Junction set to race in $250,000 Inglis Classic after winning at the Gold Coast

GOLD Coast training partners Bryan and Daniel Guy will chase a $147,500 payday next month with Junction set to race at the Inglis Classic in Sydney.

Jockey Paul Hammersley on Junction at the Gold Coast. Picture: Grant Peters, Trackside Photography.

GOLD Coast training partners Bryan and Daniel Guy will chase a $147,500 payday next month with their horse Junction set to race at the Inglis Classic in Sydney.

The father-son duo were convinced of Junction’s credentials for the 1200m race, that carries $250,000 of prizemoney, at Randwick when the previously unraced two-year-old gelding won by nearly a length in the QTIS 2YO Maiden Plate at the Gold Coast ­yesterday.

It came after Junction won a trial by two-and-a-half lengths at the same track on January 17.

Bryan said yesterday’s result sealed Junction’s fate with the prominent trainer encouraged by how much improvement was still left in the horse.

“If he didn’t win I don’t think he would have been up to going down (to Sydney),” Guy said. “He is still doing a few things wrong but he is a nice horse. He is just green. I might throw a set of winkers on him and straighten him up a bit.”

It was extra-special for son Daniel who holds shares in Junction, purchased at the 2016 Inglis Sydney Classic Yearling Sale for $55,000.

“It’s a big change of luck for me – I’ve had a disastrous run of late but that’s probably the best horse I’ve got,” Daniel, who part-owns three horses in their stable, said.

Jockey Paul Hammersley rode the Bryan and Daniel Guy-trained Junction to victory in the QTIS 2YO Maiden Plate (1200m) at the Gold Coast. Daniel Guy (red shirt) has shares in the horse. Picture: Grant Peters, Trackside Photography.

The Inglis Classic is restricted to two-year-old’s nominated for the Inglis Race Series that were bought at the yearling sale last year.

Daniel said Junction could win the Classic if he continued to improve.

“If he improves on this run he can (win),” Daniel said.

“Randwick should suit him with the way he finished off.

Daniel said he was convinced to buy into Junction because he showed the qualities of Ends Meet’s, his dam, sire Anabaa instead of his own sire Real Saga.

He has had success with another of Anabaa’s progeny, including Florida Fellow, who has won 12 races for the stable.