Switch Hit reversed his form back on top of the ground at Bendigo on Saturday October 18, dominating his rivals by 2.75 lengths.

After an encouraging first up run at Hamilton, Switch Hit took his place at Warrnambool on a heavy 10 track but was disappointing on face value, beaten down the track. Freedman was happy to deem this as a ‘forget run’ and maintained faith that Switch Hit would be able to return to form back on top of the ground and keep improving into the preparation.

With the blinkers reapplied, Switch Hit had a lovely run in transit, coiled up behind his rivals and exploded at the top of the straight, spacing the second horse and then a further five lengths back to the remainder of the field. Jake Duffy was very complimentary of the gelding and feels this win will be a great confidence booster going forward.

Freedman said post-race “He is a well-travelled gelding, spending a lot of time across the border chasing the SA Rewards bonuses on offer to break his maiden. Whilst this was only a restricted 56 rated race, we think he has the capability to improve through the grades over the summer months.”

With an eye to the future, and factoring in the horse will need to improve, Freedman said “perhaps this could be our Burrumbeet Cup horse.”

Congratulations to the Mr Jim Lonsdale, Mr Frank Magnabosco and the connections of Switch Hit for their second win!