Australian jockey picks up winning ride after quick call to trainer Almond Lee
Relative new boy Hugh Bowman outmanoeuvred Joao Moreira to get the winning ride on Almond Lee's nine-year-old Nightlign in the third race on Sunday, with a bit of help from Sean Woods and, unknowingly, from Lee. "Sean told me on Friday that Hear The Roar probably wouldn't run after he had injured himself and suggested I give Almond a call," said Bowman, who was booked by Lee on the spot for the reserve runner. The trainer stuck solid even when it dawned on him that Moreira did not have a mount. "When I realised, I thought 'the owner will kill me' so I'm happy it ended with a win," said a relieved Lee. Alan Aitken
Yip's 'baby' a next-season project after strong staying effort
Big, dumb, backward and a project for next season - that's how both trainer Dennis Yip Chor-hong and jockey Tommy Berry summed up the dogged win of three-year-old Industrialist Way. The gelding is lightly-raced and will stay, handling the 1,800m with aplomb after Berry went out of his way to have him closer to the speed. "At the top of the straight, he really didn't know what to do so he has plenty to learn," said Berry. Yip said that, like all Fastnet Rock horses, Industrialist Way was a slow maturing type. "He has a lot of growing to do, he's still a baby," he said. Alan Aitken
Ho's dour four-year-old grinds it out for another tough win
Douglas Whyte has had easier days at the office, but the champion jockey finally cracked it for a victory when Fantastic Kaka was back in the winner's circle after the final race. The Peter Ho Leung-trained four-year-old looked beaten when Tommy Berry cruised up beside him on topweight Let Me Go at the 250m mark, but the 14-pound weight difference began to play its part as Whyte's mount got down to his forte. "He's just tough. If you look at his other win for me this season, he was very tough after being stuck wide," Whyte said. "He's very dour, he doesn't dash but he does keep going." Alan Aitken
