Vandyke excited about Lost His Beans

By Glenn Davis

Trainer David Vandyke is excited about the future prospects of the talented Lost His Beans and he is confident the gelding is set for a breakthrough city win at Eagle Farm on Wednesday.

The five-year-old Lost His Beans - a Ryan Maloney mount - is building an impressive record with five wins from only nine starts after missing his two-year-old season.

A son of Spill The Beans, Lost His Beans had four barrier trials before Vandyke finally gave him the green light to make his race debut in a 1200 metre maiden against his own age at Doomben in August of 2023.

Lost His Beans didn’t let the stable down finishing a brave second behind the Kelly Schweida-trained Deep Respect.

“He was a little wayward early in his career, very immature and needed time to develop,” Vandyke said.

Lost His Beans broke through for his maiden victory on his home track at the Sunshine Coast in his next appearance four months later before Vandyke turned him out for a long spell.

He returned to racing in September last year and strung four wins together at the Sunshine Coast before ultimately being aimed for the Magic Millions Country Cup last January.

“He got back in that race and it was a wet track,” Vandyke said.

“He went out for a break after the Magic Millions and he’s come back in great order.”

Lost His Beans pleased Vandyke with his first-up fourth to the Michael Freedman-trained Colophon in a 1200 metre No Metro Wins Handicap at Doomben last month.

“He put in a good run first-up and came from a long way back in the field,” Vandyke said.

“It was an on-pace track that day, so it was a very good effort.

“He’s now ready to win in town and I’m excited to see him over 1400 metres.”

Vandyke is unlikely to aim Lost His Beans for any of the feature summer races and has ruled out another attempt at the Magic Millions.

“He’s a Magic Millions horse but he’s unlikely to go there in January,” he said.

“I think he’ll get over further ground, so we’ll just take it one race at a time.”

Meanwhile, Vandyke is confident stablemate Easy Love can claim her second win in seven starts in the Class 1 Handicap over 1845 metres on Wednesday.

A four-year-old daughter of Love Conquers All, Easy Love was nosed out when second to San Gabriel over 1660 metres on a heavy track at Doomben last month.

“Her run was very good and I think she should nearly win this time,” he said.