WOODLANDER came into his second prep a more mature horse, which showed in his first-up run, placing at Hawkesbury.
Second-up we stayed a little closer to home at Gosford and the Shamus Award gelding was rewarded with the rail draw.
He used it beautifully bouncing quickly from the jump to find the lead. Aaron Bullock kept a nice rhythm out front and our boy left them standing at the top of the straight to go home by 1.74L and putting 5L on 3rd.