El-issa key to success

TRAINER Ben Currie has called on in-form jockey Bobby El-issa to help turn around the form of stakewinning sprinter Ruettiger in the Gold Coast Cup.

Currie has been in outstanding form, with his four winners at Toowoomba on Wednesday taking his overall season total to 125.

The Toowoomba trainer has a light representation at the Gold Coast but hopes Ruettiger ($11) can improve in the Gold Coast Cup.

Formerly with Lee and Anthony Freedman and then Lindsay Park before joining Currie last year, Ruettiger has failed at both his starts since a spell, with the latest a 10th at Doomben on a heavy track.

El-Issa won the Listed Weetwood Handicap on the Currie-trained Amanaat.