ICONIC TREASURE’s win at the 2024 Goulburn Cup meeting brought up a significant milestone for trainer Joe Pride and jockey Jay Ford.
Pride and Ford have enjoyed a long and successful association and on Sunday the pair celebrated their 100th win together.
The trainer-jockey combination has been in lethal form over the last couple of months with Proven gallopers like IN FLIGHT, THE BLACK CLOUD and now ICONIC TREASURE among the beneficiaries.
Faced with a howling wind and unusually firm track, ICONIC TREASURE showed great determination to win the 1200m BM66 event by 2.75 lengths after sitting outside the leader.
“We nailed the jump, so we utilised that and were able to negate the barrier very quickly,” Ford said.
“He was all over the shop in the wind but he soldiered on and put them away nicely. That will give him some confidence.”
An honour to provide the 100th winner for the lethal combination that is @PrideRacing & Jay Ford! An outstanding achievement by trainer & jockey. As for ICONIC TREASURE, he’s well on his way now with 2 wins & 2 placings from just 5 starts. pic.twitter.com/k3owHCQNE4
— PR🟢VEN Thoroughbreds (@ProvenTbreds) August 25, 2024
With two wins and two placings from only five starts, the late maturing son of NICCONI is well on his way now with Pride now eyeing a return to provincial company.
ICONIC TREASURE was a $95,000 purchase from Middlebrook Valley’s draft at the 2021 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.
He becomes Proven’s 4th winner for the new season and 45th for the calendar year.