Blinkers Work For Trusty Lad At Eagle Farm

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Trainer Matt Kropp has reaped the benefits of saving blinkers for until the most important day when the gelding won the final at .

Trusty Lad ($3.80) finished strongly after a slow early pace to beat Ceol Na Mara ($11) by 1-3/4 lengths on Saturday, with a half-neck to favourite ($.180) in the 2200m race.

Kropp made a special trip to to buy Trusty Lad at the Sales with the express wish of getting a Queensland Derby winner.

The Eagle Way series is designed to encourage Queensland trainers to buy horses who might make Queensland Derby and horses.

Kropp likes the horses by sire , who won a Group One in Australia before a stud career in New Zealand.

“Reliable Man has been getting some good stayers. We noticed that a lot of runners down south have gone better with blinkers,” Kropp said.

“But we decided to leave them until his grand final for this campaign.”

Kropp said Trusty Lad would have a spell before preparing for the Queensland Derby in June.

“He hasn’t had a lot of luck this campaign but he showed what he could do today,” Kropp said.

Jim Orman completed a race-to-race double on Trusty Lad and hopes the colt can take the next step in the winter.

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