Grand slam-winning jockey Chris Munce's freakish start to the new season looks set to continue at Eagle Farm on Wednesday.Munce, who claimed Brisbane's riding honours for a fourth time last season, has landed at least one winner at every meeting he's ridden since returning to the saddle at Eagle Farm on August 3 after a holiday.Munce's winning streak over 12 meetings has been on both metropolitan and provincials tracks and includes his latest interstate success when he scored on Just The Tonic a
Grand slam-winning jockey Chris Munce's freakish start to the new season looks set to continue at Eagle Farm on Wednesday.
Munce, who claimed Brisbane's riding honours for a fourth time last season, has landed at least one winner at every meeting he's ridden since returning to the saddle at Eagle Farm on August 3 after a holiday.
Munce's winning streak over 12 meetings has been on both metropolitan and provincials tracks and includes his latest interstate success when he scored on Just The Tonic at Rosehill last Saturday.
He became a member of the grand slam club, joining Neville Sellwood, Pat Hyland, Roy Higgins, Mick Dittman, Damien Oliver and Jim Cassidy, after winning last year's Caulfield Cup on the Gai Waterhouse-trained Descarado.
The Caulfield Cup was the final piece of the grand slam jigsaw to fall into place for Munce after he previously won the 1998 Melbourne Cup on Jezabeel, the Cox Plate with Savabeel (2004) and two Golden Slippers aboard Prowl (1998) and Dance Hero (2004).
Munce has five rides at Eagle Farm and trainer Michael Lakey is confident Risk Aversion can maintain the jockey's winning momentum in Wednesday's Fuji Zerox Fillies and Mares Class 3 Hcp (1200m).
Lakey said Risk Aversion had trained on well since the four-year-old's impressive comeback victory at Doomben on August 10.
"She's come through the race really well and I can't see any reason why she won't win again," Lakey said.
Lakey's only concern is the weather with the threat of showers forcing a track downgrade from its current slow rating.
"She's been placed on a heavy track and can handle wet tracks but I'd rather see the weather improve," Lakey said.
"She's only light and I haven't done that much with her since she won first-up."
Lakey and her connections are aiming high with Risk Aversion whose long-range goal is next year's Group One Coolmore Classic (1500m) at Rosehill.
Lakey is unlikely to be tempted to send Risk Aversion interstate this spring and is content to achieve black type on home soil before considering a Sydney trip.
"Our aim with her is to get black type and there's some nice Quality races coming up here for her soon," Lakey said.
"I'd rather take small steps with her for the time being and see how she goes in a Saturday race here first.
"I don't think she's ready to travel yet."
Risk Aversion is owned by Gold Coast businessman John Hutchins whose former star Typhoon Tracy won the Coolmore Classic in 2009.
The Peter Moody-trained Typhoon Tracy was recently retired with six Group One wins in a stellar career which yielded 11 wins and five placings from 20 starts and career earnings of $2.4 million.
Risk Aversion, a daughter of Encosta De Lago, is a half-sister to Group One placegetter Shania Dane and Hong Kong triple Group One winner Scintillation.