An ambitious plan with far reaching positive outcomes for both racing enthusiasts and the broader Brisbane community has been announced by Kevin Dixon, Chairman of the Brisbane Racing Club (BRC).
Dixon unveiled “a bold, concept master-plan to make Brisbane a first-class racing destination hosting some of Australia’s richest and bigger races.”
For many years various ideas for improvement and development of land have been touted individually by the two Metropolitan race-clubs, the Queensland Turf Club and the Brisbane Turf Club, with little of real consequence being achieved. The merger of the two clubs changed the planning parameters. It allowed project managers to deal with one entity – the entire Brisbane Metropolitan Racing precinct – and it thus allowed them plan for maximum benefit.
“At the time the members of the two clubs voted to merge, it unlocked a whole new opportunity,” explained Dixon. “That opportunity is that planning could now involve the whole precinct. Many people took that to mean that we would shed one of the race-courses. That is not the case. This club has a fundamental view that we are one club with two tracks – and, most importantly for those who had any doubts, that fact has always been part and parcel of any planning strategy.
“The merger has allowed the planning process to take a quantum leap and leads us to where we are today – namely in a position to unveil our concept master plan,” continued Dixon. “For racing, it’s about achieving the highest standard with the best facilities. For the local environment and the local area in which we are housed, it’s about giving everyone a lifestyle that will be the envy of the rest of Brisbane. For Queensland, it is about growing the economy with a development that is completely self-sufficient. We can no longer stand still. We can no longer procrastinate and we can no longer live in the past.
“Brisbane Racing Club, our major partner Watpac and architects Cox Rayner, will be working very closely with the Brisbane City Council to gain the necessary approvals for this concept master plan.”
The plan is multifaceted and lengthy in detail. Beyond the grand scope of the plan, the absolute benefit of the concept master plan is in the detail. Factors falling under headings such as Project Economics, Welfare of Horses, Track Enhancements (at Eagle Farm and Doomben), Raceday Patrons, Community Leisure and Lifestyle, Traffic and Parking, Heritage and Sustainability have been rigorously researched and thoroughly detailed. No less than seventy points are itemised under these headings in the Brisbane Racing Club’s fact sheet. As such they cannot be recounted in their entirety here. The three major points are:
The concept master plan is a totally self-funded development. In spite of the intimidating projected cost of $1.2 billion, there is no requirement for funding of any kind from the Government or Queensland Racing Limited. Development of the redundant land will provide the income source.
$400 million of the cost is dedicated to upgrading racing facilities, much of which will be the first priority.
Subject to development approval and on-going market conditions, the lifespan of the project is expected to be between ten and fifteen years. In theory that means that the project will progress at a rate of roughly $100 million a year, with an estimated 1300 jobs being created for each year of construction.
“The reason we are announcing our vision today,” explained Dixon, “is we want to ensure the community is well aware of the project. We will provide the community with every detail. We will listen to their feedback. We won’t be looking to lodge the formal development application with the Brisbane City Council for at least another six to twelve months while this feedback process is taking place. We are going to dot all of the i’s and cross all of the t’s on this development to ensure it is something the majority of Brisbane will be proud of. The BRC will establish a Community Reference Group, the concept being to build partnerships and give a voice to the local community so that together we create a shared vision.”
For those who want to be fully informed of the plans in place for progress, there are several options to get up to speed.
Details of the concept master plan can be viewed at www.brc.com.au
Any interested party can visit the Administrative Office at Eagle Farm to view displays.
There is a dedicated phone number to contact on 1300101389
E-mail contact via masterplan.brc.com.au
During a media conference held by Dixon and Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman, the duo were flanked by two apprentice jockeys wearing the new racing silks of the BRC. They were there, not for show, but rather to emphasise an important aspect of what is on the line when the racing plans its future. As Dixon said in his introduction, “I would like to acknowledge two important people, who are standing here to the side of me – Amy Taylor and Mitch Wood. Their faces are what this announcement is all about – the future of racing in Brisbane. Amy and Mitch are two apprentices based here in Brisbane and their future depends on a viable and prosperous racing future here in Brisbane.”
So does the future of many thousands of other jobs within the racing industry.
The concept master plan is ambitious to say the least. Many hurdles have to be overcome and the lengthy timeframe means that the project will at times be subject to forces beyond its control which will threaten its path. There will also be many sceptics out there voicing opinions which will do the project no favours. That is their right and, on some past evidence, they do have ammunition.
But this is a new club and it is a new ballgame. Importantly, the proposal on the table secures the future of both Eagle Farm and Doomben as the prime Metropolitan racing venues, which has long been a point of contention.
The bottom line is that, whether the plan ultimately succeeds in its entirety, in part or not at all – it deserves to be given a chance. All too often race-club directors are berated for their lack of action. Now they are being proactive and telling you exactly what they are doing.
It’s time to move forward!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
EAGLE FARM REVIEW (MON, APR 13)
A review of the meeting held at Eagle Farm on Monday, April 13.
Track - Heavy 10 (Retrospective rating). Rail - Out 6.5m.
Race 1:
3yo & Up Maiden Plate - 1400m
1st - Don't Do It Again; 2nd - American Gangster; 3rd - Cross Town Traffic
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Kelly Schweida: “We walked the track this morning. That was the plan, to scout as wide as possible.”
Jockey Shane Scriven: “The track is a 10. We won’t finish the day. It’s verging on ... it’s unraceable! It’s unsafe. Safety is paramount and that track is not safe. I don’t think we’ll have too many more. I might have ridden the programme. In fact, I’m sure I’ve ridden the programme. It’s that bad.”
Acting Chief Steward Wade Birch: “Immediately after race one senior riders voiced concerns with regards to visibility when racing back in the field. We couldn’t ignore those concerns. Safety of horse and rider is paramount and so we’ve abandoned the rest of the meeting.”
If anyone still has any doubt about the state of the going, the time posted for the last 600m – 41.75 seconds - tells the story.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Don’t Do It Again): 2.70 out to 3.20.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Don’t Do It Again (S. Scriven) and Exlero (B. Evans) were both slow to begin. Near the 1000m, Razzled (L. Rolls) had to be steadied to avoid the heels of Don’t Do It Again (S. Scriven), which shifted in. Cross Town Traffic, Lonesome Tycoon (D. Griffin), Carry On Dancer (O. Turpin), Galactic Spirit (L. Cassidy) and Rogues (A. Pattillo) raced wide throughout.
Due to persistent rain leading up to this race, stewards made the decision to abandon the remainder of the meeting due to poor visibility and the state of the track.
STEWARDS RACE DAY SUMMARY EXTRACT:
Summary of action concerning thoroughbred horses:
Horses swabbed post-race: Don't Do It Again, American Gangster.
The high rainfall claimed another victim when the meeting scheduled for Ipswich on Wednesday, April 15 was also abandoned. On that occasion, they didn’t even get as far as the first race.
Track - Heavy 10 (Retrospective rating). Rail - Out 6.5m.
Race 1:
3yo & Up Maiden Plate - 1400m
1st - Don't Do It Again; 2nd - American Gangster; 3rd - Cross Town Traffic
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Kelly Schweida: “We walked the track this morning. That was the plan, to scout as wide as possible.”
Jockey Shane Scriven: “The track is a 10. We won’t finish the day. It’s verging on ... it’s unraceable! It’s unsafe. Safety is paramount and that track is not safe. I don’t think we’ll have too many more. I might have ridden the programme. In fact, I’m sure I’ve ridden the programme. It’s that bad.”
Acting Chief Steward Wade Birch: “Immediately after race one senior riders voiced concerns with regards to visibility when racing back in the field. We couldn’t ignore those concerns. Safety of horse and rider is paramount and so we’ve abandoned the rest of the meeting.”
If anyone still has any doubt about the state of the going, the time posted for the last 600m – 41.75 seconds - tells the story.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Don’t Do It Again): 2.70 out to 3.20.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Don’t Do It Again (S. Scriven) and Exlero (B. Evans) were both slow to begin. Near the 1000m, Razzled (L. Rolls) had to be steadied to avoid the heels of Don’t Do It Again (S. Scriven), which shifted in. Cross Town Traffic, Lonesome Tycoon (D. Griffin), Carry On Dancer (O. Turpin), Galactic Spirit (L. Cassidy) and Rogues (A. Pattillo) raced wide throughout.
Due to persistent rain leading up to this race, stewards made the decision to abandon the remainder of the meeting due to poor visibility and the state of the track.
STEWARDS RACE DAY SUMMARY EXTRACT:
Summary of action concerning thoroughbred horses:
Horses swabbed post-race: Don't Do It Again, American Gangster.
The high rainfall claimed another victim when the meeting scheduled for Ipswich on Wednesday, April 15 was also abandoned. On that occasion, they didn’t even get as far as the first race.
SUNSHINE COAST REVIEW (SUN, APR 12)
A review of the meeting held at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday, April 12.
Race 1:
Maiden Handicap (Mares) - 1100m
1st - Stellar Rocket; 2nd - Cheryl The Feral; 3rd - Mount Magic
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Kevin Kemp: “We are just hoping that this will be the first of many. It is only her fourth start in a race. She’s shown a bit of promise. She is a lovely big mare. It was nice to see her settle today and hit the line. I know she is going to meet stronger horses than that from now on, but she’ll get stronger too, hopefully.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Stellar Rocket): 1.80 out to 2.80.
Favourite (Mount Magic): 3.80 in to 2.30. Finished third.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Queen Of The Storm (S. Al Taleei) jumped inwards at the start, forcing Stellar Rocket (R. Goltz) to be checked and taken in on to Our Girl Giggles (N. Yamada). Miss Mazaratti (M. Milford) was a little slow to jump. Apprentice S. Al Taleei, rider of the 4th placegetter Queen Of The Storm, was found guilty of a charge under AR137(b) in that she failed to ride her mount out approaching the finish of the race. Miss S. Al Taleei was suspended from riding in races for a period of 2 weeks, to commence at midnight, 12 April and to expire at midnight, 26 April 2009.
Race 2:
4yo & Up Maiden Handicap (Entires and Geldings)- 1100m
1st - In The Clink; 2nd - Genuine Sin; 3rd - Road From Heaven
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Greg Kennedy: “He pulled a shoe at his last start ... in the barriers. So he went around with three shoes and he is a very bad-footed horse and that he why he stopped last week. It was in the Stewards Report. People should have read it. He led last start, until he started coming to the corner when he started feeling sore. He is a very bad-footed horse ... lost a shoe getting out of the barriers and it cost him. This time he had no such problems. Last time in, he was just racing so well. It was his first prep. We kept stepping him up. I think he is a nice horse now that he has had a holiday.”
Jockey Damian Browne: “His work on Wednesday when I galloped him was sensational on that track. I thought, if he could just get a couple of easy sectionals early and run that sort of time home they wouldn’t beat him, which is pretty much how the race panned out.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (In The Clink): 2.30 out to 2.70.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Roadtoluck (M. Heagney) missed the start. Pearl Of Paradise (N. Spencer) was tightened for room shortly after the start between Ranchatore (D. Green) and Agent Alvin (B. Evans), which shifted in. Approaching the finish line Roadtoluck (M. Heagney) was tightened for room by Road From Heaven (N. Yamada), which was inclined to lay in under pressure. Pearl Of Paradise and Genuine Sin (G. Butler) raced wide for the majority of the event.
