The fairytale continued for knockabout trainer Michael Tubman when Chance Bye made it two wins from as many starts with an explosive performance in the Inglis Classic at Rosehill, reports The Age.It says: An emotional Tubman, who trains a small team at Kembla Grange, was shaken following his filly's victory in the $250,000 race and said he'd needed help to handle his nerves.''I had to have two valiums so I was all right,'' he said.But Chance Bye ($1.85 favourite) gave Tubman little cause for con
The fairytale continued for knockabout trainer Michael Tubman when Chance Bye made it two wins from as many starts with an explosive performance in the Inglis Classic at Rosehill, reports The Age.
It says: An emotional Tubman, who trains a small team at Kembla Grange, was shaken following his filly's victory in the $250,000 race and said he'd needed help to handle his nerves.
''I had to have two valiums so I was all right,'' he said.
But Chance Bye ($1.85 favourite) gave Tubman little cause for concern, jumping straight to the front for Kathy O'Hara and increasing her margin on straightening to cruise to the post 3¢ lengths ahead of Ilovethiscity ($9), with Spot The Rock ($14) a similar margin away third.
Chance Bye will be given a short break and brought back for the Silver Slipper ahead of the $3.5 million Golden Slipper on Easter Saturday.
''I'd say she is just about the best two-year-old I've ridden,'' O'Hara said. ''I rode My Middi who missed the Slipper because he was an emergency but he ran third in the Sires' Produce.''
O'Hara sees no reason Chance Bye won't measure up to the pressure of the Golden Slipper.
''She's only beaten B-graders but she's done it in the fashion you want and running time,'' she said.
Tubman bought Chance Bye for just $15,000 at the Classic sale but he didn't have the money to pay for her so he asked his long-time stable client Jack Knight to come on board as an owner. The filly has now won more than $300,000 from her two starts.