SPICY MARTINI, TOBY EDMONDS AND TAYLOR MARSHALL COMBINE TO LAND A CELEBRATED HOME TOWN VICTORY
By Graham Potter | Sunday, June 14, 2026
A team of three … Spicy Martini, Toby Edmonds and Taylor Marshall … all carried out their respective roles to perfection in a win in the $3 million Stradbroke, Queensland’s signature race that would long be celebrated as a famous hometown victory.
And these three can be mentioned in an interchangeable order … no one being more important in the grand scheme of things than the other.
Toby Edmonds’ decision to purchase Spicy Martine for a paltry $8 000, taking a punt of his judgement of the pedigree, was the spark that lit the fire.
As the trainer, he was also responsible for critical decisions regarding Spicy Martini’s buildup to the big race … the decision to give her a month between runs between both her first and second-up run … and her second-up run going into the Stradbroke … was, as Taylor Marshall put it, “a masterstroke’ … adding, “I just think she is thriving with that programming.”
And he said that before the race!
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