Rawiller aiming for another Ballarat Cup

Wednesday 20 November 2013, 3:25pm

Brad Rawiller's hopes for a fourth straight Ballarat Cup are alive after beating a careless riding suspension.

Rawiller was banned for 10 meetings at Caulfield last Saturday but had that overturned by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board on Wednesday.

It paves the way for Rawiller to ride Hurdy Gurdy Man in Sunday's Ballarat Cup, a $200,000 race he has made his own in recent years.

His run started with My Bentley in 2010 before victories on Domesky and King Diamond.

"Thankfully I have good support from people that were happy to wait (for the appeal) and I've still got some really good rides on Saturday and Sunday," Rawiller said.

Hurdy Gurdy Man has won the Hobart Cup, Hamilton Cup and Murtoa Cups this year and heads to Ballarat after a last-start fifth in the Kyneton Cup.

"He did enough last start in the Kyneton Cup," Rawiller said.

"That track and the drop back in distance didn't suit him but I'm looking forward to Sunday."

Rawiller can also continue his association with improving mare Double Dee in a 1600m fillies and mares handicap at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

Shamus Award's half-sister Double Dee has raised her game since her sibling's Cox Plate win last month, notching back-to-back victories at the provincials including a last-start eight-length romp at Ballarat on soft ground.

Rawiller, who has secured five Moonee Valley rides, said the four-year-old had been doing things wrong in her races but seemed to have put it all together now.

"She's a happy horse giving herself every chance now," he said.

"You would think the way she did it the other day, she would only go home and be better for a run like that."

– AAP

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