Ben Mason can vouch for training racehorses being a fickle caper.Two days after preparing his first metropolitan winner with Waranga at Eagle Farm earlier this month, Mason broke his left leg which resulted in him losing half his stable of six horses.At Eagle Farm on Wednesday, Mason is hoping to turn his luck around with Cachaca in the Coca-Cola Amatil Handicap (1840m).Mason, a son of former Racing Queensland Integrity Services Manager Bob Mason and a great-nephew of fellow Deagon trainer Pat D

Ben Mason can vouch for training racehorses being a fickle caper.

Two days after preparing his first metropolitan winner with Waranga at Eagle Farm earlier this month, Mason broke his left leg which resulted in him losing half his stable of six horses.

At Eagle Farm on Wednesday, Mason is hoping to turn his luck around with Cachaca in the Coca-Cola Amatil Handicap (1840m).

Mason, a son of former Racing Queensland Integrity Services Manager Bob Mason and a great-nephew of fellow Deagon trainer Pat Duff, is only in his second year training after previously working as a concreter and musterer.

Mason's mustering days were in Georgetown in the Gulf country in far northwest Queensland while he worked as a concreter in Kilcoy, northwest of Brisbane.

"On the Friday after I won my first city race I broke my leg and I've just come out of hospital after having it pinned and wired," the 36-year-old said.

"I break in my own horses and do a lot of education with horses and ride them up until they're ready to do fast work.

"I'm no jockey and I leave it up to the jocks to ride once my horses reach fast work.

"I used to have six horses in work but I'm down to three after breaking my leg."

Mason believes Cachaca has strong claims and deserves to break through for the first time since winning at Caloundra in March.

"She's an honest mare who has run second 11 times," Mason said.

"I'd love to see her win again but I wouldn't like to see her on a heavy track."

Mason appreciates training at Deagon alongside his great-uncle Duff.

"Pat's always open for advice and often I get an idea or two off him," he said.

Cachaca has been placed four times from eight attempts on slow tracks while her only start on a heavy track resulted in a failure at Doomben in March.

Mason wasn't disappointed with Cachaca's last-start sixth in a Class Three over 1640m at Doomben on August 10 and has retained little-known rider Ray Hancock.

"Ray is an experienced jockey but does most of his riding in the bush," Mason said.

"He rides a lot of work for me as well as for Pat (Duff) and Steele Ryan."

Hancock has had 15 rides without success since riding his last winner Love That Chick at Nanango on August 6.