McDonald’s key mount
COMEBACK jockey James McDonald will ride Murwillumbah star Care To Think in the $700,000 Kingsford Smith Cup at Doomben on Saturday week.
It comes as handful of spectators at Warwick Farm yesterday watched McDonald’s successful return from an 18-month disqualification for betting.
The 26-year-old won on the $1.75 favourite Cormac in the opening race and scored again later on Monasterio.
Riding trackwork and trials since April 3, McDonald slotted smoothly into the groove yesterday and his focus is now on a Group 1 assignment with the Matthew Dunn-trained Care To Think at Doomben on May 26.
McDonald replaces the gelding’s regular jockey Jeff Lloyd, who was in the saddle when Care To Think finished sixth in last Saturday’s Doomben 10,000.
“I wanted to get my eye in and now I’m looking forward to Brisbane,” McDonald said.