Seabrook puts Ollie in rare air

DAMIEN Oliver is one of only seven jockeys to have captured the four big races of the Australian calendar.

His bag includes two Cox Plates, three Melbourne Cups and four Caulfield Cups.

Success aboard Seabrook in tomorrow’s Golden Slipper Stakes at Rosehill would give him a second victory after Forensics won in 2007 and make him the first rider to win a double grand slam.

Oliver was shattered Seabrook didn’t make the final cut for last month’s Blue Diamond Stakes but believes the filly can make up for it tomorrow.

Seabrook sits third in betting at $ 8.50, behind Sunlight ($ 4.20) and Written By ($ 5).

After a third in a Prelude a fortnight before the Blue Diamond, Seabrook still didn’t have the prize money to make the final field.

Seabrook was sent to Sydney and won the Sweet Embrace Stakes at Randwick on March 3 under Hugh Bowman. Oliver was in Melbourne.

“She’s come up really well this preparation and I think she probably should be unbeaten as she got knocked over in the Prelude,” Oliver said.

“She’s a really nice filly and we don’t know about the wet obviously, but then there’s a lot in that basket also I suppose.”