Queensland Racing News Update: Cindy Alderson and Vlad Duric Team Up with Jigsaw in Eye Liner Stakes
(Ipswich, QLD – June 15, 2023) Victorian trainer Cindy Alderson and jockey Vlad Duric will reunite for the Listed Eye Liner Stakes (1350m) at Ipswich Racecourse this Saturday. The duo, who have enjoyed a successful partnership in the past, will team up with their runner Jigsaw, who will be aiming to overcome the widest gate in the race.
Alderson, who previously trained in partnership with her father Colin Anderson, has a long-standing association with Duric, who rode extensively for the stable when he was an apprentice and during his initial stint in Singapore. The last time Duric rode for the Alderson stable was in June 2015, with their final win together coming 10 months earlier at Geelong.
“Vlad rode for us a lot in the old days,” Alderson said. “He won a Hong Kong Jockey Club Plate on a horse called Flash Trick after he had got beaten in the (2007) Melbourne Cup when he was on the favourite Master O’Reilly. I thought he would be petulant, but he rode it really well.”
Since Alderson branched out on her own in the 2015-16 season, Duric has not ridden for her, as it coincided with the jockey’s return to Singapore for another successful stint before he came back to Australia and set himself up in Brisbane.
Jigsaw Aims for the Eye Liner Stakes
Jigsaw, a nine-time winner from 28 starts, will be stepping up to his longest trip in the Eye Liner Stakes after a last-start third-place finish in the Group 2 Morton Cup (1200m) at Eagle Farm on June 8.
“The idea was to give him an opportunity to get out over a trip and this looks the right race to do it in,” Alderson said. “He’s been unlucky like that with the draw, but he’s really well and I thought he ran a super race last start, one of his career best races, giving weight to those horses as well.”
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