Costin ‘blown away’ by US experience

Winona Costin has gone to the United States to fast track her development. Pic: Richard Dobson Source: Richard Dobson / News Corp Australia

SYDNEY'S star apprentice Winona Costin punched around a couple of horses on the weekend — but she was more than 15,000km away from Rosehill.

Costin had her first rides at Gulfstream Park in the US where she was sent for a short working holiday by her master Gai Waterhouse.

As Waterhouse took to the slopes in Aspen, Costin was in Florida, steering Russian Night and Seekingtheperfect, who started at triple-figure odds.

While both horses finished well out of the money, the experience was priceless for Costin.

"Gai sent me over here a couple of weeks ago, I've been riding a bit of work for Wesley Ward and John (Gennadi) Dorochenko, who gave me my two rides today," Costin told The Daily Telegraph.

"One ran second last and the other one ran last. But it's been great.

"The turf I raced on today is completely different to the grass back home. It's very short, and the camber of the track is quite dramatic. It's a very tight-turning track, and it was probably a mile right the way around.

Winona Costin has learned a lot from her experience in the US. Pic: Richard Dobson Source: News Corp Australia

"The jockeys didn't seem to care if they raced two wide. In one of my races, they sat five wide, and that blew my mind.

"They don't race as tight, and I had a good chat with a few people, and they said even though they sit wider, because of the camber of the track, they can build some momentum out there and get a slingshot into the straight and run on.''

Costin was sent over with two other Waterhouse employees, and will be back in Australia next Wednesday. She'll be straight back to work the next day for the Wyong Classic meeting on December 18.

The gifted hoop, who has 20 city wins for the season — more than double the amount of victories than any other Sydney L-plater — did get the chance for some sightseeing on Friday, where she toured the Everglades, and had a couple of close encounters with alligators.

With Costin out of town and Tommy Berry in Brisbane on Saturday to ride Magic Millions hope Carriages, James McDonald is expected to steer Spurtonic in the feature Villiers Stakes (1600m) at Randwick.

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