Race 3:
3yo & Up Maiden Plate - 1600m
1st - Master Of War; 2nd - Raw Sienna; 3rd - Apply
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Greg Kennedy (who completed a race-to-race double on the day): “He hasn’t run a bad race yet. Even his second run (when 4.60 lengths back) was good. He was stuck five wide. He is by Red Ransom. His brother was a horse called Red Terror. He won the Packer Plate. He beat Toulouse Lautrec ... so, you know, the breeding is there. They can laugh if they like, but he is heading for the Derby if we can get enough prize-money to get him there. We got him as a two-year-old and it has taken this long to get him ready. All credit to young Lisa (Donovan) - stable rider, worker, foreman! He was a buck-jumper. She has hit the deck more times than I’ve had hot dinners. We’ve got pictures where she has got bruises like a chess board on her back ... you know, from the vest where it has dug into her. He bucked that many times when he had balls and they wouldn’t cut him because he was a Red Ransom. Finally we said, look if you want a race-horse, you know ... or else he won’t race. Every-time he got a fright he used to root. I’ve ridden a lot of rough horses, but he could buck. Put it this way, I wasn’t putting my hand up to get on for a second. So he’s come a long way. Hopefully, the Derby might not be beyond him if we can win a couple of handy races over the journey before then. He is a three-year-old and he will get the journey.”
Jockey Damian Browne: “Look, I think he is going to make a nice stayer in time. The penny hasn’t dropped with him. He did the same at Doomben last time ... he got back and hit the line strongly there. Today they went pretty quick early and that enabled him to find the line again, but I think that once he gets up to 2000m he’ll make the grade.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Master Of War): 1.50 in to 1.40 out to 1.45.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Imposing Belle (M. Heagney) missed the start. Mythical (A. Erhart) was inclined to over-race rounding the first turn.
Race 4:
3yo QTIS Maiden Handicap - 1400m,
1st - Famous Fortune; 2nd - Kalinga Echo; 3rd - Esbend
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Lyn Patton (whose winner won first-up over 1400m): “He is always going to be a distance horse. At this point we might be thinking a bit too high, but we are thinking Melbourne Cup next year. He is just a terrific stayer. First-up, I thought it was a terrific run. It was his first time on the Cushion Track and the thing was he went back to the stable and he wasn’t even blowing by the time he had his wash, which was fantastic. So he is only going to keep improving. He is only lightly raced and I’ve put all loyal owners into this horse to keep them happy. They’ve all been part of it today. So everybody is happy. They are very, very happy. He is just a big, dopey, sleepy sort of a horse. Likes to save his energy, which is really good because he relaxes in his races and so the jockey can just put him where they want. He was field-shy his first prep. Now he is not, so he sat a lot closer today. He used to be fourteen (lengths) off the lead turning for home and then get beat by four ... so he just needed more experience.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Famous Fortune): 3.50 out to 5.00.
Favourite (Craiglea Pursuit): 3.80 out to 4.00 in to 3.00.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT
Esbend (N. Thomas) jumped away awkwardly. Lukin (A. Pattillo), Big Rippa (M. Heagney) and Biscay’s Best (A. Erhart) missed the start. Near the 200m, Biscay’s Best, which had a tendency to lay in, brushed Craiglea Pursuit (B. Ohlbrecht). Big Rippa raced three wide for the majority of the event.
When questioned regarding the disappointing performance of Rock Our World, K. Pope stated that the horse travelled reasonably well until the 800m, however the colt appeared to resent the kick back and was under pressure a short distance later and failed to finish the race off despite being hard ridden. Trainer T. Miller was at a loss to explain the disappointing performance other than agreeing that Rock Our World may not have been comfortable with the kickback from today's surface. A post-race veterinary examination of Rock Our World failed to reveal any significant abnormalities.
Race 5:
Class 1 Handicap - 1400m
1st - General Iglesia; 2nd - All Spiced Up; 3rd - Justoutaskool
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Mark Webb: “The horse has always been an improving type of horse and he handles this track well. He gets to the line. He is never going to be any champion, but he might measure up to midweek company in town. There were no instructions. I wanted him to win. I didn’t care where he was the running. So, you could say the plan worked.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (General Iglesia): 3.50 out to 3.80 in to 3.50.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Hunka Burnin’ Love (S. Holcombe) was slow to jump. Near the 500m, Zurge’s Boy (D. Griffin) shifted out to improve and brushed Justoutaskool (J. Kropp). Hunka Burnin’ Love and Justoutaskool raced wide for the majority of the event.
When questioned regarding the disappointing performance of Zurge’s Boy, D. Griffin stated that the horse travelled well until near the 500m where he attempted to make some room to gain clear running inside of Justoutaskool, however the horse then failed to accelerate and respond and despite being ridden along, did not make any ground over the concluding stages. A post-race veterinary examination of Zurge’s Boy revealed the horse to be lame in the off-foreleg. Trainer's representative Mr K. Robinson was advised that veterinary clearance would be required prior to its next race start.
Race 6:
Class 1 Handicap - 1000m
1st - Haizum; 2nd - Shooting Stars; 3rd - Wonkavator
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Merv Lloyd: “He is a funny little horse, you know, because when we first got him, he had a real Hail outlook (a reference to Haizum’s sire). The Hail horses – all they want to do is buck, bite and kick! He did everything, so I had a bit of work on my hands. In his very first start he again tried to be a real Hail, so, at Gympie, he decided to stop at the home turn. So that’s what he did. He stopped. So the bloke who owned him cracked a real one there and said this horse is no good. I said, he’ll be alright. We’ll keep him going. The owner didn’t carry on. He leased the horse to me instead. So I got him then. But this horse here is just going to keep going on. He is a wonderful little horse. His manners now are very good. Jana (Piper) was just telling me that around the barriers, he just went to sleep. Well before he didn’t. All he wanted to do was bite and buck ... so we’ve come a long way. This was a special result for me today. I’m not very well and my prognosis isn’t good, but I’m going to fight it. Moments like this really lift my spirits.”
Apprentice jockey Jana Piper: “That was a very, very special win. Merv (Lloyd) has been one of my biggest supporters since I started riding. Always ... always ... always kept me on, no matter how badly I rode. He is very sick at the moment and, you know, it was really emotional.
“As for the run itself, it was a two-way struggle (with Desiree Gill on Shooting Stars) down the length of the straight. We got pretty close together. She hit me with the stick. I’ve got a bruise on my arm (showing the bruise to confirm the contact). She landed three on me at about the furlong and I thought, well if she is hitting my arm, she is not hitting the horse. She made me work for it. It was really good. She headed me and I put the stick away and just kept punching it out. My horse fought back. He is a tough customer.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Haizum): 8.00 out to 9.00 in to 8.00.
Favourite (Cayman Islands): 4.00 in to 3.50. Finished fifth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Cayman Islands (D. Browne) jumped in the air as the start was effected and lost ground. Patton (R. Wiggins) also jumped awkwardly.
Race 7:
Class 4 Handicap - 1100m
1st - What A Success; 2nd - Hyde Park; 3rd - Patties Mate
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Stewart Mckinnon: “The barrier wasn’t a problem. He is a free-running horse. He can just jump out and run. He did have to do some work from the wide alley though, which does add to the merit of the win. His record on the Cushion Track is now four wins from seven starts with two second placings. All my horses now work on nothing but the Cushion Track. I never work on the grass now. I like the even surface of the Cushion Track. Yeah, I guess those who do handle the track – like this one – do get little more confident on it the more they run on it. He’s a four-year-old and he’s been lightly raced. This was only his tenth start. He was only a small horse, we had to wait for him to mature. He was just a slow maturing horse. We bred him. We raced the mother. Now, I reckon he’ll race on till he is an eight or nine-year-old.”
Jockey Damian Browne (who completed a treble on the day to go with the double he scored at Eagle Farm the day before): “He has always shown a little bit of speed in his races and he seems to appreciate this track - the Cushion Track. He is a bit of a track specialist. So we went forward from the draw and he rolled along nicely in front. The saddle slipped a little bit after about fifty metres ... just a little bit. It didn’t hamper me at all really. I managed to stay balanced all the way. It was pretty good.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (What A Success): 3.30 out to 3.80.
Favourite (Hyde Park): 2.00 in to 1.95 out to 2.00.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Red Enzo was declared a late scratching on veterinary advice at 2.55 pm after the gelding injured itself when being unloaded from its float. See The Flames (R. Hinricks) blundered on jumping away.
Hyde Park lost its near-fore plate in running. Lions And Dragons lost its near hind plate in running.
Race 8:
Class 3 Handicap - 1600m
1st - Oscar Osetetch; 2nd - Semi Final; 3rd - Fantastic Movie
WINNER FEEDBACK:
The Bill Baker trained Oscar Osetetch caused a major boil-over in the last race when he outgunned his rivals with a bit to spare once jockey Ryan Wiggins had the gelding to extend in the home straight. Such was the extreme nature of the upset, it remained difficult to go back and find any positive in the winners’ formline that had been missed before the race (which is often the case). Oscar Osetetch had finished last in all four of his starts this prep and had never finished closer than 8.70 lengths behind the winner. He also had the worst of the draw to contend with on this occasion.
That’s why they call it gambling!
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Oscar Osetetch): 26.00 out to 31.00.
Favourite (Davion): 2.80 out to 3.10. Finished fifth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Davion (B. El-Issa) was inclined to over-race at the heels of Fantastic Movie (E. Wilkinson) rounding the first turn. The horse continued to over-race for some distance. Wing Song (K. Pope) hung out and made the first turn awkwardly. Leaving the 1200m, Semi Final (B. Evans) shifted in and made heavy contact with Secret Request (N. Evans). Godly (A. Pattillo) broke down and was retired from the race leaving the 900m. A post-race veterinary examination of Godly revealed the gelding had broken down in the near-fore tendon. A veterinary clearance will be required for Godly prior to its next race start. Near the 800m, Davion (B. El-Issa) had to be steadied to avoid the heels of Godly when that horse was being eased out of the race after sustaining an injury. Semi Final raced wide for the majority of the event. Davion lost its off-fore plate in running.
STEWARDS RACEDAY SUMMARY EXTRACT:
Summary of action concerning thoroughbred horses:
Horses swabbed:
All winners.
Warnings/bars:
Race 5. Zurge's Boy - Lame off-fore knee - Vet. clearance - LR36(b)
Race 8. Godly - Broke down near fore tendon - Vet clearance - LR36(b)
Race 1:
Maiden Handicap (Mares) - 1100m
1st - Stellar Rocket; 2nd - Cheryl The Feral; 3rd - Mount Magic
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Kevin Kemp: “We are just hoping that this will be the first of many. It is only her fourth start in a race. She’s shown a bit of promise. She is a lovely big mare. It was nice to see her settle today and hit the line. I know she is going to meet stronger horses than that from now on, but she’ll get stronger too, hopefully.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Stellar Rocket): 1.80 out to 2.80.
Favourite (Mount Magic): 3.80 in to 2.30. Finished third.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Queen Of The Storm (S. Al Taleei) jumped inwards at the start, forcing Stellar Rocket (R. Goltz) to be checked and taken in on to Our Girl Giggles (N. Yamada). Miss Mazaratti (M. Milford) was a little slow to jump. Apprentice S. Al Taleei, rider of the 4th placegetter Queen Of The Storm, was found guilty of a charge under AR137(b) in that she failed to ride her mount out approaching the finish of the race. Miss S. Al Taleei was suspended from riding in races for a period of 2 weeks, to commence at midnight, 12 April and to expire at midnight, 26 April 2009.
