Strong on home patch

TWO-YEAR-OLD Patches again showed the advantage young Toowoomba-trained horses have on their home track with an upset win yesterday.

Patches ($16) made light of continuing rain and the tricky uphill Toowoomba track to hold off another locally trained horse in Adamdeant ($6.50).

Trainer Michael Nolan paid $15,000 for Patches at the Capricornia sales in Rockhampton last year.

The Toowoomba meeting was a metropolitan standard meaning Patches picked up $14,000 in prizemoney and $8500 in bonus payments.