GLEN Innes Jockey Club is prepared for another cup-day success.
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With its track in great nick the club is hoping for good weather to attract a huge crowd and celebrate its once-a-year meeting, highlighted by a strong $8000 Leading Applieances Glen Innes Cup (1400m).
GIJC committee man and publicity officer Brendan Campbell believes it will be a huge day with the likes of last year’s winner Keep It Danish, Miss Caitlin, and Dusty’s Felt engaged.
“Sue Grills won it last year with Keep It Danish and the mare ran a big third to Monashee Woods in the Inverell Cup,” Campbell said.
“Jet Style goes well too. It gives her two chances.”
While Grills has two chances to win back-to-back cups, Armidale’s Sandra McCormack also chases a second cup after she won with Seen Im two years ago.
Last year’s runner-up Sambora (Karen Fox) also returns along with Waikiki Gold, who was unplaced in the Inverell Cup.
There is also some local flavour in the cup with Miss Caitlyn running from barrier six for Grafton trainer Paddy Cunningham.
“Paddy comes from Ben Lomond,” Campbell said.
“He started his apprenticeship (jockey) here with Hunter Kilner.
“Last year Paddy came up here and based himself here (at Glen Innes) for a couple of months. “He’s done the same again this year and brought 17 horses this time.
“He won the Goodwood Cup at Inverell with Miss Caitlyn too and I do remember last year he won two races on Cup day, one of them at 30-1.”
n Harcourt Street provided a first for one of his owners when he won at Tamworth on Tuesday.
The Aleacia Bennett trained son of Exceed and Excel was coming off a sixth at Scone when he led in a 1100m maiden and was beaten just over five lengths. Unlike Scone he didn’t buckle at Tamworth and swept to a three and quarter length win from Captain Kirk with She’s Nice a neck away third.
While Harcourt Street’s trainer was at Taree co-owner Garry Maskey, who hails from Singleton, was on track to cheer home the gelding at his ninth start.
“We got him from David Hayes in Melbourne as a two-year-old,” Garry Maskey said.
“He’d run a third, a fourth and sixth for us.
“He’s my first winner,” Garry Maskey added.