Fast Future shakes off last start fury
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Michael Cahill and Fast Future dominate in the Caloundra Cup (Noel Pascoe photo)
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An explosive sprint to the line in the Listed Pelican Motors Caloundra Cup 2400m by Fast Future shook off last start’s fury of losing the Tattersall’s Cup on protest for trainer Russell Cameron.
Producing a performance that left his competitors searching for an answer, Fast Future (G5 Generous-Quip) dominated in the final 200 metres to record a winning margin of three lengths over Scattergun (Danny Nikolic). Synonym (Jim Byrne) was a close neck behind in third place.
The Tattersall’s Cup ride cost jockey Mark Pegus a suspension and the trainer turned to Michael Cahill to pick up the ride on the horse who had only returned to race riding a month ago after being sidelined with a wrist injury.
“I was out for 12 months but I was always doing something. About three months before coming back race riding I started to train quite solidly and I was riding track work for two months so I’m probably ahead of schedule really,” Cahill said.
“I’ve been back for a month now and to win a feature race like that was excellent.”
The winning margin was also a nice surprise for Cahill in the feature Sunshine Coast race.
“You don’t often see feature staying races like that where a horse is so dominant in the finish,” Cahill said.
“He switched off really well in the run, a typical New Zealand staying type of horse.
“He pretty much went to sleep and about the 600m and he just picked up and did his job. I waited until in the straight before I asked him to really go and I put the foot down and he raced away and won easily.
Cahill had predicted Scattergun would be his main challenger in the final stages of the 2400m race.
“Scattergun’s a pretty good horse and I tracked him in the run and when I came out from behind him at the top of the straight I thought we’d fight it out.
“I thought there would only be half a length between us and that it would be a hard tussle to the line but within a couple of strides he (Fast Future) raced away.
“I had reined him up and was prepared to give him a couple with the whip but in the end it wasn’t necessary and I just rode him hands and heels.”
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