Chris Munce closing in on Mick Dittman record

By Glenn Davis

BRISBANE, May 15 AAP - Chris Munce will continue his quest to become the first jockey to ride a century of Brisbane metropolitan winners in a season at Doomben on Saturday.

Munce has so far ridden 85 winners and he has 19 meetings to reach the record and the milestone.

Champion jockey Mick Dittman holds the record with 97-1/2 wins, set in 1979-80.

Munce's task of setting a new benchmark has been made more difficult by the influx of interstate and overseas riders for the Brisbane winter carnival and a reduction in metropolitan midweek meetings.

"I'll be doing my best and I'm hopeful of getting to 100 winners," Munce said.

"It's a bit like a run chase but it's very difficult this time of the year when a lot of the midweek metropolitan meetings have been transferred to the provincials.

"And it's never easy when the winter carnival is in full swing. A lot of the southern trainers come here and bring their own jockeys."

Munce claimed Brisbane's riding honours for a fourth time last season.

He has a strong book of five rides for Doomben but the Grand Slam-winning rider will be watching the Group One Doomben Cup from the jockeys' room.

"I haven't got a ride in the Doomben Cup this year," Munce said.

"But that's not unusual. I've only ever had a handful of rides in it for one reason or another.

"I think that's because it's a weight-for-age race and a lot of the southerners come for it with their own riders."

Munce became a member of the grand slam club, joining Neville Sellwood, Pat Hyland, Roy Higgins, Mick Dittman, Damien Oliver and Jim Cassidy, after winning the Caulfield Cup on the Gai Waterhouse-trained Descarado in 2010.

The Caulfield Cup was the final piece of the grand slam jigsaw to fall into place for Munce after he previously won the 1998 Melbourne Cup on Jezabeel, the Cox Plate with Savabeel (2004) and two Golden Slippers aboard Prowl (1998) and Dance Hero (2004).

Munce's Doomben rides include Risk Aversion (Glenlogan Park), Morning Captain (Fred Best Classic), Miss Artistic (The Roses), Carry Me Bluey (BRC Sprint) and Sizzling in the Group Two Champagne Classic.