Cups Ambition For By The Way
- Wednesday, 04 August 2010 05:07
By The Way might not have raced beyond seven furlongs after twelve career starts but that hasn’t prevented his trainer Mick Lewis of aiming at a berth in the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.
The five-year-old gelding was among the long list of entries for both races yesterday and today impressively won the $30,000 T.R. Trevaskis 0-82 Handicap (1200m) at Sandown Lakeside second-up from a spell.
Ridden by two-kilo claiming apprentice Jarrod Fry, By The Way ($5) finished strongly from the rear of the field to power over the top of his rivals to beat Side Splitter ($10-$8) by two lengths with Adaptor ($3-$3.50 fav) a further length and three quarters away in third.
Evergreen sprinter Fermino Courage ($4.60-$5.50-$5) finished fourth, over five lengths from the winner.
“I was a bit surprised with that win, I thought he might have needed another run,” Lewis said.
“We’ve got a long way to go, we have nominated him for both of the Cups but whether we get there or not is another thing.
“I think he’ll definitely run a mile to 2000 metres but you might as well put them in and see.”
“He is by Street Cry and they tend to stay.
“We’ll take these little steps with him and get his rating up to get him in better races.
Lewis said the gelding has had come back a difference horse this time in after removing bone chips from bone knees at his most recent spell.
By The Way will have his next run in a Open Handicap over 1400 metres at Caulfield on August 28.
A winner of five from 12 starts, By The Way has accumulated over $88,000 in prizemoney.
Pictures: Colin Bull
