The Laidley Cup: A trainer's perspective

Ben Currie is quietly confident heading into the Laidley Cup, but says its always a tough race

TOUGH COMPETITION: Trainer Ben Currie (left) will field 10 horses at this weekend's Laidley Cup race meeting. Picture: Kevin Farmer

TRAINER Ben Currie is expecting his horses to face some stiff competition on Saturday when they take to the track for the Laidley Cup.

"It's always a competitive meeting and we always take the horses down and try and support it," he said.

The Currie Racing team will run 10 horses in six of the seven races at Burgess Park Racecourse.

Currie said the Gatton venue had always been a successful place for his stable and he hoped to leave with the Laidley Cup this year, having won the Gatton Cup in 2016.

He said he was happy with the team he was taking and recent preparations had come along well.

"We think we've got some good chances.

"There's a couple of horses that have been racing competitively in probably better grades."

Currie isn't taking anything for granted though, saying there were some good horses expected to compete.

He said the trainers based at Toowoomba had a healthy rivalry and this often showed on the track.

"You obviously spend a fair bit of time with each other," he said.

"You see them every day at the track and you always have gallops, and the trainers watch the gallops together and with that comes a bit of friendly rivalry.

"Especially with horses I think people have some differing opinions and with differing opinions comes some rivalry as well," he said.

When asked what horse the crowds should look out for on Saturday, Currie singled out Gully Command, a seven-year-old running in the Laidley Cup race.

"He's a class horse," Currie said.

"He's going to be very competitive in a race like that."