Barnes for giving her a second chance and showered Fin with kisses and a steady procession of sugar lumps and apple pieces for days after their first race – although he forgave her quite quickly when food was involved, a ‘typical male’, as her mother would have said. Their next race was on home soil at Beaudesert. An improved finish of sixth led to another ride on both horses further inland at Dalby, then down south to Warwick, back up to Gatton and to the Sunshine Coast. Each race, Tully grew more comfortable with the speed, finishing hungrier and with renewed aggression for the next one. She even managed to race the track where her mother was killed – she and Fin ran last, but the relief and pride Tully felt after being brave enough to get around that turn remained in her memory long after the race. Fin was really finding his stride now Tully was riding like a real jockey, and had won more already than he had in the last two seasons combined.
