Top jockey Corey Brown will be hoping lightning can strike twice when he heads to Rosehill for Saturday’s Civic Stakes program.
Brown has rides in six of the eight races and will partner Recoup De Fortune for trainer Anthony Cummings in the Listed Civic Stakes (1400m).
The hoop rode four winners at the corresponding meeting last year, highlighted by his victory aboard Illuminates in the feature.
“I’d be very happy for him to show that form,” Cummings said of Brown.
Cummings is hoping Brown can help Recoup De Fortune recapture his best form following four mixed runs from a spell.
At his past couple of starts Recoup De Fortune has gone hard early and wilted late, prompting Cummings to seek out a jockey who has been successful on him before.
“He’s been frustrating this time through,” Cummings said.
“He’s been a really good result for his owners, he’s been a nice racehorse and won a few races but this preparation he’s had a bee in his bonnet a few times and been a bit difficult.
“Hopefully going back to Corey, who has won on him before, hopefully he can get him to relax a bit more in his races and have a bit more fight at the finish.”
Recoup De Fortune showed improvement last start to hold on for third to subsequent Takeover Target Stakes winner Title over 1400m at Randwick.
While Cummings only returned from a holiday in Thailand on Thursday, he said the reports were that the gelding had been working well since.
Recoup De Fortune has yet to prove himself at stakes level but he did run fourth to Brilliant Light in the 2010 Listed Doncaster Prelude and wasn’t disgraced in that year’s Group One Doncaster Mile won by Rangirangdoo.
“He ran a pretty good race in that Doncaster, he led until inside the furlong (200m),” Cummings said.
“It was a pretty good run and gave better promise for the future than we’ve had so far, so we’re just hoping he gets back to his right form.”
Recoup De Fortune was at $8 with TAB Sportsbet on Friday with the Joe Pride-trained Title the $3.80 favourite.
Brown’s other rides at Rosehill include the Kris Lees-trained pair of Cheap Thrills and Let’s Misbehave in the opening two races.
He will also team up with Pride in the Harris Farm Hcp (1100m) when he jumps aboard the promising Rain Affair, the winner of four of his five starts.
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