By Glenn Davis
Bargain buy Short Nap will make the long road trip south for next month’s 3YO QTIS Jewel at the Gold Coast if he wins in Cairns on Monday.
Short Nap, who tackles the QTIS Jewel qualifier, was a $700 buy at an online auction and returned his purchase price at his first start when he ran second in an Atherton maiden last month for the father and son training partnership of Trevor and Peter Rowe.
“I’d be mad not to have a go at the QTIS Jewel Final as it’s a $500,000 race,” co-trainer Trevor Rowe said.
“I got him online for 700 bucks off Tommy Button who had him previously.