Doughty quick to claim metro winner
FORMER Group 1-winning jockey Gary Doughty has had his first metropolitan win as a trainer with Bold Warrior at Ipswich.
Doughty retired from riding 18 years ago after suffering an eye injury in a fall at Ipswich.
He has since been Gold Coast stable foreman for his wife Kelly Doughty but took out his own trainer’s licence last month.
Doughty had his first win as a trainer when Natural Force won at the Coast on June 23.
Ridden by Michael Cahill, Bold Warrior ($4.80) also gave his sire Spirit Of Boom his 18th individual winner of the season when he won a 2YO Handicap (1350m) at Ipswich yesterday.
“He is a big leggy bloke. I’ll send him for a spell and you will see a good horse when he comes back as a three-yearold,” Doughty said.
Bold Warrior was bred by Jan Clark who has been a great supporter of the Doughtys.
As a jockey, Doughty is best remembered for his win on 250-1 chance Abaridy in the 1986 Group 1 Caulfield Guineas.