Race 2:
4yo & Up Maiden Handicap (Entires and Geldings)- 1100m
1st - In The Clink; 2nd - Genuine Sin; 3rd - Road From Heaven
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Greg Kennedy: “He pulled a shoe at his last start ... in the barriers. So he went around with three shoes and he is a very bad-footed horse and that he why he stopped last week. It was in the Stewards Report. People should have read it. He led last start, until he started coming to the corner when he started feeling sore. He is a very bad-footed horse ... lost a shoe getting out of the barriers and it cost him. This time he had no such problems. Last time in, he was just racing so well. It was his first prep. We kept stepping him up. I think he is a nice horse now that he has had a holiday.”
Jockey Damian Browne: “His work on Wednesday when I galloped him was sensational on that track. I thought, if he could just get a couple of easy sectionals early and run that sort of time home they wouldn’t beat him, which is pretty much how the race panned out.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (In The Clink): 2.30 out to 2.70.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Roadtoluck (M. Heagney) missed the start. Pearl Of Paradise (N. Spencer) was tightened for room shortly after the start between Ranchatore (D. Green) and Agent Alvin (B. Evans), which shifted in. Approaching the finish line Roadtoluck (M. Heagney) was tightened for room by Road From Heaven (N. Yamada), which was inclined to lay in under pressure. Pearl Of Paradise and Genuine Sin (G. Butler) raced wide for the majority of the event.
Race 3:
3yo & Up Maiden Plate - 1600m
1st - Master Of War; 2nd - Raw Sienna; 3rd - Apply
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Greg Kennedy (who completed a race-to-race double on the day): “He hasn’t run a bad race yet. Even his second run (when 4.60 lengths back) was good. He was stuck five wide. He is by Red Ransom. His brother was a horse called Red Terror. He won the Packer Plate. He beat Toulouse Lautrec ... so, you know, the breeding is there. They can laugh if they like, but he is heading for the Derby if we can get enough prize-money to get him there. We got him as a two-year-old and it has taken this long to get him ready. All credit to young Lisa (Donovan) - stable rider, worker, foreman! He was a buck-jumper. She has hit the deck more times than I’ve had hot dinners. We’ve got pictures where she has got bruises like a chess board on her back ... you know, from the vest where it has dug into her. He bucked that many times when he had balls and they wouldn’t cut him because he was a Red Ransom. Finally we said, look if you want a race-horse, you know ... or else he won’t race. Every-time he got a fright he used to root. I’ve ridden a lot of rough horses, but he could buck. Put it this way, I wasn’t putting my hand up to get on for a second. So he’s come a long way. Hopefully, the Derby might not be beyond him if we can win a couple of handy races over the journey before then. He is a three-year-old and he will get the journey.”
Jockey Damian Browne: “Look, I think he is going to make a nice stayer in time. The penny hasn’t dropped with him. He did the same at Doomben last time ... he got back and hit the line strongly there. Today they went pretty quick early and that enabled him to find the line again, but I think that once he gets up to 2000m he’ll make the grade.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Master Of War): 1.50 in to 1.40 out to 1.45.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Imposing Belle (M. Heagney) missed the start. Mythical (A. Erhart) was inclined to over-race rounding the first turn.
Race 4:
3yo QTIS Maiden Handicap - 1400m,
1st - Famous Fortune; 2nd - Kalinga Echo; 3rd - Esbend
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Lyn Patton (whose winner won first-up over 1400m): “He is always going to be a distance horse. At this point we might be thinking a bit too high, but we are thinking Melbourne Cup next year. He is just a terrific stayer. First-up, I thought it was a terrific run. It was his first time on the Cushion Track and the thing was he went back to the stable and he wasn’t even blowing by the time he had his wash, which was fantastic. So he is only going to keep improving. He is only lightly raced and I’ve put all loyal owners into this horse to keep them happy. They’ve all been part of it today. So everybody is happy. They are very, very happy. He is just a big, dopey, sleepy sort of a horse. Likes to save his energy, which is really good because he relaxes in his races and so the jockey can just put him where they want. He was field-shy his first prep. Now he is not, so he sat a lot closer today. He used to be fourteen (lengths) off the lead turning for home and then get beat by four ... so he just needed more experience.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Famous Fortune): 3.50 out to 5.00.
Favourite (Craiglea Pursuit): 3.80 out to 4.00 in to 3.00.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT
Esbend (N. Thomas) jumped away awkwardly. Lukin (A. Pattillo), Big Rippa (M. Heagney) and Biscay’s Best (A. Erhart) missed the start. Near the 200m, Biscay’s Best, which had a tendency to lay in, brushed Craiglea Pursuit (B. Ohlbrecht). Big Rippa raced three wide for the majority of the event.
When questioned regarding the disappointing performance of Rock Our World, K. Pope stated that the horse travelled reasonably well until the 800m, however the colt appeared to resent the kick back and was under pressure a short distance later and failed to finish the race off despite being hard ridden. Trainer T. Miller was at a loss to explain the disappointing performance other than agreeing that Rock Our World may not have been comfortable with the kickback from today's surface. A post-race veterinary examination of Rock Our World failed to reveal any significant abnormalities.
Race 5:
Class 1 Handicap - 1400m
1st - General Iglesia; 2nd - All Spiced Up; 3rd - Justoutaskool
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Mark Webb: “The horse has always been an improving type of horse and he handles this track well. He gets to the line. He is never going to be any champion, but he might measure up to midweek company in town. There were no instructions. I wanted him to win. I didn’t care where he was the running. So, you could say the plan worked.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (General Iglesia): 3.50 out to 3.80 in to 3.50.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Hunka Burnin’ Love (S. Holcombe) was slow to jump. Near the 500m, Zurge’s Boy (D. Griffin) shifted out to improve and brushed Justoutaskool (J. Kropp). Hunka Burnin’ Love and Justoutaskool raced wide for the majority of the event.
When questioned regarding the disappointing performance of Zurge’s Boy, D. Griffin stated that the horse travelled well until near the 500m where he attempted to make some room to gain clear running inside of Justoutaskool, however the horse then failed to accelerate and respond and despite being ridden along, did not make any ground over the concluding stages. A post-race veterinary examination of Zurge’s Boy revealed the horse to be lame in the off-foreleg. Trainer's representative Mr K. Robinson was advised that veterinary clearance would be required prior to its next race start.
Race 6:
Class 1 Handicap - 1000m
1st - Haizum; 2nd - Shooting Stars; 3rd - Wonkavator
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Merv Lloyd: “He is a funny little horse, you know, because when we first got him, he had a real Hail outlook (a reference to Haizum’s sire). The Hail horses – all they want to do is buck, bite and kick! He did everything, so I had a bit of work on my hands. In his very first start he again tried to be a real Hail, so, at Gympie, he decided to stop at the home turn. So that’s what he did. He stopped. So the bloke who owned him cracked a real one there and said this horse is no good. I said, he’ll be alright. We’ll keep him going. The owner didn’t carry on. He leased the horse to me instead. So I got him then. But this horse here is just going to keep going on. He is a wonderful little horse. His manners now are very good. Jana (Piper) was just telling me that around the barriers, he just went to sleep. Well before he didn’t. All he wanted to do was bite and buck ... so we’ve come a long way. This was a special result for me today. I’m not very well and my prognosis isn’t good, but I’m going to fight it. Moments like this really lift my spirits.”
Apprentice jockey Jana Piper: “That was a very, very special win. Merv (Lloyd) has been one of my biggest supporters since I started riding. Always ... always ... always kept me on, no matter how badly I rode. He is very sick at the moment and, you know, it was really emotional.
“As for the run itself, it was a two-way struggle (with Desiree Gill on Shooting Stars) down the length of the straight. We got pretty close together. She hit me with the stick. I’ve got a bruise on my arm (showing the bruise to confirm the contact). She landed three on me at about the furlong and I thought, well if she is hitting my arm, she is not hitting the horse. She made me work for it. It was really good. She headed me and I put the stick away and just kept punching it out. My horse fought back. He is a tough customer.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Haizum): 8.00 out to 9.00 in to 8.00.
Favourite (Cayman Islands): 4.00 in to 3.50. Finished fifth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Cayman Islands (D. Browne) jumped in the air as the start was effected and lost ground. Patton (R. Wiggins) also jumped awkwardly.
Race 7:
Class 4 Handicap - 1100m
1st - What A Success; 2nd - Hyde Park; 3rd - Patties Mate
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Stewart Mckinnon: “The barrier wasn’t a problem. He is a free-running horse. He can just jump out and run. He did have to do some work from the wide alley though, which does add to the merit of the win. His record on the Cushion Track is now four wins from seven starts with two second placings. All my horses now work on nothing but the Cushion Track. I never work on the grass now. I like the even surface of the Cushion Track. Yeah, I guess those who do handle the track – like this one – do get little more confident on it the more they run on it. He’s a four-year-old and he’s been lightly raced. This was only his tenth start. He was only a small horse, we had to wait for him to mature. He was just a slow maturing horse. We bred him. We raced the mother. Now, I reckon he’ll race on till he is an eight or nine-year-old.”
Jockey Damian Browne (who completed a treble on the day to go with the double he scored at Eagle Farm the day before): “He has always shown a little bit of speed in his races and he seems to appreciate this track - the Cushion Track. He is a bit of a track specialist. So we went forward from the draw and he rolled along nicely in front. The saddle slipped a little bit after about fifty metres ... just a little bit. It didn’t hamper me at all really. I managed to stay balanced all the way. It was pretty good.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (What A Success): 3.30 out to 3.80.
Favourite (Hyde Park): 2.00 in to 1.95 out to 2.00.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Red Enzo was declared a late scratching on veterinary advice at 2.55 pm after the gelding injured itself when being unloaded from its float. See The Flames (R. Hinricks) blundered on jumping away.
Hyde Park lost its near-fore plate in running. Lions And Dragons lost its near hind plate in running.
Race 8:
Class 3 Handicap - 1600m
1st - Oscar Osetetch; 2nd - Semi Final; 3rd - Fantastic Movie
WINNER FEEDBACK:
The Bill Baker trained Oscar Osetetch caused a major boil-over in the last race when he outgunned his rivals with a bit to spare once jockey Ryan Wiggins had the gelding to extend in the home straight. Such was the extreme nature of the upset, it remained difficult to go back and find any positive in the winners’ formline that had been missed before the race (which is often the case). Oscar Osetetch had finished last in all four of his starts this prep and had never finished closer than 8.70 lengths behind the winner. He also had the worst of the draw to contend with on this occasion.
That’s why they call it gambling!
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Oscar Osetetch): 26.00 out to 31.00.
Favourite (Davion): 2.80 out to 3.10. Finished fifth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Davion (B. El-Issa) was inclined to over-race at the heels of Fantastic Movie (E. Wilkinson) rounding the first turn. The horse continued to over-race for some distance. Wing Song (K. Pope) hung out and made the first turn awkwardly. Leaving the 1200m, Semi Final (B. Evans) shifted in and made heavy contact with Secret Request (N. Evans). Godly (A. Pattillo) broke down and was retired from the race leaving the 900m. A post-race veterinary examination of Godly revealed the gelding had broken down in the near-fore tendon. A veterinary clearance will be required for Godly prior to its next race start. Near the 800m, Davion (B. El-Issa) had to be steadied to avoid the heels of Godly when that horse was being eased out of the race after sustaining an injury. Semi Final raced wide for the majority of the event. Davion lost its off-fore plate in running.
STEWARDS RACEDAY SUMMARY EXTRACT:
Summary of action concerning thoroughbred horses:
Horses swabbed:
All winners.
