An outstanding few days for Sword Of State’s first-crop yearlings at Karaka culminated in a $540,000 purchase price towards the end of the Book 1 session on Tuesday afternoon.

Victorian trainers have rejected the push by the Victorian Jockeys Association (VJA) for jockeys to be paid riding fees for jump outs, instead suggesting that jockeys are pushing a false narrative and have reneged on their original deals to accept other compensation for not being paid for jump outs.