Kempsey’s larrikin veteran Barry Ratcliff narrowly missed a career ambition with lifelong mates, but he’s far from deflated, eyeing other occasions with his powerhouse mare Markievicz ($11 into $10 on TAB) into a TAB $100,000 Class 3, 1400m, Highway at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.

It has been a while between drinks, but Barry Ratcliff has celebrated another city win.