Warnings/bars:
Race 5. Zurge's Boy - Lame off-fore knee - Vet. clearance - LR36(b)
Race 8. Godly - Broke down near fore tendon - Vet clearance - LR36(b)
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
EAGLE FARM REVIEW (SAT, APR 11)
A review of the meeting held at Eagle Farm on Saturday, April 11.
Track - Dead 5 (Downgraded to Slow 6 at 11.45am). Rail - Out 1m the entire circumference.
Race 1:
Fillies & Mares Class 6 Plate -1400m
1st - Charvicky; 2nd - Montana Hilton; 3rd - Brief Me
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Rob Heathcote: “That’s the first win here at Eagle Farm and it’s become a little bit of a thing that it’s like a voodoo track for her, but she’d been so unlucky on so many occasions. But it’s a win where I give so much credit to a really top rider in Damian Browne. He’s in the best three in Queensland without a doubt. That’s his first ride on her and you know I couldn’t have picked her up and placed her where he put her on the way I asked him how to ride her. Just a lovely ride. She’s been here eighteen times and of those, she’s been unlucky in eight or ten of them. On her run the other day, her closing finish was really good. As I said to Damian before the race, the pattern or the tempo so often goes against her because she’s a get-back, run-on style of horse. You know credit to him here today with that track, she got back to second or third last, made her way through the field and hit the line good. I think the track is better than slow.”
Jockey Damian Browne: “I got a pretty good run throughout you know, she seemed to be handling the track pretty well. Rob Heathcote told me she had about 300m of run in her. When the runs come on the corner, she sprinted through very nicely and never really looked like getting beaten. She’s a pretty honest horse and tries very hard and today the race suited her.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Charvicky): 7.00 out to 8.00.
Favourite (Cool Edition): 2.00 out to 2.40. Finished seventh.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Cool Edition (L. Cassidy) and Fasliyev Dancer (T. Treichel) were slow to begin. When questioned regarding the disappointing performance of Cool Edition jockey L. Cassidy stated that the mare was slow away and in his opinion failed to travel comfortably at any stage in the race. L. Cassidy added that he placed Cool Edition under pressure approaching the home turn however, it failed to respond to his riding and compounded over the concluding stages. A post race veterinary examination of Cool Edition failed to reveal any abnormality.
Race 2:
2YO Fillies Handicap - 1000m
1st - Funtantes; 2nd - Before The Storm; 3rd - Redibis
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Rob Heathcote (who saddled back-to-back winners, taking out the first two races on the card): “Mate, it’s nice when you kick off a day like that. We are part-owners in Charvicky and I bred Funtantes with Wayne Purchase. We bought the half-brother to Funtantes back at the recent sale for $105 000. Quite a few owners in Funtantes are going to race him in that QTIS 600 Series. Gee, I knew she was good, but oh mate, she’s smart. The thing I like about her is she goes to sleep in the stalls ... and even when you put the saddle on her she still doesn’t move, but you bring her out here in the parade ring and she gets up on her toes like a prize fighter. She’s about to rock and roll. And give the kid some credit – Brent Evens! Is he the most improved three kilo kid we’ve got? I just said to him, be aggressive. Those were the only instructions I gave him. He’s riding well. I’ll put her in all the features. I’ll nom her in the Sires and the Castlemaine. She is by Easy Rocking and her mum Cantantes, she only won twice. Injury curtailed her career. She won in town. Cantantes is a Just Awesome mare that can handle all ground. Yeah, just very, very happy.”
Apprentice jockey Brent Evans: “I was confident throughout. I didn’t think I would be quite that handy. I didn’t think I‘d actually get to the fence, but it turned out I did - I didn’t really want to, but I did. You know, I was just confident throughout the running that I would run the second horse down. It was a good win. It was my first ride on her. She’s a smart filly. It was pretty much as easy as it looked.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Funtantes): 2.50 in to 2.20.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Irish Dream (J. Taylor) was slow to begin. Impulsive Dream (L. Cassidy) and Princess Priscilla (E. Wilkinson) jumped away awkwardly. Brujita (P. Wolfgram) jumped out at the start making contact with Funtantes (App B. Evans). Brujita then shifted in placing Kiara Wonder (C. Reith), Dashing Irmy (S. Galloway) and Princess Priscilla all in restricted room. A short distance later Merry Moni (B. Stewart) shifted out resulting in Princess Priscilla having to be checked. Near the 800m Brujita had to be checked when tightened for room between Impulsive Dream, which shifted in slightly after receiving contact on its hind quarters and Kiara Wonder, which when over-racing shifted out despite the efforts of its rider. Irish Dream which was following had to be steadied to avoid the heels of Brujita. Leaving the 400m Irish Dream shifted out off the heels of Impulsive Dream and in doing so inconvenienced Brujita. Irish Dream lost its off-hind plate during the event.
Race 3:
J.J. Atkins 1MW-Last Year Handicap - 1600m
1st - Hume; 2nd - Sir Coup; 3rd - Yass River
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Brian Smith: “Of course I was worried when he was blocked for runs, but Scott (Galloway) ... you know people underestimate this bloke. You know he’s just a ... let’s just say I’m pleased he’s riding for me. Every gap was blocked wasn’t it? He’s showed acceleration in the wet, but he’ll be better on top of the ground. He is a racehorse.”
Jockey Scott Galloway: “I walked and sprinted home from the 400m. Before that I couldn’t get to the outside. I just propped him up behind in there and had nowhere to go, you know. I was pocketed in there and all of the horses in front of me were going nowhere. I just was on the inside and I thought, well, I’ve still got plenty of time. I was still very confident. On the corner I was going to ease and peel out, but that was going to put me was back too far. I was going to have to go back too far to come around, so I made a decision to go back to the inside to steal a bit of ground. There was still enough room there. It just took me a while to wind him back up again because I went from easing him back on the corner to getting him going again. It just took me a good time to move him into that big stride of his. I wasn’t worried about getting through. I could see the run in front of me. I could see the path before me. I had a couple of options at the two hundred as well, so it worked out well in the end. He handled the going alright. He got through it good. He surprised me because in his track-work he doesn’t seem to like it as much, you know. That’s not how he races. He just seems to bring it all to the races. He’s very genuine, a top liner.”
Giving further credence to Brian Smith’s assessment of Galloway’s riding ability is the fact that Scott Galloway left this meeting six winners behind Jockey Premiership leader Shane Scriven. Has Galloway thought about landing the title this season?
Jockey Scott Galloway: “No, I haven’t. I’m just happy to ride winners. If I could win a nice race over the Carnival, that would be good. That’s more important to me.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Hume): 2.20 out to 2.60.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Shortly after the start Currigee(J. Byrne) and Dawn’s Pride (D. Browne) had to be checked when tightened for room between Hume (S. Galloway) and Yass River (S. Scriven), which was taken out by Very Canny (A. Pattillo). Yass River and More Than Regal (L. Cassidy) raced wide throughout the event.
Race 4:
Japan Trophy - Listed (Quality) - 2106m
1st - Go Cart; 2nd - Winmara; 3rd - Drumshanbo
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Steven O’dea: “We were having a talk before the race, Ryan (Wiggins) and I. The rail was out 5m for that last meeting here and they were racing a little off the fence then too, so it was new ground in on the inside of the rail with the rail only being out a metre this time, so I thought that would probably be better. We made about four lengths on the rest of them coming around the corner by sticking to that inside line. He handled the step up in distance real well. In his last couple of starts, he’s probably been looking for a little bit further. There haven’t been a lot of races to suit him. I would have liked to have set him up for the 1800m, you know. He’s had to make a big jump up to the 2100 today (from 1500m), but he’s handle it well.
“We took the blinkers off today. Over the shorter distances he can get a bit keen in the race so we took the blinkers off just to get him to settle for the 2100m. We are going to freshen him up for the carnival, but we will have to sit at home and think about things. I think he’s got the class to compete at the Carnival. It wasn’t a bad effort today at 58kg and jumping up from 1500m to 2100m. Hopefully over the Carnival he might get some sort of weight relief and get into a nice race with a reasonable weight. We might just give him a few easy weeks, put him out in the paddock for a week or something - there isn’t a lot of time (before the Carnival). Probably give him an easy time for the rest of the month and then look at some races at the end of May, start of June.”
Jockey Ryan Wiggins: “Our horse gets going pretty good and we thought the fence was alright today and for a horse carrying a bit of weight we didn’t want to cover too much ground. We just stuck to our guns and stuck to the fence and it paid off. It’s his first one over 2100m and I was a little bit sceptical that he was knocking up a little bit, but he stuck it out strong. I’ve had four rides on him now for two seconds and two wins, and both wins were Listed races, so it’s good.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Go Cart): 5.50 out to 6.00 in to 5.00.
Favourite (Drumshanbo): 3.00 out to 3.50 in to 3.00. Finished third.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Near the 1500m Angelo Minny (J. Byrne) improved up onto the heels of Take The Plea (B. El-Issa) and shifted out taking Drumshanbo (App Michael Palmer) wide on the track for a short distance. When questioned regarding the disappointing performance of Angelo Minny jockey J. Byrne stated that the horse had a tendency to over-race in the early stages and when the pace quickened near the 800m Angelo Minny was immediately under pressure and tired over the concluding stages. When questioned regarding the disappointing performance of Pay Me jockey A. Pattillo stated that the gelding secured a good run during the race however, when the pace quickened near the 800m Pay me failed to respond to his riding and tired to finish last. A. Pattillo added that in his opinion the performance of Pay Me was very disappointing.
Race 5:
3YO Fillies Handicap- 1200m
1st - Chakvetadze; 2nd - Ashlee's Jewel; 3rd - Multire Music
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Michael Nolan: “It’s great, you know. She’s just a good filly. She probably didn’t handle the going, but we were always going to run her because we were here. She is just a real class act. I mean she comes under pressure and then she just goes up a level ... goes up a level. I don’t really think she handled the going. Over the last 200m she was dipping and diving. I think on a good track she would have won by a lot further. She’s just quality and she just keeps winning, you know. That was a good test for her today against some better horses. But she gets away from them and she does it easy. You know, Brent (Evans) never punished her. Gets better and better this filly. We decided to let a couple go because we thought at some stage in the better races she is going to have to be ridden off the pace. We rode her off it today and she was still too good for it. The Silk Stocking is something that we’ve pick out. It’s Black Type. We’ll go to that and then we’ll just see where we are heading after that.”
Apprentice Jockey Brent Evans: “Always feel good to get two winners. She is a quality horse. It’s hard to win four out of four anywhere let alone in town. It has won in Toowoomba obviously, but it has won a few races in town here. She’s just a quality filly. She’s a horse that you can either ride for speed or you can take a sit on her ... that’s just the good horse that she is ... you can ride her from wherever she wants. She came from behind at Toowoomba and she won by a big margin. She’s that good.”
With this win apprentice jockey Brent Evans out-rode his claim at Provincial meetings. He therefore can no longer claim the 1.5kg that was previously available to him on the Provincial circuit.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Chakvetadze): 2.00 out to 2.30.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Silent Le Touch (S. Galloway) was slow to begin. Hidden Cove (App Michael Palmer) and Gag Order (B. Stewart) bumped on jumping away. County Tale (D. Browne) and Rapid Tricia (J. Byrne) made contact on jumping away. When the pace steadied approaching the 800m Multire Music (J. Taylor) improved up onto the heels of Manners Please (B. El-Issa) and shifted out taking Plain Magic (S. Scriven) wider on the track. Plain Magic, Sharufa (L. Cassidy) and Hidden Cove all raced wide for the majority of the event.
