GIDGET GRINDS OUT A SEVENTH CAREER WIN

By Graham Potter | Sunday, October 6, 2024

The Corey and Kylie Geran trained Gidget returned to winning form when she took out a BM60 Handicap over 1200m at a non-Tab meeting at Tara on October 5 to claim a seventh career victory.

The six-year-old’s previous win had come four months earlier in the same class over the same distance at Gayndah.

Apprentice Liv O’Donnell, who was handed the reins of Gidget ($4) for the first time here, had to be forceful in a hectic start, pushing Gidget forward into a prominent second place, tracking the hard running frontrunner Luminous Waters ($5) and a speed which ensured that she stayed within a handy enough two lengths of the leader.

The position remained the same at the head of affairs until the home turn with that two-length deficit from Luminous Waters to Gidget still in place on straightening.

With Luminous Waters still kicking on strongly in the first half of the home straight, O’Donnell and Gidget could do no better than stay strong in the chase … and they did that, to the degree that when Luminous Waters did start to feel the pinch inside the final 100m, Gidget, courtesy of her strong early effort and continued focus in the run home, was perfectly poised and best placed to pounce and she found her reward when slinging into the lead when it mattered most to seal a well-deserved victory.

Gidget, who had other runners finishing hard to either side of her in the final strides, won by 0.30 lengths with the next four runners across the line only being separated by 0.70 lengths in what had become a finish that was almost as busy as the start.

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