Waymouth Must Wait To Make Training Debut
- Tuesday, 29 June 2010 14:00
Former jockey Norman Waymouth was looking forward to his first runner as a trainer until fate stepped in at the eleventh hour.
All was in place to start Roman Match at Cranbourne on Sunday until a blood count failed putting a spanner in the works.
Waymouth has just a small team of three horses in work at Tyabb. He was really looking forward to having his first starter.
There are plenty of ups and downs in racing. He can recall the halcyon days of Rancher and how life changed for the Waymouth family.
Rancher, a $6,000 yearling, was purchased and trained throughout his career by Charlie Waymouth who had tasted success as a jockey having ridden Chicquita in her first six wins.
Rancher was an outstanding two-year-old unbeaten in eight starts at that age. He spreadeagled fields like confetti in a breeze.
It was a great era for the Waymouth family particularly for Norman who rode the colt in each of his 14 starts.
Rancher was a colt that encouraged people to go racing. He won nine races in succession, starting odds-on favourite each time plus he broke course records at his first three starts.
