Oil Machine powers home after Walker’s tactical masterstroke

SIX-TIME CHAMPION Omar Walker took Raddesh Roman to jockeys’ school aboard OIL MACHINE in yesterday’s Menudo Trophy, outsmarting the two-time defending champion, who is in a battle with Tevin Foster for a third consecutive title.

Partnering course-specialist NEO STAR in the nine-furlong-and-25-yard feature event, Roman got trapped along the rail down the backstretch behind SHEER DELIGHT and CALIFORNIA GOLD.

Stalking from fourth, Walker made a decisive move to bid wide of the leaders at the half-mile marker, whereas Roman kept 1-5 favourite NEO STAR stuck to the rail, maybe hoping SHEER DELIGHT would have given way approaching the three-furlong point.