JIM Cassidy has been around long enough and ridden in too many major races to allow his rivals in tomorrow's Caulfield Cup to be privy to his race-day strategy for imported galloper Glencadam Gold, reports The Age. Hardened by Australian racing, Glencadam Gold's rise to Caulfield Cup favouritism had been perfect until a wide barrier loomed as his greatest hurdle to winning the world's richest 2400-metre handicap. But if Cassidy had concerns about barrier 21, he certainly wasn't letting on yester
JIM Cassidy has been around long enough and ridden in too many major races to allow his rivals in tomorrow's Caulfield Cup to be privy to his race-day strategy for imported galloper Glencadam Gold, reports The Age.
Hardened by Australian racing, Glencadam Gold's rise to Caulfield Cup favouritism had been perfect until a wide barrier loomed as his greatest hurdle to winning the world's richest 2400-metre handicap.
But if Cassidy had concerns about barrier 21, he certainly wasn't letting on yesterday. ''I'll be going out with plan A, B and C and we'll see what happens once we get out of the straight,'' he said.
His confidence in Glencadam Gold and his trainer, Gai Waterhouse, is all the Sydney jockey was concerned about yesterday. He said he knew that Waterhouse had done a great job planing the horse's lead-up and that he was only going ''to put the finishing touches on''.
''Hopefully we can get a good start and roll forward and either find the fence or be [in the] first couple somewhere,'' he said.
Cassidy said he was not at all concerned that he had never been on Glencadam Gold's back, sighting his experience with another Caulfield Cup winner, Might and Power.