The Mudgee trainer and Sharpe Hussler took part of Sydney’s biggest race day last Saturday after nabbing a spot in The Kosciuszko.

The inaugural running of the $1.3 million event took place alongside The Everest at Royal Randwick, with Crockett’s gelding the lone representative in the event from the central west region.

Twelve of the best bush-trained sprinters lined up in the race, with Sharpe Hussler jumping from

barrier 12 with Jason Collett in the saddle.

“He’s a back marker,” Crockett said.

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Sharpe Hussler was selected by Newcastle slot owner Matthew Williams, who won his slot after purchasing just five tickets.

The Husson (Arg) x Lost in Dubai (NZ) progeny’s ability to sprint off a quick tempo and handle all conditions made him appealing to Williams, while the passion of his owners was also a selling point.

“It’s incredible,” Crockett said.

“It was a bit of a dream to start off with. The next dream will be hopefully to win it, but it’s going to be a lot harder to win than it was to get into it!”

Crockett was thrilled just to be a part of the day and although he admitted he wanted to place first, he game in seventh place.

The gelding last raced at Randwick on August 18 and while he only beat one horse home behind Almanzora he was run off his feet early in the 1000m race but still ran 33.15 for his last 600m and 11.44 for his last 200m (Punters Intel) which was second only to the winner.

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There was no shortage of support for Crockett as even Dubbo MP Troy Grant threw his support behind the gelding.

“Mudgee is renowned as being a top racing region and the Crockett name is well-known through the deeds of Cameron’s father Max, who is an absolute legend of the sport,” Mr Grant said.

“Now Cameron is making a name for himself as a trainer, and I think it’s terrific that he has been able to get Sharpe Hussler into this race.

“The Kosciuszko has been such an intriguing concept. I was at the Dubbo Cup meeting a few weeks ago and it was a race that everyone was talking about because we had a few trainers trying to get their horses into the field and local punters trying to win a slot through the sweepstakes.

“Hopefully in years to come we’ll get more runners from our region into the race, but this year we have one and I know I’ll be supporting Sharpe Hussler on Saturday.”

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