CONSOLATION FOR MISSED BONUS
BEAUDESERT trainer Diane Murphy received some consolation for missing a big bonus in north Queensland when Gilded Lion scored an upset win at the Sunshine Coast.
Murphy also trains Peacock who was in line for a $150,000 bonus if he had won at the Cairns Amateurs last Saturday.
Peacock won the Rockhampton and Cairns Newmarkets which put him in line for winning three of the four races in the Northern Crown Bonus scheme series. Alas, Peacock finished fifth in the Cairns race but Murphy was philosophical about the defeat. “In the end the big weight told and he got beaten about a length. Peacock did us proud for the whole campaign,” she said.
Murphy was thrilled when Gilded Lion ($31) got up by a neck in a four-way finish in a 1600m Maiden.
“I am so happy about that win as he has been a lot of work,” she said.