Caitlin Hollowood celebrates first metro win at Caulfield Heath

Apprentice jockey Caitlin Hollowood has achieved a career milestone with Prestige Forever's victory at Caulfield Heath.

Hollowood, who had previously accumulated 33 wins on country and provincial tracks in Victoria and New South Wales, notched her first metropolitan winner when the Julius Sandhu-trained Prestige Forever captured the Sportsbet Feed Handicap (1500m) on Wednesday.

"It's unreal," Hollowood remarked. "For a second, I thought we were beaten, but he really fought back and really dug in deep. I'm so happy to get the win, especially for Julius too. It was my first ride for him, so we're starting off in a good way."

Prestige Forever ($12), starting from the outermost barrier, found himself challenged in the straight but battled back strongly to defeat the Tom Dabernig-trained stablemates Dantooine ($4.40) and Corro ($17) by a short-head.

The colt, Prestige Forever, initially raced for the David Brideoake and Matt Jenkins stable and was successful in the Listed St Albans Stakes at Moonee Valley during his two-year-old season.

Following Brideoake's retirement from training, the horse was transferred to Matt Laurie before ultimately joining Sandhu's stable in Cranbourne.

Sandhu highlighted the significant expectations placed on Hollowood for her initial ride aboard a horse that had not always demonstrated its full potential.

"We asked a lot of her as this guy had been taking the 'mickey' back home," Sandhu shared. "We know he's talented, but he has a bit of a good old think, so we just had to go and do something different. We drew the outside barrier, and I said to give him a good squeeze and get him to the front. I said to be aggressive, and she was, and she rated him well in front. Credit to the horse. He was headed at that furlong mark, but he fought deep and it's good for the connections, and hopefully that's the making of him. As a two-year-old he showed plenty but did not always have his mind on the job."

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