Leading jockey Danny Beasley was well inspired in asking trainer Daniel Meagher to back Lim’s Bestbreaker (NZ) (Battle Paint) up this week after the gamble came off with happy results on Saturday.
The Battle Paint five-year-old ran a closing third in a Class 4 mile race last Sunday, with Beasley ruing upon dismounting the mid-race slackened pace that cost him the race.
The two Dans had a powwow shortly after to discuss about the next course of action, which was to reset him for Saturday’s $50,000 Class 4 Division 1 race over 1400m on the Long Course.
Beasley left the tactics virtually unchanged, again electing for a quiet run at the back, but the finish worked out to a tee this time.
“He was a bit of a headcase but he has settled down a lot now, and should have won over the mile last week,” said Beasley.
“The speed came right out of the race in the middle sections, and he was also held up in the last 200m. I told Dan to put him on again this week, and we went into the race pretty confident.
“The only thing with this horse is he has to be ridden back, and more often than not, such horses lose, but today, things went his way.”
In 19 starts, Lim’s Bestbreaker has now taken his record to four wins and six placings for prizemoney around the $165,000 mark for the Lim’s Stable.
