Familiar faces share success as Team Guy land Gold Coast win

BRYAN and Daniel Guy have chalked up their first Gold Coast winner as a training partnership and it couldn’t be any more fitting for the connections.

Amata (red cap) wins at the Gold Coast on Saturday. Photo: TRACKSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY/BRUCE THOMAS

BRYAN and Daniel Guy have chalked up their first Gold Coast winner as a training partnership and it couldn’t be any more fitting for the connections.

The Gold Coast-based duo celebrated their first home-track win together when Amata won the McLauchlan Wealth Fillies and Mares Ratings Band 0-65 Handicap (1200m) on Saturday.

The five-year-old mare is owned by Jim and Betty Forsyth who have raced horses solely with the Guy family for 50 years.

Their relationship with the family began when Jim met Bryan’s father Ray in Sydney and has now spanned across three generations of Guys.

“He (Jim) is a bloke I have turned to talk about because he is a very good businessman,” Bryan Guy said. “He has given me some very good advice and still races horses with me now 50 years later.”

Jockey Luke Rolls, co-trainer Daniel Guy, owners Betty and Jim Forsyth and co-trainer Bryan Guy with Amata after her Gold Coast win. Picture: TRACKSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY/BRUCE THOMAS

Forsyth said his decision to have his first horse trained by Ray Guy came out of admiration of his work and he has enjoyed the journey with the family since.

“I used to like the way that Ray presented his horses but even more than that was the way he placed them,” Forsyth said.

“I remember just watching for a long time thinking this bloke’s winning races with horses that in my opinion shouldn’t be winning.

“I said if ever I get a horse I want him to train it. A couple of mates and I decided to get a horse later.

“The first one wasn’t that good but we came back with a second or a third and they dropped off.

“I kept going and then I raced a few with Ray and we had a lot of luck and then when he went they moved over and raced them and bred them with Bryan.”

Amata’s win was the second victory of the Guy father-son partnership following Sidero Star’s success at Ipswich on Friday.

Bryan Guy’s second winner ever came with a Forsyth-owned horse and now the second of the training partnership is with the same man.

“Let’s hope that it continues on. It was good to get the one (on Friday) and get the monkey off the back,” Bryan said.

“It’s good to get another one and especially to get one on the Coast at your home track is ­always good.”

Daniel, who began the Guy tradition on the Coast in a satellite stable 18 years ago, said different approaches between himself and his father made them such a good team.