Skye’s The Limit
She has overtaken reigning Toowoomba premier jockey Phillip Wolfgram and Skye Bogenhuber insists she has no intention of slowing down despite the flow of Tony Gollan-trained horses slowing to a trickle later this year.
Bogenhuber clocked her 10th Clifford Park win this season on Saturday thanks to winning rides on By Choice ($1.90 fav) and Otago ($30.60), and Gollan jumped to 12 wins thanks to By Choice and Equal Arch ($1.80 fav).
She is adamant the success of the jockey-trainer partnership in Toowoomba may downsize but will not fade as Gollan plans his move to Eagle Farm later this year.
“He probably won’t have many runners here (Toowoomba). I’m going with him to ride track work in Brisbane and will be travelling to Toowoomba for races. Everyone knows me here and it’s a good place to be,” Bogenhuber said.
The jockey attributed her success this season to good race placement by Gollan as well as the flow on effect success brings.
“I’ve just been concentrating on racing in Toowoomba and Tony Gollan has been giving me good rides. As I ride more winners, others put me on too,” she said.
The partnership has stunned Toowoomba since the new season began on August 6, as Gollan began unleashing a bevy of metro entries that had never stepped foot on a synthetic surface and yet produced the goods first up on the Cushion Track.
Punters seemed to lock in Bogenhuber’s rise to the top of the ladder on Saturday by backing By Choice at $1.90, but her other winner was not as easily forecasted.
By Choice had weight and barrier to contend with in the Palm Lake Resort Class 2 Handicap 1200m, carrying 58kg and drawing wide at ten, but based on his past performance, the 1200m distance was perfect.
The four-year-old gelding had chalked up three wins and a second over that distance at Ipswich, the Gold Coast and Toowoomba since March, and experience proved its value for By Choice, beating Heathen Chemistry ($12.80) by three lengths.
As for Otago, which attracted a price of $30.60 in the betting, Bogenhuber insisted the horse was as good as any on the day.
“Her actual form was pretty consistent. She ran a second in Nanango last start even though it was a bush race and a kid was riding.”
The five-year-old mare was the best weighted in the Sedl Agencies Class 1 Handicap 850m and downed Ease On By by one-and-three-quarter lengths.
Story - Brandon Long
Photo - Trackside Photography
| < Prev | Next > |
|---|