Race 6:
Colts, Geldings & Entires Class 6 Plate - 1400m
1st - Frosty; 2nd - Margy Magic; 3rd - Jackpot
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Brain Wakefield: “I just got back from the Gold Coast, I just had two runners down there don’t even know where my family are. I was rushing to put on my tie. He’s an honest little horse, he’s as honest as the day is long. Brent’s riding very well. Young Luke (Rolls) would have been on him today only he went down to Sydney. He still hasn’t drawn an alley yet the horse.” (Frosty had the fourteen barrier here. In his previous four runs he had drawn fifteen, twelve, nine and eleven). “He had to do it tough today from the draw, but there wasn’t as much speed in the race today as there was last time. I didn’t expect him to lead, but he’s done the right thing. I was a little worried about the slow track, but he’s actually surprised me. He’s run some great races on slow tracks without luck. You know, the jury’s still out. I think he’s a better horse on top of the ground, but he does like a bit of the jar out of the track. I wish I had a few more like him in the place, that’s for sure.”
Apprentice jockey Brent Evens (who completed his second successive treble, after getting the same result at Ipswich on Thursday. This was his first city treble): “I hit the front early. I didn’t really want to find myself where I was. I didn’t want to find myself there. I didn’t want to dig it too much out the gates. I give it a dig out of the gates and I found that I was hard up against the bit and I was swinging. I just thought no use swinging on it, I am three deep, I may as well let it roll to the front. I let it roll and went I got there I nursed it, nursed it for as long as I could, till the end of the straight ... and then I went for him and he fought on.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Frosty): 5.00 out to 5.50.
Favourite (Margy Magic): 4.20 steady. Finished second.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Ferocious was declared a late scratching at 12 noon after a request from trainer G. Ryan due to the track downgrade. Sir Kingsford was declared a late scratching at 2.30 p.m. after a request from trainer L. Bryant due to the track downgrade. As S. Scriven was overweight stewards permitted A. Pattillo to be substituted as the rider of Five Ways. S. Scriven was fined the sum of $100.00. Three Swallows (Matthew Palmer) and Yuketan (App M. Hughes) were tightened for room on jumping away between Jackpot (D. Craven), which shifted out and Athenas Gift (App A. Taylor), which shifted in after jumping away awkwardly. Yuketan, Three Swallows, Punch Up (B. Stewart) and Athenas Gift all raced wide for the majority of the event. E. Wilkinson the rider of More On The Toe reported that the gelding failed to handle today's track conditions. Post race veterinary examinations of More On The Toe and Athenas Gift failed to reveal any abnormalities.
Race 7:
Bribie Quality Handicap - Listed (Quality) - 1200m
1st - Cocktail Supreme; 2nd - Rasmussen; 3rd - Eire Of Magic
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Pat Duff: “You know he’s been a horse that’s been very unlucky with barriers. There’s been so many times he’s drawn awkwardly, you know. Today with the alley ... he’s a horse that can make use of an alley and he had a jockey (Damian Browne) who knew how to make good use of an alley. He is a very underrated jockey. The horse won the Ascot Handicap before in the heavy, so he handles the going. There is another race here at Eagle Farm over 1200m next Saturday. I may well back him up into it next Saturday.”
Jockey Damian Browne (who completed a double on the day): “It was a good win. I rode him last time when he drew badly at Doomben over this sort of distance. He got back a long way and he got home well without much luck, so we thought we would be in with a big chance today from the one alley. The track was pretty uniform right across I think. He was happy travelling. He wanted to come out and get a little bit of room, so I just had to let him do that and he finished off well.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Cocktail Supreme): 4.60 out to 5.00 in to 3.90.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Ego’s Dare was declared a late scratching at 12 noon after a request from trainer G. Ryan due to the track downgrade. Stewards exceeded to a request from trainer R. Heathcote to have the slow track ban on Crosswise lifted. Felixtrinidad, which was fractious in the barrier stalls, was examined by the Club's veterinary surgeon and passed fit to start. Smart Maxie (S. Galloway) was slow to begin. C. Reith the rider of Watchyerback was reprimanded for allowing his mount to shift in near the 900m when insufficiently clear of Friendly Embrace (K. Yoshida), resulting in that horse having to be steadied. Near the 650m Rockdale (App O. Turpin) had to be checked when tightened for room by Felixtrinidad (J. Byrne), which was taken in momentarily by Luvuleo (C. Small) and Eire Of Magic (Matthew Palmer), which shifted out after improving up onto the heels of Crosswise (E. Wilkinson). A post race veterinary examination of Friendly Embrace failed to reveal any abnormalities. A post race veterinary examination of Felixtrinidad revealed the gelding to be suffering from a mild case of metabolic heat syndrome.
Race 8:
Colts, Geldings & Entires NMW Handicap - 1000m
1st - Steel Lips; 2nd - Nostrum; 3rd - Hail Free
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Steel Ryan: “He had the (wide) draw to deal. We rode him for luck today ... sat him back and had the last splash at him. His fitness was running out a bit, the last bit, but he scrambled home for us.”
Jockey Bobby El-Issa: “The trainer told me to ride it quiet. He found the line good. The going was bad but he just ploughed through it.”
Steel Lips was first-up after a five-and-a-half month spell.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Steel Lips): 7.00 out to 8.00.
Favourite (Hail Free): 4.40 steady. Finished third.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Leondari On Ice was declared a late scratching at 12.45 p.m. after a request from trainer R. Rowley due to the track downgrade. True Flyer was also declared a late scratching at 1.05 pm. due to the track downgrade. Sydney Symphony (C. Small), Morcombe (App S. Bogenhuber) and Fiamore (R. Wiggins) raced wide throughout the event.
STEWARDS RACE DAY SUMMARY EXTRACT:
Summary of action concerning thoroughbred horses.
Horses swabbed pre-race:
Navillus Qualo, Wigndove, Watchyerback, Three Swallows, Smart Maxie, Brujita, Yass River, Beautiful Nicola, Before The Storm, Plenty Of Practise, Ram Jam Inn, Hopeson, Drumshambo, Go Cart, Silent Le Touch, Manners Please and Bugsytwoshoes.
Horses swabbed post-race:
All winners plus Montana Hilton, Before The Storm, Sir Coup, Winmara, Ashlee's Jewel, Margy Magic, Rasmussen and Nostrum.
Track - Dead 5 (Downgraded to Slow 6 at 11.45am). Rail - Out 1m the entire circumference.
Race 1:
Fillies & Mares Class 6 Plate -1400m
1st - Charvicky; 2nd - Montana Hilton; 3rd - Brief Me
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Rob Heathcote: “That’s the first win here at Eagle Farm and it’s become a little bit of a thing that it’s like a voodoo track for her, but she’d been so unlucky on so many occasions. But it’s a win where I give so much credit to a really top rider in Damian Browne. He’s in the best three in Queensland without a doubt. That’s his first ride on her and you know I couldn’t have picked her up and placed her where he put her on the way I asked him how to ride her. Just a lovely ride. She’s been here eighteen times and of those, she’s been unlucky in eight or ten of them. On her run the other day, her closing finish was really good. As I said to Damian before the race, the pattern or the tempo so often goes against her because she’s a get-back, run-on style of horse. You know credit to him here today with that track, she got back to second or third last, made her way through the field and hit the line good. I think the track is better than slow.”
Jockey Damian Browne: “I got a pretty good run throughout you know, she seemed to be handling the track pretty well. Rob Heathcote told me she had about 300m of run in her. When the runs come on the corner, she sprinted through very nicely and never really looked like getting beaten. She’s a pretty honest horse and tries very hard and today the race suited her.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Charvicky): 7.00 out to 8.00.
Favourite (Cool Edition): 2.00 out to 2.40. Finished seventh.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Cool Edition (L. Cassidy) and Fasliyev Dancer (T. Treichel) were slow to begin. When questioned regarding the disappointing performance of Cool Edition jockey L. Cassidy stated that the mare was slow away and in his opinion failed to travel comfortably at any stage in the race. L. Cassidy added that he placed Cool Edition under pressure approaching the home turn however, it failed to respond to his riding and compounded over the concluding stages. A post race veterinary examination of Cool Edition failed to reveal any abnormality.
Race 2:
2YO Fillies Handicap - 1000m
1st - Funtantes; 2nd - Before The Storm; 3rd - Redibis
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Rob Heathcote (who saddled back-to-back winners, taking out the first two races on the card): “Mate, it’s nice when you kick off a day like that. We are part-owners in Charvicky and I bred Funtantes with Wayne Purchase. We bought the half-brother to Funtantes back at the recent sale for $105 000. Quite a few owners in Funtantes are going to race him in that QTIS 600 Series. Gee, I knew she was good, but oh mate, she’s smart. The thing I like about her is she goes to sleep in the stalls ... and even when you put the saddle on her she still doesn’t move, but you bring her out here in the parade ring and she gets up on her toes like a prize fighter. She’s about to rock and roll. And give the kid some credit – Brent Evens! Is he the most improved three kilo kid we’ve got? I just said to him, be aggressive. Those were the only instructions I gave him. He’s riding well. I’ll put her in all the features. I’ll nom her in the Sires and the Castlemaine. She is by Easy Rocking and her mum Cantantes, she only won twice. Injury curtailed her career. She won in town. Cantantes is a Just Awesome mare that can handle all ground. Yeah, just very, very happy.”
Apprentice jockey Brent Evans: “I was confident throughout. I didn’t think I would be quite that handy. I didn’t think I‘d actually get to the fence, but it turned out I did - I didn’t really want to, but I did. You know, I was just confident throughout the running that I would run the second horse down. It was a good win. It was my first ride on her. She’s a smart filly. It was pretty much as easy as it looked.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Funtantes): 2.50 in to 2.20.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Irish Dream (J. Taylor) was slow to begin. Impulsive Dream (L. Cassidy) and Princess Priscilla (E. Wilkinson) jumped away awkwardly. Brujita (P. Wolfgram) jumped out at the start making contact with Funtantes (App B. Evans). Brujita then shifted in placing Kiara Wonder (C. Reith), Dashing Irmy (S. Galloway) and Princess Priscilla all in restricted room. A short distance later Merry Moni (B. Stewart) shifted out resulting in Princess Priscilla having to be checked. Near the 800m Brujita had to be checked when tightened for room between Impulsive Dream, which shifted in slightly after receiving contact on its hind quarters and Kiara Wonder, which when over-racing shifted out despite the efforts of its rider. Irish Dream which was following had to be steadied to avoid the heels of Brujita. Leaving the 400m Irish Dream shifted out off the heels of Impulsive Dream and in doing so inconvenienced Brujita. Irish Dream lost its off-hind plate during the event.
Race 3:
J.J. Atkins 1MW-Last Year Handicap - 1600m
1st - Hume; 2nd - Sir Coup; 3rd - Yass River
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Brian Smith: “Of course I was worried when he was blocked for runs, but Scott (Galloway) ... you know people underestimate this bloke. You know he’s just a ... let’s just say I’m pleased he’s riding for me. Every gap was blocked wasn’t it? He’s showed acceleration in the wet, but he’ll be better on top of the ground. He is a racehorse.”
