There was twinkle in the eyes of Glen Colless when he made an early return to action at Doomben on Saturday.
The accomplished hoop was originally only due back from a well-earned holiday for the last meeting of the season on Wednesday, but the lure of riding a good one and the chance to have one last arm-wrestle with rival Jim Byrne for the Metropolitan Premiership title proved to be too strong to resist.
The good one in question was Charming Rogue, a three-year-old Commands gelding trained by Alan Bailey.
Charming Rogue had yet to miss a beat, moving progressively through the ranks with solid victories in a Maiden, Class 2 and Class 3 contests in his only three starts prior to Saturday’s engagement.
There was a moment of doubt early in the straight, but once Colless got his mount balanced up and asked him to quicken, the response was decisive enough to quickly put the gelding in contention and he finished off well enough score in a finely judged fashion and so keep his unbeaten record intact.
Charming Rogue’s win saw Colless halve Byrne’s lead in the Championship which is now down to a single winner with one race meeting left before the season ends.
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