“Full credit goes to his work rider Caity Eyles who rides him all his work.”
The five-year-old Hurtle took five starts before winning his first race for Holt in a Class 6 Plate in Townsville a year ago and won only once more at Cluden Park last May year before eventually being spelled in September of last year.
However, in his new campaign, Hurtle won his first two starts back in Townsville in Benchmark races before breaking through for his first win in open company over 1000 metres on March 15.
He proved it was no fluke stretching his winning sequence to four with another dominant 1200 metre win against open company sprinters at Cluden Park on April 4.
The Holt stable notched up its third treble in two months at Townsville on April 4 when Hurtle, Mooloolaba and Sweet Kisses were all successful.