Hazelwood North hobby trainer and former jockey Gavin Burke won his first group race when taking out tonight’s $67,000 Group 2 Topcat Video Traralgon Cup (525m) with Pantera Nera.
Burke, a regular at Traralgon, was ecstatic as Pantera Nera led all the way at the huge odds of $14.00, keeping the fast-finishing Demon Bale and Eren Bale (both trained by Blake Shillington) at bay.
“It is the first time I have had a runner in a group race and I was so nervous when I was standing behind the boxes before the race,” said Burke, who took a redundancy package last week Read full article
Source:: http://www.grv.org.au/news/2016/06/18/locals-giddy-up-jockey-gavin-burke-trains-group-winner/
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