By Mary Hackshaw
THE well-named Slippery Thinker scored a win for Seymour trainer Jamie Gibbons on Saturday at Alexandra at only his fourth raceday start.
The three-year-old by So You Think out of Slippery Rose held a 1.5 length margin at the finish in the hands of Leigh Taylor. Slippery Thinker was originally sold at the 2024 Inglis Classic yearling sale for $90,000 with Jamie Gibbons purchasing the horse in an online sale last year for $1500.
Seymour’s Ron Hockley took out the last race on the card with the eight-year-old Some Eclipse.
It was the fourth career win for Some Eclipse, which has been in the care of Hockley his entire career, having been purchased unraced for $700. The horse appears to prefer racing locally as all of his wins have been at local tracks – three at Alexandra and one at Yea. Rider Dani Walker gave Some Eclipse a textbook ride, having the horse up handy on the rails throughout the running before clearing out to win by half a length on the line.