ALLAN Kehoe hatched a plan during a country trip a fortnight ago to score a
double at Newcastle’s Saturday meeting – and it very nearly came off.
The Wyong trainer met up with former jockey Malcolm Fitzgerald when he won a Benchmark 66 Handicap (1000m) with Lord Bob at Dubbo on October 4.
“Malcolm was standing beside me when Lord Bob won, and I told him I wanted his apprentice daughter Mollie to come to Newcastle in a couple of weeks and ride two horses for me at the Jungle Juice Cup meeting,” Kehoe related on Sunday.
“I was confident both would run well, and they did."
“One Kind won and Dreamdeel was just beaten in the Cup.”
Promising mid North Coast apprentice Fitzgerald, who began riding only 14 months ago, posted her 91 st winner when Kehoe’s One Kind ($6) took the Provincial Benchmark 64 Handicap (900m) before Dreamdeel ($6.50) ran a close second to $3.70 favorite Crop Duster in the Jungle Juice Cup (1350m).
One Kind gave Kehoe his 184 th career success – and fifth this season – when Fitzgerald partnered her to an overdue Newcastle victory, defeating $4.20 favorite Zoe Shark.
“I had hoped we would be able to ride the mare with some cover,” he said.
“But she has been humming in her work at home, and came out that way at the start.
“Mollie sensibly allowed One Kind to race outside the favorite, and her 3kg allowance proved invaluable over the closing stages as the mare had a 3.5kg advantage.
“The way she has been going I knew she would be hard to beat.”
One Kind, a four-year-old daughter of Sebring Sun, was bred by a couple of the trainer’s mates, including Dean McLaren, who heads the syndicate which races her.
She has now won five races, beginning with a debut 2YO Handicap (1006m) victory at Grafton in February last year.
“It was good to see One Kind win her first race at Newcastle after a number of attempts,” Kehoe said.
“That was her sixth time at the 900m there, and she had been placed four times and finished fourth on the other occasion."
“There’s another 900m race for her (a Midway Benchmark 64 Handicap) in a fortnight.
“Dreamdeel ran a great race on Saturday and will go back to Newcastle the same day for the
Maitland Cup (a Conditional Benchmark 68 Handicap, 1500m).”
HOOFNOTE: Kehoe’s much travelled 10-year-old Dark Dream, who won the Group 1 Queensland Derby in 2018 as a three-year-old for Kembla Grange trainer Kerry Parker before racing in Hong Kong, will come back into work shortly.
“Dark Dream has enjoyed a good break since racing at Eagle Farm in early April, and is as sound as a bell,” Kehoe said.
“My 14-year-old daughter Mia rides him at the farm amongst our other horses, and is looking forward to the time when she can be apprenticed.”
Story John Curtis, 21 October 2024.
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