Mulholland’s double chance at Cowra Cup

Dubbo trainer Michael Mulholland will have a two-pronged attack on Sunday’s feature $36,000 Breakout River Meats Cowra Cup (1700m).

Mulholland will saddle up form galloper Talkachino in the event with Jake Pracey-Holmes taking the ride, while stablemate Shadow Dane will also contest the race with three-kilogram claiming apprentice Jacob Stiff in the saddle.

Racing heads to Cowra on Sunday.Credit: Jenny Evans

Talkachino has been racing in great form for Mulholland, having scored back-to-back wins in his latest two starts at Tamworth and Orange, finishing off strongly both time with Pracey-Holmes aboard.

The wins have been over 1400m and 1600m and the increase in distance of another 100m looks made to order.

Shadow Dane has also been racing well, with Stiff having ridden the six-year-old to victory at Wellington four starts ago. Stiff has been back in the saddle for Shadow Dane’s latest two starts as well and he has finished second and third at Tamworth and Dubbo respectively.

Top jockey Nick Heywood will link with Wangaratta trainer Craig Weeding to partner pre-post TAB Fixed Odds favourite Fox Appeal in the Cowra Cup.

Fox Appeal won the Cooma Cup two starts ago before finishing just over three lengths from the winner in his latest start when eighth at Flemington.

Dubbo horseman Brett Robb combines with jockey Kody Nestor when Rouge Moulin runs in the Cowra Cup. Rouge Moulin has an outside alley to contend with but has been racing well and was a last start third placegetter in the Gilgandra Cup.

Michael Travers, who trains at Wagga Wagga, also has two runners in the Cowra Cup with Mathrin (Adrian Layt) and Dynamic One (Molly Bourke) going around.

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Both Travers runners were winners four starts ago and have since lined up in city grade races.

Meanwhile, Heywood will have three other mounts at Cowra, starting with the Danny Williams prepared Dubbo Boy in the Lucky 88 Racing Country Boosted Maiden Handicap (1200m).

He will ride Son Of Eureka for Matthew Dale in the Jeffs Joinery John Jeffs Memorial Country Boosted Benchmark 58 Handicap (1200m) as well as the Weeding-trained Big Day Out in the Cowra Lamb Cowra Japan Cup (1200m).

His other mounts, Silver Serenade and Rileycat, ran at Rosehill on Saturday.

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