PROMISING four-year-old Carribean King will head to town after putting bad luck behind him with a decisive win at the Sunshine Coast.
Heavily backed into $1.35 favourite, Carribean King ($1.35-fav), ridden by James Orman, won a Class 3 (1000m) easily by two-and-a-half lengths on Sunday, August 14.
It was his third run back from a spell and it was a timely change of fortune after two seconds at his past two outings.
In his most recent, he started odds-on favourite and was badly held up before charging home for second in a Class 2 (1000m) at the same course.
“He just had no luck the other day,” said trainer Stuart Kendrick.
“I think half of Australia was on him that day, including all of the all-ups,” he said.
Kendrick said there was further improvement in the horse as he had still wanted to do a bit wrong.
“They were all obviously keen to keep him out wide there today and he had to a little bit of work out there,” he said.
“But he was impressive that last 100 and I think when he puts it all together he’s going to be a nice city class horse.
“It was good to get the win on the board and hopefully into town from here.”
The ‘King’ is back on top with timely change of fortune
