Hansen relishes Glasshouse win on home turf

'I LOVE it. We're at home and to get a double is just sensational.'

FAST: Adam Hyeronimus steers Monsieur Gustave to first place in the Glasshouse Handicap. Picture: John McCutcheon

RACING: Darryl Hansen unleashed a double attack on bookmakers on Saturday as Adam Hyeronimus lived up to the family name in guiding Monsieur Gustave to success in the Glasshouse Handicap.

Hansen's two-year-old Bring It Home Pop was backed from double figures to start a $4 chance in winning the B.J. McLachlan Memorial, before Monsieur Gustave was backed from $9.50 to $6 in the Glasshouse.

A dapper looking Hansen said it was one of his career highlights to land a feature double on his home track.

"I love it. We're at home and to get a double is just sensational,” he said.

Monsieur Gustave was a narrow winner of the Eye Liner and even though the margin was shrinking on the line yesterday, the Glasshouse was more comprehensive.

"Our aim was the Eye Liner and Glasshouse, which we've knocked off, which is a brilliant effort. We might put him away now for the Summer series,” Hansen said.

Hyeronimus is the son of Craig, who won four Sunshine Coast premierships in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

This was his first ride at the track, having left the Coast as a three-year-old when his father chose to see out his career in Macau in 1993.

"I'm very happy to ride here, let alone ride a winner,” Hyeronimus said.

Followers of the Hansen money-trail were already in the penthouse after Bring It Home Pop returned to his best form in the McLachlan Memorial.

Bring It Home Pop had been comfortably held in two runs from a spell, but the money suggested he was ready to return to his summer form yesterday.

Double figures was freely available yesterday morning and most of the week, but he was officially $6.50 to $4 in QOP (Queensland Official Price) fluctuations and won accordingly.

Jim Byrne had him rolling near the speed and he gave a good kick soon after turning and held his pursuers comfortably.

"I thought I had him just about spot on today,” Hansen said.

"He's such a gross doer and it has taken a few runs to get him back to fitness.”

The race has become a sought after race for Sunshine Coast trainers to win, given McLachlan was a legendary figure by the time he moved his training base to Corbould Park in his final years of training.

"This is a wonderful race to win. Bruce was before my time, but I bumped into him a few times on some trips I had down here,” Hansen said.

"I became good friends with (his son) Jason and I took over quite a few of his horses when he retired.”