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Speaker 1: But I know that plenty of you heard the interview

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Speaker 1: earlier this week when we caught up with jockey Sonya Wiseman.

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Speaker 1: She told us about the terrible situation that she'd been

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Speaker 1: subjected to outside of her home. Now Sonya joins me

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Speaker 1: on the line right now, Good morning, Sonya.

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Speaker 2: Morning guys. How are you not bad?

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Speaker 1: How are you tracking?

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Speaker 2: Feeling a little bit better today? To be honest, like,

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Speaker 2: I've given my police statement and everything now, so I

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Speaker 2: kind of, I guess feel a bit lighter now that

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Speaker 2: that's been done, which is nice.

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Speaker 1: That is good to hear. So, had that meeting or

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Speaker 1: had that discussion obviously with the police was at yesterday? Yeah? Yeah, Well, look,

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Speaker 1: I hope that you know, I hope that you're able

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Speaker 1: to to you know, that they're able to work out

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Speaker 1: exactly who has done this to you and and able

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Speaker 1: to get to the bottom of things, Sonya in terms

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Speaker 1: of your teeth and your nose and your injuries. How

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Speaker 1: are you going?

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Speaker 2: So, I like, obviously I'm a pretty determined person, and

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Speaker 2: I pushed to get back writing. To me, writing has

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Speaker 2: always be my safe place, and I wrote work yesterday morning, yep,

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Speaker 2: and I had no pain in my nose, which was

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Speaker 2: kind of surprising actually, but there was no pain in

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Speaker 2: my nose or anything. My teeth still like a little bit,

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Speaker 2: I think, I said the other day, I still need

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Speaker 2: a bit of work done to them, so hopefully that

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Speaker 2: gets done in the next couple of weeks. And yeah,

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Speaker 2: like the physical injuries are definitely easy to deal with, almost,

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Speaker 2: I guess in a way like I'm just doing my

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Speaker 2: best look after my own mental health at the moment.

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Speaker 2: And yeah, like that's been probably the hardest part.

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Speaker 1: Of it all. Yeah, I can't even imagine it would

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Speaker 1: be incredibly difficult tell me. And I know a lot

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Speaker 1: of people are wondering, Sonya, because you are a fantastic jockey,

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Speaker 1: are you going to be able to ride in the

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Speaker 1: Darwen Cup.

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Speaker 2: So I've lost my ride in the Darwen carp which

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Speaker 2: is just it's a part of a parcel with any jockey.

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Speaker 2: If you're out with injury or anything, trainers just can't

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Speaker 2: afford to wait around, especially if they want a particular

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Speaker 2: jockey on for the day. So I've lost my Caup ride.

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Speaker 2: But I do have a few rides that day, and

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Speaker 2: I also have a couple of rides on Saturday, which

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Speaker 2: is our big sprint day, so I'm just happy to

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Speaker 2: be back out on the horse and hopefully I'll be okay.

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Speaker 1: I'm really pleased to hear that. I am really pleased

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Speaker 1: that you're going to be able to get back out there,

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Speaker 1: particularly after what you've just said, you know, riding being

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Speaker 1: a safe place.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's I mean, the horses have been my entire life,

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Speaker 2: so be back doing it is definitely like I need it.

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Speaker 2: I need to be able to get back out and

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Speaker 2: to be approved and you know, get on my medical

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Speaker 2: clearances and everything like that. I was kind of nervous

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Speaker 2: going in. I was a bit worried that I wouldn't

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Speaker 2: get it, but I did, and hopefully, like I feel

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Speaker 2: okay while I'm writing in that I have said to

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Speaker 2: the trainers and the stuarts and that if I don't

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Speaker 2: feel right, I will be sending down for the day.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, hopefully it doesn't come to that.

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Speaker 1: Sonya tell me what's going to be the process for

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Speaker 1: police investigation as well.

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Speaker 2: So I don't really know the way that it all

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Speaker 2: gets handled. I did actually speak to a lovely detective

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Speaker 2: yesterday and she was absolutely incredible and was very thorough

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Speaker 2: with everything, and when I was breaking down crying, she

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Speaker 2: made sure that I was okay before we continued with anything,

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Speaker 2: which was really really nice. They've stepped it up to

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Speaker 2: I guess the higher up above them now and I

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Speaker 2: know the police have been doing door knocks looking for

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Speaker 2: some kind of footage around the area, so hopefully they

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Speaker 2: do find some or even if they don't have the incident,

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Speaker 2: hopefully they get some footage of their money away and

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Speaker 2: they actually get brought to doctor.

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Speaker 1: I hope so too. And I tell you what, We've

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Speaker 1: had so many messages of support for you over the

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Speaker 1: recent days. I'm sure you've probably heard, you've probably seen them.

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Speaker 1: A lot of people really concerned about you and wanting

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Speaker 1: to make sure that you are okay. So I think

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Speaker 1: that you're going to have the territory behind you when

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Speaker 1: you get on that on the horses on the weekend.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Like, I'm shocked by how much love and support I've had,

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Speaker 3: and people I don't even know across actually the world,

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Speaker 3: not just the territory, not just Australia.

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Speaker 2: But I definitely didn't expect it to become that big,

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Speaker 2: but to have that support and just a message saying hey,

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Speaker 2: I hope you're okay. It is definitely helping. And you know,

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Speaker 2: like I said before, my mental health is my main

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Speaker 2: priority at this point in time. Like my career is

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Speaker 2: already a tough enough game, let alone having a trauma

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Speaker 2: like this on top of it. So just to get

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Speaker 2: those messages it definitely picks me up and it makes

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Speaker 2: me feel better. So thank you for anyone that's sent

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Speaker 2: a message or anything like that. Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Well, look after yourself. I really do look after yourself.

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Speaker 1: I can't imagine how tough it's been for you. And

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Speaker 1: I hope that the police are able to find those

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Speaker 1: who did this to you. And I hope that you

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Speaker 1: have a great week and all the very best with

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Speaker 1: the races that you are in on the weekend.

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Speaker 2: Thank you. Hopefully we get a winner. That would be nice.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that would be awesome, son wives, Yeah yeah, and

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Speaker 1: all the best for your wedding as well. That's only

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Speaker 1: three weeks away, isn't it.

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Speaker 2: I know the countdowns on, so I think I said

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Speaker 2: to you the other day we were thinking about canceling it.

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Speaker 2: Our families have actually got behind us, as I guess

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Speaker 2: what's left to be covered and everything, so we get

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Speaker 2: the chance to actually go ahead with it this time,

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Speaker 2: which is great.

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Speaker 1: I'm so glad. Yeah, yes, all the very best with

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Speaker 1: everything that is coming your way. It sounds like, you know,

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Speaker 1: it sounds like you've got a lot to look forward to,

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Speaker 1: which is really important. So, Sonya, I really appreciate your

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Speaker 1: time this morning. Thanks so much for giving me and

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Speaker 1: all of our listeners that bit of an update. And

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Speaker 1: I think that there's going to be a lot of

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Speaker 1: people really happy to hear that you are doing much

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Speaker 1: better today.

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Speaker 2: Thank you. I appreciate you palling.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much,