James Orman confident Sold For Song can hit right note in the spring

JAMES Orman will not be daunted riding against Australia’s best jockeys when Queensland mare Sold For Song resumes for an elite Spring campaign on Saturday.

James Orman has a high opinion of Sold For Song. Picture: Jono Searle

JAMES Orman will not be daunted riding against Australia’s best jockeys in front of big crowds when Queensland mare Sold For Song resumes for an elite Spring campaign on Saturday.

Apprentice Orman believes Sold For Song, who has finished in the first three five times in six starts at black type level, is a future Group 1 winner.

The get-back mare with a big finish was marked as a future star during the Brisbane Winter Carnival, with several strong performances, including winning the Listed Daybreak Lover Stakes.

She will resume in the Group 3 Sheraco Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday — the first run of a campaign which trainer Kevin Kemp hopes will take her to the Group 2 Tristarc Stakes on Caulfield Cup Day.

“I have only had one ride before in Sydney and I have never ridden in Melbourne,” Orman said. “It will be a whole new experience riding in front of a huge crowd in Melbourne.

“But I won’t be daunted by the experience because I know the riders I will be riding against and I know what this mare is capable of.”

Orman has enjoyed a breakout season, easily winning the apprentice riding title and appearing a threat to win the senior metropolitan jockeys’ 2016 premiership.

He is excited about a three-week stint he will have in Singapore in November as part of his prize for winning the UBET Queensland Racing Media Association’s Rising Star last year.

James Orman is looking forward to riding Sold For Song in Sydney and Melbourne. Picture: Jono Searle

“That’s going to be a great experience,” Orman said.

The Singapore trip was delayed to November so he could maintain his association with Sold For Song during the spring.

“If she improves another couple of lengths from what we saw in the Winter Carnival, she is up to winning a Group 1,” he said. “She has already beaten some very talented horses and I am convinced she is a very special talent.”

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Originally published as James Orman confident Sold For Song can hit right note in the spring