It was one of those moments where the worst of situations delivered the best of racing.
Blake Shinn's first thoughts as he got up after falling from Who Shot Thebarman in last week's Sydney Cup were for fellow jockey James Doyle, who had come off Almoonqith, and it was captured by photographer Anthony Johnson.
Sportsmanship: James Doyle is helped up by Blake Shinn after his horse Almoonqith fell in the Sydney Cup.Credit:Bradleyphotos.com.au
"I just looked over and saw James and knew I was all right, and wanted to make sure he was," Shinn said. "I went to help him to get off the track because I didn't know how he was.
"It was one of those things where you look to see how the other jockey is and try to help. I knew there were horses on the loose and the field was coming, so you need to help as quickly as you can."
Doyle said: "He was just there to me pretty quickly and said, 'Are you right?' and helped me up.
"Those things happen so quick and I just said to him, 'I'm right' and he said, 'I'll help you off the track'."
The image is one of great sportsmanship and has been compared to the photo of Brett Lee and Andrew Flintoff at the end of the Edgbaston Test in 2005, and John Landy and Herb Elliott back in 1956.
Racing NSW chief executive Peter V'landys is looking to use the image as the inspiration for a trophy, as he pointed out it looks like the Provan-Summons NRL trophy.
"It is a photo that says so much about racing and the way jockeys look after each other," V'landys said. "It was awful incident but we saw the best of human nature in that moment.
"It was one of those days you are going to remember for the wrong reasons, but this photo shows the sportsmanship in our sport.
"We just want to use it in the right way and we will look to make it into a trophy, I think."
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