Jockey Scott Galloway: “I walked and sprinted home from the 400m. Before that I couldn’t get to the outside. I just propped him up behind in there and had nowhere to go, you know. I was pocketed in there and all of the horses in front of me were going nowhere. I just was on the inside and I thought, well, I’ve still got plenty of time. I was still very confident. On the corner I was going to ease and peel out, but that was going to put me was back too far. I was going to have to go back too far to come around, so I made a decision to go back to the inside to steal a bit of ground. There was still enough room there. It just took me a while to wind him back up again because I went from easing him back on the corner to getting him going again. It just took me a good time to move him into that big stride of his. I wasn’t worried about getting through. I could see the run in front of me. I could see the path before me. I had a couple of options at the two hundred as well, so it worked out well in the end. He handled the going alright. He got through it good. He surprised me because in his track-work he doesn’t seem to like it as much, you know. That’s not how he races. He just seems to bring it all to the races. He’s very genuine, a top liner.”
Giving further credence to Brian Smith’s assessment of Galloway’s riding ability is the fact that Scott Galloway left this meeting six winners behind Jockey Premiership leader Shane Scriven. Has Galloway thought about landing the title this season?
Jockey Scott Galloway: “No, I haven’t. I’m just happy to ride winners. If I could win a nice race over the Carnival, that would be good. That’s more important to me.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Hume): 2.20 out to 2.60.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Shortly after the start Currigee(J. Byrne) and Dawn’s Pride (D. Browne) had to be checked when tightened for room between Hume (S. Galloway) and Yass River (S. Scriven), which was taken out by Very Canny (A. Pattillo). Yass River and More Than Regal (L. Cassidy) raced wide throughout the event.
Race 4:
Japan Trophy - Listed (Quality) - 2106m
1st - Go Cart; 2nd - Winmara; 3rd - Drumshanbo
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Steven O’dea: “We were having a talk before the race, Ryan (Wiggins) and I. The rail was out 5m for that last meeting here and they were racing a little off the fence then too, so it was new ground in on the inside of the rail with the rail only being out a metre this time, so I thought that would probably be better. We made about four lengths on the rest of them coming around the corner by sticking to that inside line. He handled the step up in distance real well. In his last couple of starts, he’s probably been looking for a little bit further. There haven’t been a lot of races to suit him. I would have liked to have set him up for the 1800m, you know. He’s had to make a big jump up to the 2100 today (from 1500m), but he’s handle it well.
“We took the blinkers off today. Over the shorter distances he can get a bit keen in the race so we took the blinkers off just to get him to settle for the 2100m. We are going to freshen him up for the carnival, but we will have to sit at home and think about things. I think he’s got the class to compete at the Carnival. It wasn’t a bad effort today at 58kg and jumping up from 1500m to 2100m. Hopefully over the Carnival he might get some sort of weight relief and get into a nice race with a reasonable weight. We might just give him a few easy weeks, put him out in the paddock for a week or something - there isn’t a lot of time (before the Carnival). Probably give him an easy time for the rest of the month and then look at some races at the end of May, start of June.”
Jockey Ryan Wiggins: “Our horse gets going pretty good and we thought the fence was alright today and for a horse carrying a bit of weight we didn’t want to cover too much ground. We just stuck to our guns and stuck to the fence and it paid off. It’s his first one over 2100m and I was a little bit sceptical that he was knocking up a little bit, but he stuck it out strong. I’ve had four rides on him now for two seconds and two wins, and both wins were Listed races, so it’s good.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Go Cart): 5.50 out to 6.00 in to 5.00.
Favourite (Drumshanbo): 3.00 out to 3.50 in to 3.00. Finished third.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Near the 1500m Angelo Minny (J. Byrne) improved up onto the heels of Take The Plea (B. El-Issa) and shifted out taking Drumshanbo (App Michael Palmer) wide on the track for a short distance. When questioned regarding the disappointing performance of Angelo Minny jockey J. Byrne stated that the horse had a tendency to over-race in the early stages and when the pace quickened near the 800m Angelo Minny was immediately under pressure and tired over the concluding stages. When questioned regarding the disappointing performance of Pay Me jockey A. Pattillo stated that the gelding secured a good run during the race however, when the pace quickened near the 800m Pay me failed to respond to his riding and tired to finish last. A. Pattillo added that in his opinion the performance of Pay Me was very disappointing.
Race 5:
3YO Fillies Handicap- 1200m
1st - Chakvetadze; 2nd - Ashlee's Jewel; 3rd - Multire Music
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Michael Nolan: “It’s great, you know. She’s just a good filly. She probably didn’t handle the going, but we were always going to run her because we were here. She is just a real class act. I mean she comes under pressure and then she just goes up a level ... goes up a level. I don’t really think she handled the going. Over the last 200m she was dipping and diving. I think on a good track she would have won by a lot further. She’s just quality and she just keeps winning, you know. That was a good test for her today against some better horses. But she gets away from them and she does it easy. You know, Brent (Evans) never punished her. Gets better and better this filly. We decided to let a couple go because we thought at some stage in the better races she is going to have to be ridden off the pace. We rode her off it today and she was still too good for it. The Silk Stocking is something that we’ve pick out. It’s Black Type. We’ll go to that and then we’ll just see where we are heading after that.”
Apprentice Jockey Brent Evans: “Always feel good to get two winners. She is a quality horse. It’s hard to win four out of four anywhere let alone in town. It has won in Toowoomba obviously, but it has won a few races in town here. She’s just a quality filly. She’s a horse that you can either ride for speed or you can take a sit on her ... that’s just the good horse that she is ... you can ride her from wherever she wants. She came from behind at Toowoomba and she won by a big margin. She’s that good.”
With this win apprentice jockey Brent Evans out-rode his claim at Provincial meetings. He therefore can no longer claim the 1.5kg that was previously available to him on the Provincial circuit.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Chakvetadze): 2.00 out to 2.30.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Silent Le Touch (S. Galloway) was slow to begin. Hidden Cove (App Michael Palmer) and Gag Order (B. Stewart) bumped on jumping away. County Tale (D. Browne) and Rapid Tricia (J. Byrne) made contact on jumping away. When the pace steadied approaching the 800m Multire Music (J. Taylor) improved up onto the heels of Manners Please (B. El-Issa) and shifted out taking Plain Magic (S. Scriven) wider on the track. Plain Magic, Sharufa (L. Cassidy) and Hidden Cove all raced wide for the majority of the event.
Race 6:
Colts, Geldings & Entires Class 6 Plate - 1400m
1st - Frosty; 2nd - Margy Magic; 3rd - Jackpot
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Brain Wakefield: “I just got back from the Gold Coast, I just had two runners down there don’t even know where my family are. I was rushing to put on my tie. He’s an honest little horse, he’s as honest as the day is long. Brent’s riding very well. Young Luke (Rolls) would have been on him today only he went down to Sydney. He still hasn’t drawn an alley yet the horse.” (Frosty had the fourteen barrier here. In his previous four runs he had drawn fifteen, twelve, nine and eleven). “He had to do it tough today from the draw, but there wasn’t as much speed in the race today as there was last time. I didn’t expect him to lead, but he’s done the right thing. I was a little worried about the slow track, but he’s actually surprised me. He’s run some great races on slow tracks without luck. You know, the jury’s still out. I think he’s a better horse on top of the ground, but he does like a bit of the jar out of the track. I wish I had a few more like him in the place, that’s for sure.”
Apprentice jockey Brent Evens (who completed his second successive treble, after getting the same result at Ipswich on Thursday. This was his first city treble): “I hit the front early. I didn’t really want to find myself where I was. I didn’t want to find myself there. I didn’t want to dig it too much out the gates. I give it a dig out of the gates and I found that I was hard up against the bit and I was swinging. I just thought no use swinging on it, I am three deep, I may as well let it roll to the front. I let it roll and went I got there I nursed it, nursed it for as long as I could, till the end of the straight ... and then I went for him and he fought on.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Frosty): 5.00 out to 5.50.
Favourite (Margy Magic): 4.20 steady. Finished second.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Ferocious was declared a late scratching at 12 noon after a request from trainer G. Ryan due to the track downgrade. Sir Kingsford was declared a late scratching at 2.30 p.m. after a request from trainer L. Bryant due to the track downgrade. As S. Scriven was overweight stewards permitted A. Pattillo to be substituted as the rider of Five Ways. S. Scriven was fined the sum of $100.00. Three Swallows (Matthew Palmer) and Yuketan (App M. Hughes) were tightened for room on jumping away between Jackpot (D. Craven), which shifted out and Athenas Gift (App A. Taylor), which shifted in after jumping away awkwardly. Yuketan, Three Swallows, Punch Up (B. Stewart) and Athenas Gift all raced wide for the majority of the event. E. Wilkinson the rider of More On The Toe reported that the gelding failed to handle today's track conditions. Post race veterinary examinations of More On The Toe and Athenas Gift failed to reveal any abnormalities.
Race 7:
Bribie Quality Handicap - Listed (Quality) - 1200m
1st - Cocktail Supreme; 2nd - Rasmussen; 3rd - Eire Of Magic
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Pat Duff: “You know he’s been a horse that’s been very unlucky with barriers. There’s been so many times he’s drawn awkwardly, you know. Today with the alley ... he’s a horse that can make use of an alley and he had a jockey (Damian Browne) who knew how to make good use of an alley. He is a very underrated jockey. The horse won the Ascot Handicap before in the heavy, so he handles the going. There is another race here at Eagle Farm over 1200m next Saturday. I may well back him up into it next Saturday.”
Jockey Damian Browne (who completed a double on the day): “It was a good win. I rode him last time when he drew badly at Doomben over this sort of distance. He got back a long way and he got home well without much luck, so we thought we would be in with a big chance today from the one alley. The track was pretty uniform right across I think. He was happy travelling. He wanted to come out and get a little bit of room, so I just had to let him do that and he finished off well.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Cocktail Supreme): 4.60 out to 5.00 in to 3.90.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Ego’s Dare was declared a late scratching at 12 noon after a request from trainer G. Ryan due to the track downgrade. Stewards exceeded to a request from trainer R. Heathcote to have the slow track ban on Crosswise lifted. Felixtrinidad, which was fractious in the barrier stalls, was examined by the Club's veterinary surgeon and passed fit to start. Smart Maxie (S. Galloway) was slow to begin. C. Reith the rider of Watchyerback was reprimanded for allowing his mount to shift in near the 900m when insufficiently clear of Friendly Embrace (K. Yoshida), resulting in that horse having to be steadied. Near the 650m Rockdale (App O. Turpin) had to be checked when tightened for room by Felixtrinidad (J. Byrne), which was taken in momentarily by Luvuleo (C. Small) and Eire Of Magic (Matthew Palmer), which shifted out after improving up onto the heels of Crosswise (E. Wilkinson). A post race veterinary examination of Friendly Embrace failed to reveal any abnormalities. A post race veterinary examination of Felixtrinidad revealed the gelding to be suffering from a mild case of metabolic heat syndrome.
Race 8:
Colts, Geldings & Entires NMW Handicap - 1000m
1st - Steel Lips; 2nd - Nostrum; 3rd - Hail Free
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Steel Ryan: “He had the (wide) draw to deal. We rode him for luck today ... sat him back and had the last splash at him. His fitness was running out a bit, the last bit, but he scrambled home for us.”
Jockey Bobby El-Issa: “The trainer told me to ride it quiet. He found the line good. The going was bad but he just ploughed through it.”
Steel Lips was first-up after a five-and-a-half month spell.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Steel Lips): 7.00 out to 8.00.
Favourite (Hail Free): 4.40 steady. Finished third.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Leondari On Ice was declared a late scratching at 12.45 p.m. after a request from trainer R. Rowley due to the track downgrade. True Flyer was also declared a late scratching at 1.05 pm. due to the track downgrade. Sydney Symphony (C. Small), Morcombe (App S. Bogenhuber) and Fiamore (R. Wiggins) raced wide throughout the event.
