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Jockey Evans makes triumphant return home Jockey Nathan Evans was all smiles after winning the 2021 Rocky Amateurs Cup. Photo Tony McMahon.
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Toowoomba jockey Nathan Evans made a triumphant return home when he landed imposing grey Factory Warrior ($5) a narrow winner of the $30k Rocky Amateurs Cup (1600m) at
Rockhampton’s Callaghan Park races on Saturday.
On a busy 10-race card where exciting and close finishes dominated, Factory Warrior won by a half-head from an unlucky and fighting Mr Phenomenal ($13) with The Tax Accountant ($4.40) a nose away third.
Factory Warrior is trained in Toowoomba, where Evans has been based for well over a decade by Mark Currie.
Oaklands Stud set to assert dominance on track, at sales Oaklands Stud principal Neville Stewart: “Oaklands also has a strong record in the Championship race. We may just provide the double on Saturday.”
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The Stewart family’s Oaklands Stud, Toowoomba, looks set to assert its dominance at both Saturday’s Rockhampton feature Capricornia Yearling Sales select races and at the sales on Sunday.
Oaklands will provide four runners in both the $143K CYS 2YO Classic (1200m) and the $93K CYS 3 & 4YO Championship (1300m).
Visiting Sunshine Coast trainer Tom Button, another prominent role player in both features and huge supporter of Oaklands, will saddle up six of their graduates from previous CYS.