50/1 shot continues stable’s roughies record

Jul 18, 2023 | Article, Sports, This Week's Issue

By Paul Mitchell A 50/1 success last week added another chapter to the Jaensch stable’s history of producing long-priced winners.  Debutante Gusty Way saluted at the Murray Bridge midweek meeting (paying $55.60 on the TAB tote), but local mother-son training team Sue and Jason Jaensch hardly fell off their chairs after the one-length win.  “No, we weren’t surprised,” said Naracoorte-based Sue. “We knew he went alright.”  Gusty Way’s win sparked memories of the stable’s past winning longshots, headlined by a remarkable two-day double that saluted at odds of around 6000/1.  “I went to Melbourne one day and won a race at 75/1 with Bronze Roulette, who went on to win the Swan Hill Cup,” Sue recalled.  “And the next day we had a maiden horse win at 82/1.”  Sue recalls Madja blowing punters out of the water at 100/1 at Stawell one day, but a Naracoorte Cup roughie is her […]

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