By Glenn Davis
A friendship which began over a few beers at a Brisbane pub more than two decades ago has taken Eagle Farm trainer Lindsay Gough and owner Bill Mumford on a wild ride.
It was at a racing function at Brisbane’s Pineapple Hotel when Gough’s good mate, former Brisbane soccer identity Mick Hayes, introduced him to Mumford and their friendship has blossomed ever since.
Gough and Mumford shared in their biggest win with Wren’s Day in the Cleveland Bay Handicap in Townsville two years ago and are back up north hoping to claim their first Cairns Newmarket on Saturday with Constant Flight.
Constant Flight is the pair’s best hope with For Valour also accepting in a two-pronged attack.
Constant Flight went close to giving Gough and Mumford back-to-back Cleveland Bay wins when the gelding finished third to the Kevin Miller-trained Isis Carmella last year.