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The Singapore Turf Club has granted South Australian apprentice jockey Kayla Crowther a three-week licence between 31 May and 21 June 2020.

Crowther, 21, is the 11th Dux of the South Australian Apprentice Academy to be the beneficiary of a short riding experience at Kranji as part of an agreement between Thoroughbred Racing South Australia and the Singapore Turf Club. This year, for the first time, a Singapore-based apprentice jockey is reciprocating the agreement by riding in Adelaide; Malaysian apprentice Shafrizal Saleh, who will be indentured to Morphettville trainer Richard Jolly in March.

Crowther will follow into the footsteps of previous Dux winners Amy Herrmann, Libby Hopwood, Jordan Frew, Krystal Bishop, Jamie Kah, Jake Toeroek, Sigrid Carr, Matthew Poon, Emily Finnegan and Raquel Clark last year. 

Apprenticed to Goolwa trainer David Jolly since 2016, Crowther, who is originally from Perth and began her apprenticeship in Victoria, was crowned Adelaide champion apprentice jockey last season. Across both South Australia and Victoria, she rode a total of 65 winners, including 27 at Metropolitan level.

Crowther currently has 54 winners on board, including 27 at metropolitan level, and sits in third position on the South Australian metropolitan jockeys' premiership.

All up, Crowther has booted home in excess of 200 winners with one of her highlights being the Group 3 Lord Reims Stakes (2600m) aboard Eperdument for Shane Oxlade at Morphettville on Saturday. Her first career highlights came with Craftmanship for Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr in the Listed Hill Smith Stakes (1800m) last October and the Magic Millions 2yo Classic aboard Done By Me for Philip Stokes on Adelaide Cup Day one year ago.

Crowther will be indentured to trainer Shane Baertschiger at Kranji, goes to scale at 52kgs and will claim two kilos.