“He just wants to be a racehorse” was Bathurst-based trainer Gayna Williams’s summation of From the Bush with the six-year-old heading south for next Sunday’s $200,000 Goulburn Soldiers Club Goulburn Cup (1600m).

A race lost in time has been resurrected at Forbes in reference to bushranger Ben Hall who was buried at Forbes Cemetery in 1865.

The fortunes of racing have been downright cruel in a double dose for accomplished regional trainer Gayna Williams and a win in Friday’s prestigious TAB Orange Gold Cup with performed gelding From The Bush ($5.50 into $5 on TAB) couldn’t be more deserved.

Leading jockey Grant Buckley will be back aboard From The Bush as the early favourite attempts to win another feature race in the $40,000 Ray White Emms Mooney Bathurst Cup (1800m) on Sunday.

Wild Rocket – the mare so aptly named by her owners because of their connection to aviation – is set to do some flying of her own in the QUBE Narromine Cup (1600m) on Sunday.