![The Fabian Azzopardi-trained Look Only dashes to victory - the 73-year-old Queanbeyan trainer's first in Sydney. Picture: AAP The Fabian Azzopardi-trained Look Only dashes to victory - the 73-year-old Queanbeyan trainer's first in Sydney. Picture: AAP](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/reqbnGrLXyZFax2TwSi3Na/8224a174-1178-4e28-bad4-d65812c188b4.jpg/r0_370_2282_1268_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Retired council-worker Fabian Azzopardi only trains one horse. But that's all the 73-year-old needs.
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Not surprising when that horse becomes your first ever Sydney winner in 30 years of training. Having only ever taken one other horse up the Hume Highway.
That horse is Look Only, who took out the Highway Handicap (1000 metres) at Randwick on Saturday.
She darted up the middle of the track to win by half-a-length from Matthew Dale's All In War, while Tango Stepz (Rodney Northam) was a length behind in third.
It left Azzopardi speechless, tasting victory in just his third race in Sydney.
The previous two were with Bree's Victory, who ran at Canterbury twice in 1996 - the second time finishing fourth to Bart Cumming's Cool Square.
"I was over the moon. I was a bit [speechless after the race]," Azzopardi said.
"I only brought one other horse to Sydney - 25 years ago - ran fourth and I haven't had a starter there since.
"It was a thrill today for me."
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Racing - in one form or other - has always been in Azzopardi's family.
His dad was involved with greyhounds, while his uncle Tony owned 1984 Miracle Mile winner Double Agent.
Azzopardi started out strapping for deceased Queanbeyan trainer Barry Freebody, but when he moved to Queensland Azzopardi got his own training license.
He had a winner with his very first start with a gelding called Quiet Drink.
"I'm a retired council worker from Queanbeyan and I've been in horses for about 30 years, on and off," he said.
"My dad was in greyhounds and my uncle was a Miracle Mile winner with Double Agent.
"If it wasn't greyhounds it was horses or trotters.
"I started to strap for a guy at Queanbeyan and then I got my own trainers licence in 1990.
"He had a horse of mine and he moved to Queensland and I took the horse back, got my licence and I won first-up with the horse."
Azzopardi was unsure what he'd do next with Look Only.
The three-year-old filly might go for a spell or she might have one more run before the winter.
Thoroughbred Park's inaugural Canberra Racing Carnival could be an option if he decides to send the daughter of Knight Exemplar around again before heading to the paddock.
"She might have a spell or we'll just see how she pulls up in a couple of days," Azzopardi said.
"If I can find another race I might give her another start and then paddock her for the winter."