There has always been a great alliance between trainer, Steve Richards, and jockey, Steven King, there hasn’t been much joy for either over the past 12 months.

It has been a long road without a turn, however, that turn arrived on Saturday at Flemington when Marcado saluted in the Listed Talindert Stakes.

Steven Richards, he couldn’t remember his last city winner, he admits is has been a while but there is no pointing in looking back, it is now marching forward with a view to the Sire’s Produce Stakes.

It has been no walk in the park for Steven King either after breaking a foot resulting in a fall at Ballarat, there has been a couple of wins since at the mid week fixtures.

When your name doesn’t appear in the form guide pages, through no fault of your own, there is always someone about to step in and take your place.

Marcado has an excellent pedigree and could have been a steal at $90,000, out of the Karaka Sales in New Zealand he is by Choisir, out of Circles of Ice, a half sister to Gold Anthem, dam of Starspanglebanner, a colt bred on exactly the same identical cross will be offered as Lot 356 by Oakford Thoroughbred Farm at the Premier Yearling Sales.

Marcado returns to scale with Steven King up