Halfway through last Saturday’s Class 2 TAB Highway Handicap at Rosehill, jockey Dylan Gibbons was composing an apology to give connections when he returned to scale. 
At the time, Gibbons, aboard the Jeremy Sylvester-trained Unreachable, was travelling four wide after having drawn barrier 14 in the 16-horse field for the 1400-metre event. 
As things turned out, no apology was necessary, but rather a victory speech, as Unreachable ($31) showed a ton of tenacity to win by a long neck from Nova Centauri with a similar margin to third placegetter and favourite Solitario. 
“Halfway around I was thinking of the best way to apologise but thankfully I don’t have to,” Gibbons said on returning to scale. 
“I did say to them beforehand that when you get these big fields, ideally I don’t want to be four deep, but I was happy to be three deep. 
“Because (the field) is so big, the inside can get you in a bit of trouble, whereas we were able to be in a rhythm and flow. 
“To the horse’s credit, she hit a flat spot around the corner but when we straightened up she really came again.” 
For his part, Cessnock-based Sylvester said the six-year-old mare had been over the odds.
“It was probably the barrier that was a concern,” he said. 
“She ran a very good race at Wyong in a strong field a fortnight ago, so we picked this race out. Dylan was impressed with her the other day and said he’d stick with her. 
“The barrier was the concern. We sat wide the whole way but once she balanced up, she gave a nice kick.” 
Unreachable is not the longest-priced winner Sylvester has landed in Sydney. A year ago, he led in another Highway winner, Sir Freddie, at $81.
Treble Denim
Wyong trainer Denim Wynen made it three wins from three starters at Rosehill for the season when Sunshine Law, with apprentice Anna Roper in the saddle, won last Saturday’s 1500-metre benchmark 78 for fillies and mares in a thrilling three-way finish. 
Sunshine Law ($11) scored by a short head from Kingston Charm, with Vienna Queen a long head further away in third place. 
“To say you get used to it would be good. To come here and be competitive like my horses are is a great feeling,” said Wynen. 
Sunshine Law was a late entry for the race after Wynen had convinced the owners that their mare was a genuine winning chance against the favoured Amreekiyah ($2.40 favourite) and Sister Daae ($3.30). 
“I thought they were the two to beat in the race and I’m very proud of my mare. She went super,” said Wynen. 
The other non-metro trainer to pick up a race at Rosehill was Hawkesbury’s Blake Ryan, who took the benchmark 88 ClubsNSW Handicap (1200m) with Lady Extreme ($12).
Ridden by Jay Ford, Lady Extreme scored a comfortable one-length win over Felix Majestic to take her Rosehill record to five starts for three wins and a second.
Around the traps 
Keagan Latham took the riding honours at Kembla Grange last Saturday with three winners, two of them for the John O’Shea/Tom Charlton training partnership. 
Meanwhile at Grafton, Ben Looker landed the last three winners on the six-race card, two of them for Gold Coast trainer Tom Cowan. 
Elsewhere, Saturday’s Gulargambone Cup (1200m) went to the Brett Robb-trained Rothgate ($4.60), ridden by apprentice Caine Stuart. 
Kath Bell-Pitomac and Jake Pracey-Holmes shared riding honours with a double apiece.
Pracey-Holmes went on with the job on Sunday, taking the Moree Cup (1400m) on $2.15 favourite Tavros for Tamworth trainer Craig Martin. 
The Bull Point five-year-old, a last-start winner on his home track, now has five wins from 12 starts. 
Earlier on the program, the 950-metre, Moree Town Plate saw another Tamworth-trained shortie, six-year-old Who Goes There ($1.85), bring up a hat-trick for Mark Mason.
The win was the first leg of a double for jockey Matt McGuren, who went on to win the last, a 1300-metre benchmark 58 aboard Zahdi ($4) for Scone’s Scott Singleton. 
The $50,000 Super Maiden (1400m) saw Toowoomba-trained second-starter Bole Le land some good bets ($4.40-$3.80) in winning by three lengths under claiming apprentice Jett Newman. 
The four-year-old Castelvecchio gelding had started at $101 and beaten only one home over 1200 metres at his only previous start, last April. He could pay to follow over more ground.
At Wyong the same day, Dylan Gibbons capped a productive weekend with a riding double. 
A coupla cups
This Saturday in the central west, it’s cup day at Mendooran, with the feature over 1200 metres. 
Sunday sees a $50,000 Super Maiden over 1100 metres at Gundagai while at Mudgee the feature is the Black Nugget Cup (1400 metres).