Kendrick chasing a Pocket Full of cash

By Glenn Davis

Trainer Stuart Kendrick has revealed the chance to book premiership-winning jockey James Orman was the major factor in his decision to start promising sprinter Pocket Full against his own age at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Although Pocket Full is not QTIS eligible, Kendrick has given the green light to start the dual acceptor in the QTIS Three-Year-Old Handicap over 1400 metres.

The son of Rich Enuff also was an acceptor for the Class 3 Plate over 1300 metres.

Pocket Full just missed in his bid to complete a hat-trick of wins last start when edged out by the Tony Gollan-trained Count Da Beans over 1350 metres at Doomben on July 8.

“It was a 50-50 call which way to go, but in the end, we could get Jimmy Orman for him in the Three-Year-Old even though he’s not QTIS registered,” Kendrick said.

“Apart from getting Jimmy, I just thought it would be better off for him to stay in his own age.

“It’s a fairly even bunch of three-year-olds and a couple of the other chances are drawn wide, as well.”

Kendrick believes Pocket Full has the potential to head towards the Queensland Summer Racing Carnival if he continues to progress.

“He’s always been high on our list of better horses in the stable and he’s been very consistent,” Kendrick said.

“His first two wins back were really good and I’ve been spacing his runs out this time in.

“I just felt he lacked that real sprint last start and he’s better off with a few weeks between runs.

“Hopefully, we can see him produce that sprint he possesses as he had good form around some good three-year-olds last preparation.

“The form around him last campaign was very good and he was a bit unlucky the day he just got beaten by Soothsayer over 1400 metres at Eagle Farm.”

Kendrick, who is a runaway winner for his tenth straight Caloundra trainers’ premiership this season, believes Pocket Full has improved since the addition of blinkers.

“We had blinkers on him and we took the off for his first-up run,” he said.

“A lot of the time he sits and waits for other horses so we took them off hoping he’d not wait until they got past him

“He half switched off with them on so we put them back on for his second start this prep and he won really well second up at Doomben.”