STEWARDS RACE DAY SUMMARY EXTRACT:
Summary of action concerning thoroughbred horses.
Horses swabbed pre-race:
Navillus Qualo, Wigndove, Watchyerback, Three Swallows, Smart Maxie, Brujita, Yass River, Beautiful Nicola, Before The Storm, Plenty Of Practise, Ram Jam Inn, Hopeson, Drumshambo, Go Cart, Silent Le Touch, Manners Please and Bugsytwoshoes.
Horses swabbed post-race:
All winners plus Montana Hilton, Before The Storm, Sir Coup, Winmara, Ashlee's Jewel, Margy Magic, Rasmussen and Nostrum.
Monday, April 13, 2009
IPSWICH REVIEW (THURS, APR 09)
A review of the meeting held at Ipswich on Thursday, April 9.
Track - Slow 7. Rail - out 6.5m.
Race 1:
3yo & Up Maiden Handicap - 800m
1st - Hay Baby; 2nd - Bagatelle Park; 3rd - Millsie Moo
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Peter Stokes: “We bought her as a three-year-old and broke her in. We gave her the three starts first prep and she went shin sore. She was shin-sore a lot last prep, so we put her out. She’s over that now. We went 800m first-up, but she’ll run 1200m eventually this filly. She’s got some ability. She might be a bit restricted but she’ll win a few.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Hay Baby): 2.70 out to 3.00.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Amperes (S. Galloway) and Joyful Lady (B. Thomson) were both slow to begin. Near the 600m, Modern Eyes (S. Drake) shifted inside the line of the false rail, then shifted out and had to be steadied to avoid the heels of Shelaq (B. Evans), which shifted in and away from Bagatelle Park (N. Evans), which in turn shifted in. Leaving the 300m, Amperes was forced to steady and shift in to avoid the heels of Millsie Moo (D. Griffin), which shifted out. Screaming Ombre (G. Thomson) and Lightning Blue raced wide throughout. A post race veterinary examination of Lightning Blue revealed the gelding to have been galloped on on the off-hind cannon.
Race 2:
2yo QTIS Maiden Plate - 800m
1st - Fields Of Plenty; 2nd - Catallion; 3rd - Promo Girl
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Rex Lipp: “She’s very well bred that filly. She is a half-sister to a Group 1 placegetter in Hong Kong – Royal Delight. He ran third in the big Goup 1 they have in December. He ran third behind Absolute Champion. It wasn’t last year. It must have been the December before. He raced here before Hong Kong. He won three races here I think. So she is well bred. She had a few issues as a youngster. She was very small and immature early ... so we just waited for her. Patience, you know. It’s the cheapest thing you’ve got in racing. She was second-up here. She got galloped on first-up which explains that performance. If you go back to her previous prep you’ll see she has got a bit of ability. It was a good run in the Meynink.”
Fields Of Plenty could well be one for the notebook. The Exceed And Excel gelding is lightly raced. This was only her fifth start. She had three runs in her first prep, during which time she was never shy to put her ability to the test. Her first run was in the Magic Millions feature at Toowoomba (a race won by Fairchild). She then lined up for the Meynink (where she finished 3.80 lengths behind the smart Double Heart) and finally was beaten 7.00 by the more than useful Sarge In Charge (who went on to run second in the Karaka Millions in New Zealand).
Jockey Kenji Yoshida: “He travelled very good but, when I let him down, because he is green, he hung in and I had to stop riding and straighten him. My horse is a little bit lazy, but he was strong in the finish.”
Scott Galloway, the rider of the second placed Catallion, lodged a protest against the winner.
Jockey Scott Galloway (giving his grounds for objection): “My horse was going well outside the leader. I nursed him around the corner. I hadn’t gone for the horse yet. I started to knuckle down inside the 200m. I gave him a few back-handers, being a first-timer to get him to wind up his run. The horse on the outside has come in and bumped me quite hard and knocked him off his momentum, you know. I had to re-gather him up ... and probably that horse got a good long-neck to half-a-length on my horse. By about the 50m mark I got the horse going again and he got back to within a head of that horse. He wasn’t given every opportunity from that horse making heavy contact with me and he didn’t have a fair chance in the race to finish off. He was just starting to build up and then he was knocked off his feet. You can see on the head-on and lateral film the impact was ... it wasn’t a brush, it was quite a heavy bump and it cost me every chance of winning the race.”
Jockey Kenji Yoshida (responding to Galloway’s statement): “My horse definitely come in. Do you believe your horse come out at that same time.
Jockey Scott Galloway: “No. Your horse has run in, probably three horses. My horse was going quite straight at the time.”
Jockey Kenji Yoshida (making his statement): “My horse started quite well. Coming down the straight, once I started to take him up, he was pretty green, and my horse shifted in. When my horse shifted in, Scott Galloway’s mount has come out and they have just brushed each other. I say my horse was coming from behind Scott Galloway’s horse and going right past it. We got a little bump at the time. My horse, actually, he was going away from the other horse. I think Scott Galloway’s mount had every opportunity ... he had every chance to ride him out to the finish.
Jockey Scott Galloway (responding to Yoshida’s statement): “I heard him say his horse was going away from my horse. Do you believe we were head to head from the bump to the winning post?”
Jockey Kenji Yoshida: “... from the bump to the winning post?”
Jockey Scott Galloway: “When we made contact ... after that, were we head to head?”
Jockey Kenji Yoshida: “After the bump, my horse got away from you a little bit.”
Jockey Scott Galloway: “If that is the case. You beat me a head. I mean that is what I’m saying ... I think I’ve taken ground off you.”
Jockey Kenji Yoshida: “Yes, but I had to stop riding and straighten up. I couldn’t use the stick.”
Trevor Bailey (trainer of Catallion, the second placed finisher): “Look he (Kenji Yoshida) might not have been able to use the stick and that, but at the end of the day the horse took our line of running. He’s come in from three or four horses out on the turn to come in contact with ours. First run in a race and on a soft track, he just needed that bump to put him off balance for such a big horse. I believe if the horses hadn’t come in contact, it would have been very close in the end. It wouldn’t have been a long-head. It would have been touch or go whether we won or the other horse won. But when the other horse took our line of running and come in contact, it just made it that ... well for a big horse ... his size and a first run in a race and the conditions in the ground ... it was a contributing factor to the result.”
Rex Lipp (trainer of the winner Fields Of Plenty): “When the contact happened, the horse on the inside ... if you watch the green strips on the track, which I believe would be straight ... the horse on the inside has probably gone out a strip-and-a-half and my horse has come in and the two of them have come in contact. Then, when Scottie did get his horse balanced, he did hit it with the stick and I believe in the last 50m of the race he wasn’t improving at all.”
The protest was dismissed.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Fields Of Plenty): 3.50 out to 4.40.
Favourite: (Promo Girl): 1.80 out to 2.20. Finished third.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
The start of this race was delayed after Pride Of Heart broke through the barriers and galloped a considerable distance. Pride Of Heart was declared a late scratching at 1 pm on veterinary advice. Connections were advised that a warning was being placed on Pride Of Heart regarding its barrier manners.
On return to scale a protest was lodged by S. Galloway, rider of the 2nd placegetter, Catallion, against Fields Of Plenty being declared the winner, alleging interference in the straight. After taking evidence from the parties concerned, stewards found that near the 200m, both horses made contact as a result of shifting ground. Bearing in mind the margin between both horses at the finish, stewards dismissed the protest and correct weight semaphored on the Judge's placings.
Gentilly Girl (L. Rolls) and Coloured Veil (Z. Landry) were slow to begin. Shortly after the start, Saint Faustina (K. Forrester) had to be steadied when racing between Tessitura (L. Cheshire) and Promo Girl (L. Cassidy), which shifted in. Coloured Veil (Z. Landry), which was inclined to hang out rounding the home turn, improved on to the heels of Valvetron (D. Craven) near the 200m and had to be steadied and shifted out, hampering Reelblu (R. Goltz). Reelblu (R. Goltz), which raced wide throughout, had to be steadied over the concluding stages when reluctant to take a run between Tessitura (L. Cheshire) and Frisco Lights (D. Griffin). Valvetron (D. Craven) had difficulty obtaining clear running in the early stages of the straight. Promo Girl, Fields Of Plenty (K. Yoshida) and Gentilly Girl raced wide throughout.
Race 3:
Class 1 Handicap - 2150m
1st - Moon Chaser; 2nd - Cinquacasino; 3rd - Don't Back Down
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Jockey Ron Goltz: “It was a massive drop back in class to where he has been racing (Moon Chaser went down to multiple winner Drumshanbo in a Class 6 at Eagle Farm in the run prior to this). He got back, but he always had them covered. It was just ... with the weight and the track being a bit slow, it made it a bit hard working around the corner, but he was always in control.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Moon Chaser): 1.50 out to 1.95.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
D. Craven sustained a seemingly harmless fall when from Epicred when proceeding to the barriers. Sigurd (C. Reith), Moon Chaser (R. Goltz) and Kaadeema (L. Cheshire) were tightened for room at the start between Epicred (D. Craven) and French Venture (J. Murphy), which shifted in. Kaadeema lost ground in this incident. Moon Chaser and Gold Gleam (S. Kennedy) raced wide from the 1300m onwards. B. Evans, rider of, Cinquacasino (B. Evans) dropped his whip near the 600m. French Venture (J. Murphy) raced wide throughout.
Stewards questioned S. Galloway regarding the disappointing performance of Foreign Lass. He stated that, in his opinion, the horse did not travel well at any stage during the event and was under pressure after leaving the 800m. Trainer B. Smith confirmed his disappointment with the performance of Foreign Lass, adding that he would recommend to connections that the filly be now sent for a spell. A post race veterinary examination of Foreign Lass revealed the horse had sustained a minor laceration to the off hind leg.
Race 4:
F&M Maiden Handicap - 1350m
1st - Alyssa Jean; 2nd - Often Wrong; 3rd - Flamboyance
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Apprentice jockey Brent Evans: “I rode her a couple of times now for a couple of seconds. She’s been unlucky a few times. She’s been thereabouts for the last few start, you know – fifth, fifth, fifth. In town she ran a real nice race and I knew if she repeated that today she would be hard to beat. She did. She just led them up and then kicked away.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Alyssa Jean): 5.00 in to 3.40.
Favourite (Markhee Miss): 5.00 in to 3.10.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
The start was delayed due to Markhee Miss being caught up after entering the barriers. Markhee Miss was examined by the veterinary surgeon and cleared to start. Ecclesia (J. Murphy) was tightened for room on jumping away between Alyssa Jean (B. Evans) and Lilly Lilo (B. Stewart), which shifted out. Funny Feeling (G. Geran) was also tightened at the start between My Space (Michael Palmer) and Tickle Me (S. Drake), which shifted in. Markhee Miss (J. Byrne) was inclined to hang out throughout the event. Ecclesia (J. Murphy) and Often Wrong (K. Yoshida) raced wide throughout. Lily Lilo (B. Stewart) lost its near-fore plate in running.
Race 5:
CG&E Maiden 3yo & Up Handicap - 1350m
1st - Diamond Del; 2nd - Levi's Bid; 3rd - Bedouin Legend
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Michael Jeynes: “The horse has been going good. He’s just been in a few races that haven’t suited him. The inside draw helped today. The instructions to Brent (Evans) were to go forward, but after he missed the kick ... well, we had a Plan B, you know. We’d been riding him quiet in the bush and I knew he’d hit the line if he rode him quiet. The horse has been going good and Brent’s a good rider.”
