Tony Gollan caught Toowoomba unaware on Saturday, storming through the seven-race card at Clifford Park with his consistent Brisbane place-getters to claim a winning quartet.
Gollan’s four entries had darted between races at Eagle Farm, Doomben, the Sunshine Coast and New South Wales to some avail, before lining up on the synthetic surface to down local favourites such as The Jazzy Prince and Greys a Rockin.
The Toowoomba-based trainer, who is bound for Brisbane at the end of the year, allied with jockey Skye Bogenhuber to pull off the rare Cushion Track feat.
“We definitely thought we had four genuine chances, but we were a bit more bullish with Halo’d Be Thy Name,” Gollan said.
“Skye works for us and had the chance to ride them and she took it.”
The Clandy Man Can ($11.10) was the first victory for the Gollan stable, dashing to a tight finish in the McConachie Stedman Benchmark 85 Handicap 1625m to do over Paper Weight by one and a half lengths.
“The Clandy Man Can is not as effective on a good three grass track so we were waiting for the perfect race for him on the synthetic surface,” Gollan said.
Up next for the duo was Halo’d Be Thy Name ($1.70 fav), a four-year-old horse with a good cushion record behind him to be able to overcome Night Wanderer by a length in the APHS Class 1 Handicap 1500m.
The following two races fell like dominoes for Gollan, using Jealous Guy ($5.10) to hand The Jazzy Prince his first Clifford Park second in the MLC Class 4 Handicap 1050m and All Taken ($2.10) to stride out by three and three quarter lengths ahead of Long Long Ago in the MYOB - Making Business Life Easier Maiden Handicap 1100m.
Gollan said the victories were a product of the right environment.
“The programming was quite good. Everything just fell into place.”
He said that Toowoomba can expect to see more of these horses in the coming months before he departs to take on metropolitan racing.
“They will get a run on the cushion again. There is some ideal programming coming up and I think they can go well here.”
“I’ve been training in Toowoomba for 12 years, so with some good horses in my stable I think we can give it a real good go in Brisbane.”
The trainer of Temple of Boom and Spirit of Boom will relocate to his Eagle Farm base at the end of the year when construction of his stables is completed.
Story - Brandon Long
Photo - Trackside Photography
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