Dan Griffin’s quest for a third successive Gold Coast Jockey Premiership title has kicked off in a tidy enough fashion with the top hoop piloting home a winner on each day of the Gold Coast double-header programme on Friday and Saturday.
Griffin joined the Gillian Heinrich stable two years ago and that partnership has flourished.
The advantages of being attached to a sizable stable are obvious, but so is the fact that Griffin grabbed the opportunity presented to him with both hands to raise his profile to Premiership winning status.
With back to back Premierships on his resume, the question of further ambition comes into play.
“I want to do one more season at the Coast and then make a decision on my future after that,” explained Griffin.
“As far as riding in Brisbane goes, I have touched on the subject with the Heinrichs.”
“At this stage out stable’s horses are not strong enough to fully support any assault I may make on Brisbane and I have learned by experience that you have to have the backing of a serious stable in any centre if you are going to make good there.
“I have a very good relationship with the Heinrichs. Maybe in another year we will be able to build that strength and I’ll also have another year’s experience behind me. We can weigh up our options again then.
“Having said that, I have to stay aware of opportunities that might arise. With the movement of jockeys, some going overseas, doors are opening and I always need to pay attention to what is happening in the city riding ranks.
“Any change will be well thought through though as the timing would have to be right. Hopefully the Heinrichs and I can build momentum together and see where it takes us as I am very happy with the working arrangement I have right now,” concluded Griffin.
But all of the news is not good.
“As of next Thursday I will be out of action for about a month,” confirmed Griffin.
“I’ve had a plate in my arm for many years and in recent months it has started playing up.
"There seems to be something lodged between the skin and the plate and the irritation has now got to the stage where it needs medical attention.”
Griffin calls his enforced break from riding ‘bad timing’. Any unplanned time out always will be just that. But in this case, it should only be a minor hiccup in a bigger plan.
Watch this space.
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