INQUIRY cruised to a dominant win in his home debut at Tamworth on Monday.
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The Cody Morgan-trained gelding, a strapping chestnut son of Exceed And Excel, led throughout to win the $22,000 Allsopp Signs Open Handicap (1000m) by a length-and-a-quarter from Classy Anna with the Sue Grills-trained Attila three quarters of a length away third.
A lightly raced five-year-old, Inquiry ran 56.64secs, and the last 600m in 34.21secs to snare a fourth career win at his 12th start.
He handed Andrew Gibbons his fourth winner of the day, to equal his race day best, as well as giving Morgan a winning double after he had won with Keighley Sun two races previous.
"Rode four out of five one day at Newcastle and four out of five at Gunnedah," he said.
Gibbons had ridden Inquiry just once before, albeit in a trial.
"He trialled brilliantly and I thought he was a provincial horse," he said.
"Cody took him to Armidale, I don't know what happened there (5th in the Newmarket to Medal Afrique)."
"That's how he felt when I trialled him."
Morgan had bought Inquiry as a "Koscisuzko horse".
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"We didn't promote him though," he said.
"Needed to have him up and running three or four weeks ago. Probably go to Brisbane now."
Earlier Keighley Sun surprised even Morgan when the four-year-old son of Manhattan Rain, outsprinted odds-on favourite Star Raider to claim the $22,000 Easters Landscape Supplies Class 2 Handicap (1200m).
Keighley Sun beat the favourite by a length-and-a-quarter with Craig Clegg's Blinkin Fantastic finishing on strongly for third.
Gavin Groth's Malzoom had tried to run the opposition into the ground, leading by half a dozen lengths entering the straight and that also played a big part in Keighley Sun's second career win.
Gibbons, who nabbed a winning treble with Keighley Sun, thought as Malzoom "came back" it gave Keighley Sun confidence to kick again after reaching the front.
"I'd got to my top but him coming back also helped my horse surge again," he said.
"And he dashed again."
Morgan was surprised.
"I thought he might have been a couple of lengths below that grade," he said.
"But he's the best he's ever been. He worked really well the other morning with Inquiry. He had to carry me too. It was strong work."
He will look to the next Tamworth meeting in two weeks time (Monday, October 14).
"There's a Class 3 1200m here," he said.
