Sacred Oath, the horse part-owned by legendary cricketer Shane Warne, won its maiden career race on the Gold Coast, with its jockey Noel Callow rolling his arm over at the finish line in a touching gesture to the late spin wizard who passed away last month while vacationing in Thailand.
A report in dailymail.co.uk said that three year-old bay colt Sacred Oath, ridden by Callow, won the 1200m race to move up a class following the strong win on Saturday, adding that the jockey paid a "classy tribute to Shane Warne" by rolling his arm over "in a leg-break motion" just like the spin legend, as he rode to victory.
"The 47-year-old threw his right fist into the air after passing the post, rolling his arm over with a turn of the fingers too in a leg-break bowling action out of respect for the 708-wicket Test legend," the report said.
Shane Warnes horse, Sacred Oath, winning his maiden in OZ today at his 3rd start ( fell last time). His rider, Noel ‘King’ Callow in a touching tribute, honoured ‘The King’ by performing a bowling action ( looked like a flipper?) after the line pic.twitter.com/IPRKsMbtmF
— Tim Carroll (@T_J_Carroll) April 16, 2022
