By Glenn Davis
Trainer Nick Walsh is banking on the Chinny Boom form line to give him his first Capricornia Yearling Sales Classic victory at Rockhampton on Saturday.
Walsh doesn’t have a starter in the $150,000 2YO Classic over 1200 metres but hopes to claim the $100,000 3&4YO’s feature with Just Super.
Just Super – a Les Tilley mount - is chasing a hat-trick of wins and Walsh is confident the gelding can maintain his unbeaten record this campaign.
Walsh faces stiff opposition, notably from rival trainer Clinton Taylor who has three starters – Montana Night, Divine Purpose and Seductive Spur.
However, Walsh has declared top weight Fire King, who is now trained at Beaudesert by Olivia Cairns, as the main threat.
Just Super has won four of his seven starts and started his current campaign with a narrow first-up win at Callaghan Park on February 10.
The win confirmed a trip to the Sunshine Coast where he dominated a Benchmark race over 1200 metres on March 5.
Just Super won at Rockhampton in last August and was well supported when second, beaten less than three lengths, by Chinny Boom in Mackay last September.
Chinny Boom subsequently won at Rockhampton in October which earned the star filly a trip to Brisbane for the Listed Mode Plate at Doomben on December 3.
A winner of five of her six starts, Chinny Boom put in a sensational performance to go under in a photo in the Mode Plate to the Steven O'Dea and Matthew Hoysted-trained, Stroll.