Schofield's next priority will be returning to race riding at the Aurie's Star Handicap meeting Flemington on Saturday week.

Schofield said he felt ready to resume riding now but would hold himself back another week to improve his fitness before the Flemington meeting.

"I feel great on a horse but another two weeks' work will have me spot-on," he said.

– AAP

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