BLACK NUGGET winner Skylimit heads the nominations for Tuesday’s 1200 metre Spring Cup at Tamworth.
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The Allan Denham-trained son of Flying Spur won the 1400m feature at Mudgee last Sunday and goes into the Spring Cup with 83 benchmark points, three more than the Ben Smith-trained Anecdote.
The Tamworth Jockey Club received 14 nominations for the Spring Cup and 127 for Tuesday’s eight-race TAB meeting.
Anecdote, a seven-year-old gelding son of Lonhro, has won seven of his 30 starts including the Bengalla Cup at Muswellbrook two runs back.
Armidale-trained New Endeavour is also a nomination from the rising stable of Stirling Osland.
The five-year-old son of Casino Prince bounced back to form at Tamworth to win the $20,000 Allsopp Signs Benchmark 55 Handicap (1200m) last month and holds pride of place in Stirling’s blossoming training career.
“He was my first winner,” he said after the last-start Tamworth win.
Tamworth Spring Cup nominations (benchmark ratings listed where available): Anecdote (Ben Smith) 80, Another Valley (Bob Milligan) 71, Brilliant Poet (Melissa Dennett) 70, Columkille (George Woodward), Escebee (Brett Cavanough) 73, Hammoon Boy (Sue Grills) 73, Mahboob (Rodney Ollerton) 57, Michelle’s Gift (James Berry) 61, Mishani Stealth (Shane Edmonds) 70, New Endeavour (Stirling Osland) 60, Professor Marx (Rod Northam) 57, Rubymay (Melissa Dennett) 66, San Sabarto (William Wain), Skylimit (Allan Denham) 83.
