It was meant to be a three month loan aimed at kick starting Jake Barrett’s career but the 23-year-old apprentice says his move to Dubbo is the best thing that could have happened to him.

Trained by the sister of five shearers, part-owned by an orphan who left school at 14 to become a jackaroo and later made his fortune as a nightclub owner and futures trader, and ridden by a young jockey formerly from Queensland, the 4yo mare One Aye on Sunday won the $50,000 Bankstown Sports Club Forbes Cup in an exciting finish.

Kosciuszko hopeful Spiranac will look to stake her claim for slot in the $1.3 million country feature on Saturday.