10:47 AM AEST | CIARON Maher has his fingers crossed that champion jumps jockey Steve Pateman will ride his emerging jumper Palmero in the $100,000 Australian Hurdle (3400 metres) at Sandown on Saturday, June 2, after Pateman won the $100,000 Jack Dow Hurdle on the six-year-old at Mornington on Sunday.
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