By Glenn Davis
It will be a memorable moment for Rockhampton trainer Kerrod Smyth and long-time clients - the Noffke family - when Fay Faye starts at Emerald on Tuesday.
Fay Faye will tackle the Class 3 Plate while Smyth's only other starter, Ocean Emperor, runs in the Class 6 Plate.
Smyth, who originally hails from Springsure in Central Queensland, has known the Noffke family for several decades and has had a long association training for Fred Noffke senior and now his son, Fred junior.
"Fred senior was a stock and station agent and auctioneer out west while I worked as a stock inspector,” Smyth said.
Fay Faye is a daughter of Spill The Beans and completed a hat-trick of wins from four starts when she led all the way for a dominant Class 3 Plate win over 1000 metres at Rockhampton on January 2.