Sam Kavanagh, (son of Mark), is a man on a mission, and if determination means anything, he is already half way there.

On Saturday last he trained his first winner in Melbourne, and it could be his last for a while, as he is off to Sydney to set up a training base at Rosehill.

After just 14 months in Adelaide, he trained his first winner at Morphettville when Meshmaker defeated a handy field.

At Rosehill he will be locking horns in pretty strong company with Chris Waller, Gerald Ryan and Tim Martin.

He produced a better that average horse at Caulfield in the imported gelding, Midsummer Sun, he careered away for the easiest of wins after having won in Adelaide

Midsummer Sun winning easily.

The gelding is much better than those met at “The Heath”, after travelling mid field for much of the race, Glen Boss had him well positioned when they came to the final bend.

It was then just a matter of how far after that, he soon gave the opposition a short back and sides.

Sam Kavanagh was pretty pleased with the win of Midsummer Sun, there will be some homework to do, whether he pushes off to Brisbane for the Cup, or is spelled and come up for the Melbourne spring .

Sam Kavanagh