Toowoomba apprentice Brent Evans's first metropolitan winners at Eagle Farm could not have come at a more opportune time.Evans, who turns 18 next month, has been riding for two years but showed great coolness to record his first city win when Tisani Boy came from last to score by three-quarters of a length in Saturday's Marry Me Kat Handicap (1000m).He made it a double aboard the Michael Nolan-trained Sam's Express in the Open Handicap (1600m).Evans plans to move with Tisani Boy's trainer Lindsa

Toowoomba apprentice Brent Evans's first metropolitan winners at Eagle Farm could not have come at a more opportune time.

Evans, who turns 18 next month, has been riding for two years but showed great coolness to record his first city win when Tisani Boy came from last to score by three-quarters of a length in Saturday's Marry Me Kat Handicap (1000m).

He made it a double aboard the Michael Nolan-trained Sam's Express in the Open Handicap (1600m).

Evans plans to move with Tisani Boy's trainer Lindsay Hatch to Wadham Park on the Gold Coast hinterland next month.

Hatch heaped praise on Evans' horsemanship as the former Port Macquarie apprentice does a lot of work with Tisani Boy on and off the track.

"The horse has bruised heels and Brent has been doing a lot of work with him," Hatch said.

Evans started his involvement in the racing industry as a 14-year-old after completing Grade 8 at high school.

"I was offered a chance to become an apprentice for my former boss George Woodward at Port Macquarie," Evan said.

"I knew nothing about horses until I went to him and I didn't know how to ride.

"I started off doing a lot of strapping and worked around the stables and rode in a lot of trials before I eventually got a licence."

Evans transferred his indentures to Brett Cavanough after an 18-month stint in Port Macquarie and came to Brisbane when the Albury trainer brought a small team north for last year's Brisbane winter carnival.

"I've been here for seven months and I'm looking forward to moving with Lindsay and I'd like to ride work in Brisbane on some occasions," Evans said.

Evans currently leads both the jockeys' and apprentices' premierships in Toowoomba.

Hatch has been training full time for five years and is hoping the move to Wadham Park will boost his career.

"I've been thinking of the move for about six months. It's a great opportunity to get a better class of horse," he said.