Promising young trainer Patrick Kearney will be striving to achieve a milestone win this weekend when he takes Border Visage to Flemington on Saturday.

A last-start maiden winner at Yarra Valley, Border Visage will be out to provide Kearney with his first city winner when he lines up in the Benchmark 70 for three-year old’s over 2000m.

While the grey gelding might not have shown a great deal in a recent jumpout, Kearney noted that that’s not unusual for him and that he’s been pleased with his trackwork since then.

“He had a gallop this morning and he worked very well with another horse who’s quite a good gallop horse,” Kearney said.

“He’ll head to Flemington on Saturday with high hopes of running top five and then ending up going down a Tasmanian Derby path.”

WATCH: Border Visage’s last start win

The Tasmanian Derby will be run on February 9 and has proven to be a strong race in recent years, with subsequent Group 1 winners Explosive Jack and Dunkel taking out the race in 2021 and 2023 respectively.

Kearney currently has a team of 16 horses in work at his Ballarat stable and is pleased with how his stable is currently setup.

“I’ve been training for just over two and a half years now, I think that I’m finally figuring out a system that works,” Kearney said.

“I’ve got some really good staff, which obviously keeps it all ticking over and keep it going.

“I’m really lucky that I’ve got good jockeys to associate with like Rhys McLeod and Jarrod Fry, and I’ve got young Beau Treloar that rides work for me every single day and he’s come along in leaps and bounds, especially within the first six weeks of him being a jockey. He’s been really good to have along; it’s handy having people like that in my corner and me being able to rely on them.”



- Racing.com News Desk