Trainer Les Gordy is hopeful former barrier rogue Captain Bond can stake a claim for the Cleveland Bay Handicap during the North Queensland Winter racing Carnival when the four-year-old tackles the Open Handicap at Townsville on Thursday.

Trainer Les Gordy is hopeful former barrier rogue Captain Bond can stake a claim for the Cleveland Bay Handicap during the Northern Queensland Winter Racing Carnival when the four-year-old tackles the Open Handicap at Townsville on Thursday.

Townsville trainer Les Gordy saddled his first Brisbane starter in the Country Stampede at Doomben earlier this month and now hopes to book a return trip south for the $500,000 Magic Million Country Cup with Captain Bond at the Gold Coast on January 13.

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All Aged Stakes placegetter Ellsberg is set to be given another Group 1 shot during the Brisbane winter carnival.