Tony Gollan may rethink winter carnival plans for Tenzing after ‘career PB’ win in Brisbane Mile

Tony Gollan will contemplate whether to push on into the winter carnival with Tenzing or give him a break after his win in the Brisbane Mile at Eagle Farm.

Tenzing takes out the Brisbane Mile at Eagle Farm. Picture: Grant Peters/Trackside Photography

Brisbane’s top trainer Tony Gollan has hailed Tenzing’s victory in the $300,000 Brisbane Mile on Saturday at Eagle Farm as a “career PB” but he’s unsure where the talented gelding’s future lies this winter.

“I hadn’t really planned past today. This is a career PB (personal best) for him,” Gollan said after Tenzing’s courageous win over Miss Joelene ($4.60) and Lee Freedman’s $101 shot Encoder.

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“Whether we go any further or give him a breather now and come back after the carnival … I just have to look at what his rating adjusts to after this and then we’ll make plans.”

Gollan, who also picked up victories with Hurts So Good and Rockribbed on Saturday, said Tenzing had come back a “different” horse this preparation.

“A bunch of work has gone into him for various reasons and he’s really found his groove again,” Gollan said.

“He’s got that sharp turn of foot now. When he can get those low draws, I was desperate to get him down in the weights.

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“With the light weight he can sprint really quick. He’s only got a sprint of about a furlong or maybe not quite even 300m but it’s fast when he goes and that was the difference.

“He’s a fit horse on the scene early in the carnival and he can handle the cut out of the ground. I’m sure there are others in this race who will go on to better races but for him, he deserves it.

“The ownership group stuck by me to run him in this race and everything worked out well, she’s apples.

“I don’t know how deep into the carnival he can go, he might not go any deeper than this.”

Favourite Just Folk, trained by Victorian Gavin Bedggood, dropped back to finish a disappointing fifth in the Brisbane Mile given the gelding normally thrives on soft tracks.

Gollan also collected a victory in the last race of the day when Emily Lang increased her lead in the Brisbane jockey’s premiership race after steering Rockribbed ($4.40) to a dominant win over Hatchet ($6.50) and I Am Artie ($4).

She is now on 52 wins – seven ahead of Angela Jones and Jimmy Orman, who is currently riding in Hong Kong.

Originally published as Tony Gollan may rethink winter carnival plans for Tenzing after ‘career PB’ win in Brisbane Mile