TORBRECK SALUTES FOR THE SECOND TIME IN HIS LAST THREE STARTS

By Graham Potter | Thursday, September 8, 2022

The five-year-old chestnut gelding Torbreck won for the second time in his last three starts when he outgunned his opposition in a Class 3 Handicap over 1400m at the Sunshine Coast Poly Track meeting on September 8.

The son of Sebring had won over 1300m at Toowoomba two starts prior to this latest win … and, while he did finish just out of the placings in his follow-up start to that, that run was at a Saturday metropolitan meeting in a race won by Mob Buster, who is a five-time winner.

So, Torbreck had the credentials to win at his first taste on Poly Track action, and he did not disappoint.

The betting boards had Torbreck as the favourite at $2, but he did have Collay’s Spirit snapping at his heels in the money market … and that is pretty much how the raced turned out.

Torbreck jumped well enough and Matthew Powell pushed Torbreck along to move forward and establish an early but narrow lead over Caldwell ($91) who raced along his inside.

Going down the back stretch, Torbreck had no sooner left Caldwell behind when another, even longer priced outsider I’m The Business ($101) ranged up on his outside, trying to annoy him, but Powell was happy to allow I’m The Business to stay alongside him as he continued to keep his mount at a comfortable gallop.

And Torbreck was still moving at a comfortable gallop when he brought the field into the home straight.

Torbreck’s only market-rival, Collay’s Spirit, had been taken back early and had a full raced five lengths off the lead for the first half of the trip, before starting to close ground in the sweep to the turn.

In spite of that forward move Collay’s Spirit still cornered three lengths adrift of Torbreck, aboard whom Powell now put his foot on the accelerator as he looked to shake off the attentions of Jeno ($9) who had emerged as his closest rival on the turn.

Jeno did chase hard and got within a length of the Geran trained runner before peaking on his run at the 150m, and that left Collay’s Spirit, who was trying hard down the centre of the track, as the only runner left for Torbreck to deal with … just as the betting boards had suggested would be the case … and Torbreck was strong enough to the line to do just that … getting home by a comfortable 0.80 length margin.

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