The Craig Martin-trained gelding, son of Bite The Bullet, claimed a half-length win from Troy O’Neile’s Try “N” Run A Muck with Paul Perry’s Grammar school a half head away third and Peter Sinclair’s a close up fourth.

Former Queensland apprentice Adam Spinks rode Bullet Kid and celebrated a good win after he thought he might have been “in trouble at the turn”.

“I was lucky to get him in the clear and get a good run,” said Spinks. 

The son of former Armidale jockey Andrew Spinks, who is still riding and based at the Gold Coast, is enjoying his move to the large and powerful Cavanough stable at Scone.

“I’ve been there three weeks,” Spinks said.

“It’s a great experience.”

He has now ridden 62 winners in a career that started at 17 in Brisbane for the now 24-year-old.

A ride in the Walcha Cup aboard Bullet Kid looks likely for Spinks.

Craig Martin said the five-year-old gelding will head to Walcha for the Cup.

“Should get 58kg in that,” he said of a gelding who carried 59kg at Tamworth after Spinks’ 1.5kg claim.

“He ran second in a Class 3 up there last year and we wiill go back for the Cup.”

Bullet Kid has now won five of his 17 starts for Martin.

Craig’s brother, Tim Martin, took home his first ever Walcha Cup win last year when Hunter Jack set a new race and track record.

Martin said he was taking Reward for Fashion to the Walcha race meeting this year but wasn’t sure if she would be running in the cup.

Walcha gelding, Loud Enough, which won the $35,000 Inverell Cup (1400m) when the George Woodward owned and trained five-year-old son of Benicio grabbed Paddy Cunningham’s Carry On Jake in the final stride, is also expected to run in the Walcha Cup.

“Wonderful, only had him for three runs,” said Woodward. “He’s now had a third and two wins. Wasn’t a real nice horse when we got him. Took all the gear off him and he’s a different horse, happy.”