Apprentice's work ethic paying dividends

Wednesday 7 May 2014, 3:22pm

Apprentice James Orman's policy of have saddle, will travel continued to pay dividends when he rode his fourth winner in five days at Toowoomba.

Orman led all of the way aboard Playaction in the Toowoomba Cup on June 1 Hcp (1625m) on Wednesday to bring up his 34th career-win.

The young rider is one of the busiest in Queensland and in the past 12 months Orman has notched winners from Townsville in the north of the state to Beaudesert in the south.

He rode Jayelem to victory at Ipswich on Saturday then landed a double at Toowoomba that night aboard Henny Boy and Lord Beaufort.

Orman then rode at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday and Townsville on Tuesday, travelling about 2500km in five days.

Playaction could now push on to the $100,000 Toowoomba Cup on June 1.

Meanwhile, one of the most famous sets of race colours in Australian turf history was in the winner's circle at Toowoomba when Hey Frisco scored.

The horse races in the brown and white colours of Vo Rogue who won 26 races including two Australian Cups.

Vo Rogue's part owner Jeff Perry now trains a few horses as a hobby, including Hey Frisco.

– AAP

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