Given it was the first horse of any note the quartet at the track,and their two absent teammates Tom Lynch and Jayden Short,have held shares in,their anxiety was natural.
But it soon turned to jubilation as they realised jockey Craig Williams was starting to make ground on Soulcombe once they straightened,and he had the race in hand as he passed the mounting yard with 100 metres to run.
“That’s exactly how they said they would ride it,” Baker said. “They said he should be good enough down the straight if he got the right run.”
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Broad could not believe his luck being involved with horse owners and syndicators Ozzie Kheir and John O’Neill (a Richmond fan) who have seen plenty of success on the track but celebrated with even more enthusiasm than usual.
“That’s our first winner,” Broad said.
When asked how it compared to the emotion he felt when winning the three flags in 2017,2019 and 2020 his response was simple.