Jim Cassidy has had many special victories at Randwick in his long career and will be out for more at the track's 150th anniversary meeting on Saturday.He fondly recalls the day he rode Hunter to win the Group One Metropolitan Handicap for Kerry Jordan in 1989."He was a horse I'd done a lot of work with and I thought he was a good thing going into the race until he drew a bad barrier," Cassidy said."I gave him a nice ride and he was able to win. That one was quite special."He also well remembers

Jim Cassidy has had many special victories at Randwick in his long career and will be out for more at the track's 150th anniversary meeting on Saturday.

He fondly recalls the day he rode Hunter to win the Group One Metropolitan Handicap for Kerry Jordan in 1989.

"He was a horse I'd done a lot of work with and I thought he was a good thing going into the race until he drew a bad barrier," Cassidy said.

"I gave him a nice ride and he was able to win. That one was quite special."

He also well remembers other major wins including Coronation Day in the 1992 Spring Champion Stakes and the 1985 Metropolitan aboard Spritely Native for the late Max Lees.

Not to mention his Sydney Cup triumph on grand campaigner County Tyrone in 2006 for Kris Lees who took over training the gelding when his father passed away in 2003.

"One that did give me a big thrill was the Spring Champion Stakes on Coronation Day for Max Lees," the jockey said.

"He gave me a great opportunity when I came to Australia (from New Zealand) and was a great mate of mine.

"Spritely Native winning the Metropolitan was another special one."

Then, of course, there was that week in April last year when Cassidy saluted in the AJC Australian Derby on the Bart Cummings-trained Roman Emperor.

It was the third time he'd won the three-year-old Classic at Randwick after Dr Grace and Innocent King.

"Ring-a-ding-ding, I've won for the King," Cassidy said when he came back to scale on Roman Emperor.

He returned the next Saturday to also claim the time-honoured Doncaster with Vision And Power.

Cassidy has a full book of eight rides on Saturday and is hoping to find the winners' stall like he has so many times there in the past.

"It would be nice to ride a few winners," he said.

"I've just got to give them nice rides.

"It's going to come down to the track conditions and how the horses handle it."

Cassidy's mounts include two-year-old Okane for Rodney Northam in the first event after winning on the gelding by four lengths at Scone last start.

"He was impressive but he's got to go up a notch again in town," he said.

Another is Budabar for Jim and Greg Lee in the Randwick's 150th Anniversary Handicap (1100m).

The four-year-old has had Cassidy atop in all three starts this preparation for a first-up win at Warwick Farm and his last-start sixth at Hawkesbury on May 1 when he had excuses as favourite.

A false start stirred him up and Cassidy later told stewards it clearly affected Budabar's performance.

"It would be nice if I can win on him tomorrow," Cassidy said.

Cassidy moved to Sydney in 1984 riding against the likes of Mick Dittman, Ron Quinton, Malcolm Johnston, Peter Cook, Wayne Harris and Larry Olsen - far different to the jockeys' room he'll enter at Randwick on Saturday.

"Riding there in its 150th year, I suppose that's special too because I've been riding there from 1984 to 2010," Cassidy said.

"That makes me happy."