Jockey Michael Cahill showed he was maintaining his winter carnival form when he brought off an upset win on Magic Trick at Ipswich. Despite having won his previous start at Doomben in metropolitan class, Magic Trick started ($15) before beating the short-priced favourite Battle Strike ($1.70) in a driving finish. Cahill, who was the star[...]

Toowoomba trainer Tony Sears' decision to scrap plans to try Magic Trick over longer distances proved a winner at Doomben. Sears had a long-range plan to get Magic Trick up to distances as far as 1600m after the gelding showed some indications of wanting further in his races as a two-year-old. “But we tried him[...]