Newcastle trainer Sam Kavanagh is chasing success on The Hunter program at home on Saturday as he continues his battle with cancer.
Local trainer Sam Kavanagh hopes to feel well enough to be trackside on Saturday and witness a win from his team at Newcastle’s The Hunter meeting as he continues “fighting the fight” against cancer.
“Living your life while you’re fighting it is the hard part. With your business, you can’t grow anything. People feel like they’ve got a time limit on you, you know? Magnatear and Lady Itchikawa look the most likely to provide Kavanagh with a boost on Saturday. Magnatear races in the second, the 1600m Midway benchmark 72 handicap, where he was an $8 chance with Sportsbet from gate one. He was a close third to Battleton in benchmark 78 grade two weeks ago at Rosehill.
“Unfortunately, it went off in the float and didn’t get to run last week when favourite at Rosehill, but it likes the home track and will be competitive,” he said. “She had a bit of skin off, but she’s had an easy week, and we’ll see how she is.”“We bought him as a tried horse, he had an injury, and we had to rehab him,” he said. “He’s one we had to put a lot of work into, and I thought his first-up run had merit, and he didn’t get beat far.
The Newcastle Jockey Club introduced the Max Lees Classic in 2017 as a $50,000 race, and it has since moved to The Hunter day and risen to $160,000.“My word, it would be good,” Lees said of winning the race.
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