Leading apprentice Sijay Graham presided over a breakout day on the Sunshine Coast on Saturday, notching her maiden capital four times in the saddle, while Chris Lees had the enigmatic Kenlock Series together for two of his best career rides.
It comes as another trainee, Tahlia Fenlon, claimed her first win on Saturday since moving to Brisbane from Rockhampton.
On a momentous day for Graham, her huge campaign provided a huge welcome after a quiet Magic Millions period as star jockeys came off the speedway, and provided a justification for her to move to Queensland full-time last year.
Formerly based in Port Macquarie, Graham used to drive six hours to the races in Brisbane every week, but now calls the Sunshine State home.
Before Saturday, Graham had not even won the treble, but she was the star of the show with four winners to her name after storming home at Corvi Castle in the final event, following salutes aboard My Spy (Race 1), and El Morzillo (Race 2). ) and sneak preview (Race 7).
“I started to wonder if I would be able to beat it, not because it's a huge accomplishment, but when you get close to it a few times, it's in the back of your mind,” she said.
“It's a relief to do that today, it's been a quiet couple of weeks for (the Magic) millions of times, so I come here with some good opportunities and I wish the coaches and owners luck.
“I hope this is a good step in the right direction now that I've reached 1.5kg, I want to keep this momentum going.”
Meanwhile, rival jockey Andrew Mallion delivered one of the runs of the day to bring Kinlock home in the Listed Sunshine Coast Cup (1400m), concluding the Liz's Golden Summer Carnival in Queensland.
Lees has had a number of impressive strokes in the race, and Kenlock's performance could mark a turning point for the gelding, who showed his best on Saturday.
“It's well documented how difficult it is to catch him, but he seems to have learned how to win,” Mallion said.
“It was really well planned and I had the right horses around me, I wanted to get in the middle but not too early.
“I was able to get up there, and if you look at his win the other day, he was very effective in getting behind them and getting behind them late.
“He's always had talent, I've dealt with him a few times where I couldn't beat him and it was frustrating.
“It's nice to get a great win over him today to repay the trust of some loyal owners. He's starting to show what he always promised.”
Since moving to Chris Munns' stable in Brisbane, a win has been in order for Fenlon aboard his horse Heroic Miss in the Class 6 Handicap (1200m).
Originally published as Sijay Graham celebrates quadruple on Sunshine Coast as Kinloch records back-to-back wins
