Racing: Incentive for Cassidy

Jim Cassidy has an extra incentive to win his fourth Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm tomorrow.

"I want to win it for my old mate Rogie," Cassidy said, referring to Bid Spotter's trainer Graeme Rogerson.

"He's been a mate of mine since I started riding when I was 16. He's been there for me from day one."

Cassidy dislikes comparing gallopers of different eras but has no doubt Bid Spotter has the potential to be a Cup horse in Melbourne.

"I think Bid Spotter is an improving horse with the potential to go on to the spring races. He keeps going up a notch every start."

The beautifully bred Bid Spotter, who cost $850,000 as a yearling, is by Redoute's Choice out of the Sir Tristram mare Isolda.

Rogerson trained Isolda to win the 1995 Champagne Stakes in which she beat Octagonal after finishing second to him in the AJC Sires' Produce Stakes.

Bid Spotter has started 12 times and took his record to four wins when he scored on a heavy track at Randwick on May 23.

"He's won on a heavy nine in Sydney but they'll be up to their guts in it in this Derby," Cassidy said.

- AAP