Listed $300,000 Caloundra Cup: The Right Way or The Wright Way for owner Greg Wright?
Former Kiwi Wright, who moved to Queensland five years ago, says The Right Way was meant to be named after him and his father Alister who is the owner of the galloper.
'It should have been spelled with a 'W' but my Dad put the name of the horse through and he didn't tell his partner who was submitting it, that it was a 'W',' Wright laughed.
'It is a shame and we may even change it, because in Australia you can do that.
'When I moved over to Australia I purchased mainly unraced young horses, one of which is The Right Way who was bought sight unseen on his pedigree by my father who owns him.
'He is a big and slow-maturing lovely horse who I hope will continue to get better with age as he still does some dumb things like jumping the crossing and over-racing early if the tempo is too slow for his liking.
'He won the Stayers Final at Ipswich which was a target race, so anything else he does for the rest of this preparation is a bonus.
'At Ipswich he was aided by some great riding from Emily Lang.
'I said to someone it was a ten out of ten ride and they said 'no, it was twelve out of ten'.'
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The Right Way hangs on at @IpswichTurfClub in the Stayers Final! @emilyyplang @RaceQLD pic.twitter.com/QEoCzDXQfS
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) June 21, 2025
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Bookmakers have taken notice of the five-year-old gelding's win over 2500m at Ipswich and he is rated a $12 chance for Saturday's Listed Caloundra Cup which is raced over 2400m.
Wright's galloper has drawn the widest gate but drawing wide didn't worry him at Ipswich and Lang has again been tasked with working her magic.
Wright is enjoying his new career in the Sunshine State which is a far cry from his former life in Invercargill, the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand.
'I worked shift work at the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter near Invercargill, for just short of 20 years,' Wright said.
The Right Way gives a good kick to win Race 4 at @SCTurfClub! pic.twitter.com/Mw5YWIH6gj
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) June 8, 2025
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'I was an owner/trainer of usually a couple of horses at a time, riding most of the work and the gallops myself.
'I worked my way up to be a Metal Scheduler and I co-ordinated the tapping of molten metal through to the cast house into the appropriate furnace, alloying the furnace to the specific alloy required and setting the tapping tickets for the next shift among other tasks.
'We decided to come to Australia when there was talk of shutting the smelter and my father Alister had been suggesting that the racing opportunities were far greater in Australia.
'I'd love to win at Caloundra with this horse, we have a light weight (53kg) and a lovely horse that we are already so proud of and lucky to have.'
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