Hoop Andrew Mallyon lands a winning treble at Eagle Farm on Saturday

Jockey Andrew Mallyon, who spent time in war-torn Ukraine with champion hoop Craig Williams last year, landed a winning treble at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Jockey Andrew Mallyon had a big day out at Eagle Farm, riding multiple winners including Age Of Sail (pictured). Picture: Grant Peters, Trackside Photography.

From helping out in war-torn Ukraine to riding a treble of winners at Eagle Farm on Saturday, it’s been a massive 12 months for underrated jockey Andrew Mallyon.

Mallyon enjoyed a sizzling Saturday, riding three winners on the card, including rising stayer Age Of Sail, which produced a strong surge to the line in a Benchmark 80 (2200m) race.

“It turned out nowhere how I thought it would,” Mallyon said of how the race mapped out.

“I thought I’d be finishing fifth or sixth. There was more speed than I anticipated, which is fine.

“He just kept getting better as he stretched out. He relished the 2200m and he’ll only get better over further too.”

Asked about riding three winners from the opening five races, a humble Mallyon replied: “It’s what you’re meant to do, it’s all in a day’s work.”

Mallyon also produced peaches of rides in earlier races to salute on five-year-old gelding Barazin and the Chris Waller-trained mare Valetudo.

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The hoop spent time with his good mate and champion jockey Craig Williams, administering vital medical trauma aid to an injured Ukrainian soldier near the frontline of the conflict with Russia last year.

Mallyon has a medical qualification in trauma first response and he put that training to good use, helping to provide essential supplies to Ukrainians near the frontline.

“We had one incident when I had to treat a Ukrainian soldier who had quite a bad head injury and severe concussion,” he said.

Jockey Andrew Mallyon had a big day out at Eagle Farm, riding multiple winners including Age Of Sail (pictured). Picture: Grant Peters, Trackside Photography

“My training kicked in and I was able to treat that soldier on the scene and he was transported to a field hospital. He came out of hospital that day, luckily.”

Meanwhile, the Rob Heathcote-trained Caspernova won his third race on the trot in emphatic fashion.

“It’s what we expected really,” Heathcote’s assistant Jarred Coetzee said of the four-year-old gelding, which has won five of his nine starts.

“You go into this sort of race expecting it but it doesn’t always come to fruition. But geez he did everything right. He was just too good for them.

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“He showed this last preparation but he was still mentally backwards. He’s not only improved from the preparation, but every run he’s had this prep, so he keeps stepping up.”

Coetzee said Caspernova would next compete in a Class 4 on Queensland Jewel Day on the Gold Coast on March 8.

“That just looks like the obvious next step and it’s a nice three weeks between runs which suits him well,” he said.

“We’ll take it one step at a time but if he keeps running sectionals like that then we can start getting a bit excited.”

Originally published as Hoop Andrew Mallyon lands a winning treble at Eagle Farm on Saturday