The apprentice jockey made the move to Tamworth after getting a start in the racing industry with Goulburn trainers Emma and Lucy Longmire.

Morgan said the trainers had done "a really good job" with Searle who struck Morgan as a talented rider early on.

"He's got the most potential of any of the apprentices that have come through in the last few years but what he does with that is up to him in the next couple of years, too," Morgan said.

Searle's stats for his boss help paint a picture on why Morgan has such an opinion of the 17-year-old.

"I think he's had 11 rides for me for seven winners so he's in the good books at home," Morgan said.

Searle has also scored a second and a third from those 11 starts but it's the work behind the scenes that really show what the apprentice is made of.

Searle left home and came to the North West about nine weeks ago when he moved in with the Morgans.

Morgan used to ride at rodeos with Searle's father, Justin, and that's where the connection between the two first started.

In the nine weeks Searle has been with Morgan, the former jockey said his apprentice had "improved a lot".

When Searle's not riding trackwork with Morgan's brother Luke, he's on the mechanical horse the trainer purchased for him.

Morgan said Searle had an abundance of ability to go along with his work ethic.

"I've seen plenty of good ones who don't reach their full potential or they get too heavy but if Jacko applies himself well, he could end up in Sydney in a couple years time," Morgan said.

That's the goal for Searle.

"I'd like to stay here [Tamworth] as long as I could but the big, main goal is to go to Sydney," Searle said.

"But if I don't get that far, I'd be happy to stay here."

To get there, Searle knows he has to work hard and he's putting in the time.

The 17-year-old is still growing and is aware his size may become a factor at some point but he's prepared for that.

He sticks to a strict diet and training regime already.

"I don't mind it. If you do it properly - how Cody's got me doing it - it's not as hard as it seems," Searle, who rides at 54 kilograms, said of his diet.

"You're going to miss out on dinners and stuff like that but it's worth it."

On his size, Searle said: "I'll get taller. Might get a bit heavier but with Cody there, I'll just keep doing what Codes says and keep listening to everyone and I should be right."

It's all a bit of a shift from what Searle wanted to do when he was younger having grown up competing on the rodeo scene.

"The plan was to go to America and hopefully go to college over there but when I got my first job in Goulburn riding trackwork I just fell in love with it - like rodeoing - and started me apprenticeship," Searle said.

Searle is still loving his racing as well as the support he's had from trainers around the region.

The apprentice is down for five rides at Scone on Friday with five different trainers including one for Morgan - Arcane Energy - in the opening race of the day.

The Scone meeting is an eight-race card with the Sardos Coffee Maiden Plate kicking things off at 12.20pm.