Eddery savours first success

Pat Eddery trained his first turf winner when Cavort took the opening contest at Goodwood’s May meeting.

The brilliant jockey has already experienced success on the all-weather since taking out a trainer’s licence at the end of last season but two-year-old Cavort suggested that more wins will soon be coming when taking the Casco EBF Maiden Fillies’ Stakes.

Emmett Stack brought the 13-2 chance through to take the lead just after the two-furlong pole and although Baltic Belle rallied bravely towards the stands’ rail, the winner did enough to hold by a neck.

“She’s a tough little filly and she likes a fight,” said the winning trainer. “I hoped she would handle the ground and she liked the six-furlong trip, in fact she should get seven easily enough.

“There’s quite a few two-year-olds to come out and hopefully some really nice ones among them.”