By Glenn Davis
It could be the start of bigger things to come if Cherish The Day completes a hat-trick of wins at Eagle Farm on Wednesday.
Trainer David Vandyke has a good opinion of the four-year-old daughter of Capitalist who steps out for only her 13th start in the Class 3 Plate over 1830 metres.
Seven of her starts were under the training partnership of Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr in Victoria before she headed north to Vandyke’s barns on the Sunshine Coast.
Cherish The Day never raced beyond 1200 metres in Victoria and only claimed a maiden victory at Warrnambool in October last year.
However, since moving to the warmer Queensland climate, Cherish The Day has progressed steadily since finishing fourth in her stable debut over 1000 metres at Eagle Farm in July.
She recorded her first win for Vandyke at her fourth appearance in a 1680-metre Class 1 at Ipswich on August 20.
She then made it back-to-back wins in a 1700-metre Benchmark race on the same track on September 3.
Ryan Maloney has ridden Cherish The Day in her two recent victories but will again be legged up on the Tony Gollan-trained Ready For The Trip after riding him in his three straight wins at Eagle Farm.