Someday proving he’s on right track
VETERAN galloper Someday has trialled well enough to boost trainer Desleigh Forster’s confidence she can have a two-centre double in two days.
Forster will today be in Rockhampton where she thinks smart sprinter Too Good To Refuse has a top chance in the $100,000 Newmarket.
She will be back in Brisbane tomorrow when Someday tackles the Open Handicap (1640m) at Doomben.
Someday was well beaten first-up in the Listed Spear Chief Stakes at Caloundra on June 2.
Forster scratched him from the Mumm Stakes at Doomben three weeks ago and had planned to take him back to the Sunshine Coast last Saturday.
Instead, the Brisbane trainer took Someday to the barrier trials at Doomben where he was an impressive winner last week.
“It was a solid hitout and he was too good over 1000m for a handy trial field,” she said. “It should have him ready for Saturday and the track should have some give in it which will suit him.”
Someday is unbeaten over the 1600m journey at Doomben with his best win at the trip in the $300,000 Listed Bernborough Stakes in December last year.
New Zealand jockey Mark Du Plessis will have his first ride on Someday and Forster believes he will suit the veteran galloper.
“Mark rode a winner for me at Ipswich recently and he is a very experienced jockey,” Forster said.
Du Plessis, a multiple Group 1-winning jockey, has been riding in Brisbane for the winter and tossing up whether to make the move permanent.
James Orman, who had a treble at Caloundra last Saturday, will ride Too Good to Refuse in the Rockhampton Newmarket.
“It is a city-standard race but the big long straight should suit my horse,” Forster said.
Too Good To Refuse is a $7 chance in the Newmarket Handicap with Niccanova at the head of the market at $2 on race eve.
Someday is a $11 chance in early markets for Doomben with Religify installed as $3.30 favourite by Ladbrokes yesterday.
IT WAS A SOLID HITOUT AND HE WAS TOO GOOD OVER 1000M FOR A HANDY TRIAL FIELD DESLEIGH FORSTER