Cavanough team take on Tuncurry with promising trio

Brett and Georgie Cavanough will take a small but select team of three runners to Monday’s Tuncurry meeting with the father and daughter training combination out to snare a winning double.

Stablemates Navy Steel and Hibiki Harmony will line up in the McQuillan Tuncurry Cup Prelude – Open Handicap (1500m) with Mitchell Bell and Chad Lever taking the respective rides.

Navy Steel resumed with a last-placed finish on the Kensington track at Randwick before bursting back into the winners’ circle when scoring at Dubbo when last produced.

“He’s a well performed horse with five wins from 15 starts,” Brett Cavanough said of Navy Steel.

“He hit the line well to win the Cup Prelude at Dubbo at his latest start, and he’s done well since then.

“The Tuncurry event looks a nice race for him as well and he should run well again.”

Hibiki Harmony was also second-up from a spell when lining up against Navy Steel at Dubbo. She finished fourth in that event, beaten 3.49 lengths.

“It was a solid effort at Dubbo and that followed a good resuming run at Muswellbrook,” said Cavanough.

The only other runner to represent the Cavanoughs at Tuncurry will be Cresta Run in the Australian Pearls – Pearl Evermore Bracelet Benchmark 74 Handicap (1000m) with Bell in the saddle.

“She’s a handy mare at her best and she’s had three runs back from a spell now and hasn’t been far away in any of them,” Cavanough said.

“She only needs to run up to those efforts to be in the firing line again.”

Port Macquarie trainer Paul Snowden will also head to Tuncurry with a couple of leading chances.

Snowden will saddle up Cosmic Jive in the Lakes And Ocean Super Maiden Plate (1000m) and Miss Trump in the Club Forster Class 1 Handicap (1000m) with Ben Looker set to ride both gallopers.

Cosmic Jive has had one start and finished last in that event at Wyong behind Steel Will, while Miss Trump resumed from a spell with a strong win at Port Macquarie at the end of last month.