“Apprentice jockey Brent Evans: “I rode the horse last start and he was a very unlucky fourth. I pretty much rode him exactly the same there. He missed the start there, got unlucky, got unlucky and I brought him down the outside and ran home and ran fourth. Today again he missed the start. I got caught amongst a couple of runners I didn’t want to be amongst. I got disappointed (for a run) probably three times from the 600m to the 400m which made it very difficult. I ended up just cutting my losses and going straight to the outside and he got up in the last couple of strides. So it was a better win than it looked.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Diamond Del): 4.40 out to 4.80 in to 4.60.
Favourite (Levi’s Bid): 3.00 out to 3.10 in to 2.70.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Diamond Del (B. Evans) was slow to begin. Life’s A Battle (B. Thomson) blundered on jumping away, losing ground. Nice Looker (S. Holcombe) jumped away awkwardly. Near the 1100m, Bedouin Legend (G. Baker) raced with its head in the air whilst being steadied. Approaching the 1000m, Altavida (C. Small) shifted out, making contact with Orhtac (R. Goltz). Orhtac then shifted in, hampering Altavida (C. Small), which had to be steadied. Levi’s Bid (L. Cassidy) and Bedouin Legend raced wide from the 600m. Our Gold Minto (S. Apthorpe), which was inclined to lay out rounding the home turn, improved onto the heels of Orhtac (R. Goltz) and had to be steadied. Oceans Of Fire (B. El-Issa) was momentarily held up for clear running rounding the home turn. Diamond Del (B. Evans) was momentarily tightened for room rounding the home turn and had to be steadied between Oceans Of Fire and Bedouin Legend, which shifted in. Nice Looker raced wide throughout.
Race 6:
F&M Class 1 Handicap - 1100m
1st - Sweet Marie; 2nd - Coco Mademoiselle; 3rd - Magnetic Appeal
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Apprentice jockey Brent Evans who completed his first treble outside of Toowoomba): “She’s a nice horse. She came up to Toowoomba ... and I won on her when they brought her up to Toowoomba.” (that was Sweet Marie’s last win and it came five runs prior to this Ipswich success). “They put me on when I claimed 2kg. I rode her once for a win. Then they took her to the Gold Coast so I couldn’t ride it and other places where I wasn’t riding. Then the trainer spelled her and brought her back and resumed and put me on it. She raced well, got a beautiful run and we got the goods.
“Yeah, it’s good riding a treble. You don’t ride many of them. I’ve ridden three hat-tricks at Toowoomba. Before this I don’t even think I’ve ridden a double at Ipswich. I’ve been riding a winner at each meeting at Ipswich, but I haven’t gone past that until now. The treble has really lifted me. It’s a really good feeling. But I won’t get carried away. I’ll just keep taking things one step at a time.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Sweet Marie): 6.00 out to 8.00.
Favourite (Magnetic Appeal): 2.20 out to 2.60.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Dash’s Princess (Michael Palmer) and Just A Glamour (N. Evans) came together on jumping away. Irish Joy (M. Milford) and Yamarjie (L. Cheshire) also made contact at the start. Near the 700m Phoenix Belle (G. Geran) commenced to over-race and shifted out, forcing both Kindred Hope (C. Small) and Disyaseethat (M. O'Brien) wider on the track. Magnetic Appeal (D. Griffin) was held up and had to be steadied on a number of occasions behind the heels of the tiring Kindred Hope between the 600m and 400m. Just A Glamour (N. Evans), which was following, was also forced to be steadied as a result. Leaving the 400m, Yamarjie had to be steadied when racing between Irish Joy and Just A Glamour (N. Evans), which shifted out to improve. Irish Joy raced wide throughout.
Race 7:
C G &E Class 1 Handicap - 1100
1st - Gorm The Old; 2nd - Warbrik; 3rd - Rowland Commander
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Bryan Guy: “He was second-up today. He won second-up his last preparation. We bred him. He is a half-brother to General Patton. We owned the mother ... as a matter of fact she died having him. So he was brought up by a foster-mare ... one of those draft horses. So he has done a great job the little bloke. We just put him out for that time between preps (five months) because he just wasn’t mature enough. There were no issues or injuries. He just needed some time.”
Jockey Larry Cassidy: “When he jumped, it was like he had hit himself ... when he jumped out of the gates. It was like ... I don’t know ... maybe it was something like he hit his funny bone. He felt strange. I thought he might have a cut on his leg or he might have over-reached. That was my first impression. Then, when I dug him up and chased him forward after that, I thought his action was very, very ordinary ... and then he dipped. I thought, what is going on. I thought he may have hurt himself, but as we went a little bit further his action started coming back again. He got comfortable and actually ended up winning quite easily. That brings me back to the funny-bone option. Horses sometimes hit themselves coming out of the gate, like if you hit your funny-bone. You know what is like. It was like he felt something for a short time and then it went away. “
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Gorm The Old): 4.20 out to 4.60 in to 4.00.
Equal favourite (Rowland Commander): 3.00 out to 3.50. Finished third.
Equal favourite (Ninety Degrees): 5.00 in to 3.50. Finished ninth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Arbuckle (C. Reith) was slow to begin. Warbrik (B. Thomson) jumped away awkwardly. Ninety Degrees (N. Yamada) raced ungenerously during the early stages. Near the 650m, Warbrik shifted out and had to be steadied from the heels of Lightway (D. Griffin). Lightway had a tendency to hang out rounding the home turn. Warbrik made the home turn wide. Arbuckle raced wide throughout. A post race veterinary examination of Arbuckle revealed the gelding to have cardiac arrhythmia. Connections were advised that veterinary clearance, including the results of an ECG, would be required prior to the gelding's next race start.
Race 8:
Class 2 Handicap - 1350m
1st - Lilleelavee; 2nd - Street By Street; 3rd - Lucky Omens
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Apprentice jockey Matthew Palmer: “The race turned out perfectly for her. Two went pretty quick in front. We just had the drop on them. We were basically just comfortable running behind the two up front. She travelled nice throughout and she hit the line strongly when she let down. She did have to work a bit at the end – one was coming quick – but she got there. She was suited to the step up in distance (from 1200m to 1350m). I think she is going to step up to a mile next time and that should suit her as well.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Lilleelavee): 5.00 out to 6.00 in to 5.00.
Favourite (Lucky Omens): 4.60 in to 3.00. Finished third.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Mean Machine (L. Cassidy), which jumped away awkwardly losing ground, was then tightened for room shortly after the start between More Than Primed (C. Whiteley) and Lilleelavee (Matthew Palmer), which shifted in. Kinsmate (G. Geran) jumped away awkwardly. Crimson Fire (R. Goltz) was slow to begin. Stawell Dash (B. Stewart) raced wide in the early stages.
When questioned regarding the disappointing performance of Mean Machine, L. Cassidy stated that despite settling back further than anticipated after some tightening at the start, the gelding did not respond to his riding as expected when asked for an effort, and was of the opinion that Mean Machine may not have been entirely comfortable on the rain-affected going. The explanation was noted. A post race veterinary examination of Mean Machine failed to reveal any abnormalities.
A post race veterinary examination of More than Primed revealed mild lameness in the near-foreleg. Connections were advised that a veterinary clearance would be required prior to its next race start.
STEWARDS RACE DAY SUMMARY EXTRACT:
Summary of action concerning thoroughbred horses:
Horses swabbed:
All winners, Bagatelle Park.
Warnings/bars
Race 2. Pride Of Heart - Broke through gates – Warning.
Race 7. Arbuckle - Cardiac arrhythmia - Vet. Clearance, ECG - LR36(b).
Race 8. More Than Primed - Lame near fore - Vet. Clearance - LR36(b).
Track - Slow 7. Rail - out 6.5m.
Race 1:
3yo & Up Maiden Handicap - 800m
1st - Hay Baby; 2nd - Bagatelle Park; 3rd - Millsie Moo
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Peter Stokes: “We bought her as a three-year-old and broke her in. We gave her the three starts first prep and she went shin sore. She was shin-sore a lot last prep, so we put her out. She’s over that now. We went 800m first-up, but she’ll run 1200m eventually this filly. She’s got some ability. She might be a bit restricted but she’ll win a few.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Hay Baby): 2.70 out to 3.00.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Amperes (S. Galloway) and Joyful Lady (B. Thomson) were both slow to begin. Near the 600m, Modern Eyes (S. Drake) shifted inside the line of the false rail, then shifted out and had to be steadied to avoid the heels of Shelaq (B. Evans), which shifted in and away from Bagatelle Park (N. Evans), which in turn shifted in. Leaving the 300m, Amperes was forced to steady and shift in to avoid the heels of Millsie Moo (D. Griffin), which shifted out. Screaming Ombre (G. Thomson) and Lightning Blue raced wide throughout. A post race veterinary examination of Lightning Blue revealed the gelding to have been galloped on on the off-hind cannon.
Race 2:
2yo QTIS Maiden Plate - 800m
1st - Fields Of Plenty; 2nd - Catallion; 3rd - Promo Girl
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Rex Lipp: “She’s very well bred that filly. She is a half-sister to a Group 1 placegetter in Hong Kong – Royal Delight. He ran third in the big Goup 1 they have in December. He ran third behind Absolute Champion. It wasn’t last year. It must have been the December before. He raced here before Hong Kong. He won three races here I think. So she is well bred. She had a few issues as a youngster. She was very small and immature early ... so we just waited for her. Patience, you know. It’s the cheapest thing you’ve got in racing. She was second-up here. She got galloped on first-up which explains that performance. If you go back to her previous prep you’ll see she has got a bit of ability. It was a good run in the Meynink.”
Fields Of Plenty could well be one for the notebook. The Exceed And Excel gelding is lightly raced. This was only her fifth start. She had three runs in her first prep, during which time she was never shy to put her ability to the test. Her first run was in the Magic Millions feature at Toowoomba (a race won by Fairchild). She then lined up for the Meynink (where she finished 3.80 lengths behind the smart Double Heart) and finally was beaten 7.00 by the more than useful Sarge In Charge (who went on to run second in the Karaka Millions in New Zealand).
Jockey Kenji Yoshida: “He travelled very good but, when I let him down, because he is green, he hung in and I had to stop riding and straighten him. My horse is a little bit lazy, but he was strong in the finish.”
Scott Galloway, the rider of the second placed Catallion, lodged a protest against the winner.
Jockey Scott Galloway (giving his grounds for objection): “My horse was going well outside the leader. I nursed him around the corner. I hadn’t gone for the horse yet. I started to knuckle down inside the 200m. I gave him a few back-handers, being a first-timer to get him to wind up his run. The horse on the outside has come in and bumped me quite hard and knocked him off his momentum, you know. I had to re-gather him up ... and probably that horse got a good long-neck to half-a-length on my horse. By about the 50m mark I got the horse going again and he got back to within a head of that horse. He wasn’t given every opportunity from that horse making heavy contact with me and he didn’t have a fair chance in the race to finish off. He was just starting to build up and then he was knocked off his feet. You can see on the head-on and lateral film the impact was ... it wasn’t a brush, it was quite a heavy bump and it cost me every chance of winning the race.”
Jockey Kenji Yoshida (responding to Galloway’s statement): “My horse definitely come in. Do you believe your horse come out at that same time.
Jockey Scott Galloway: “No. Your horse has run in, probably three horses. My horse was going quite straight at the time.”
Jockey Kenji Yoshida (making his statement): “My horse started quite well. Coming down the straight, once I started to take him up, he was pretty green, and my horse shifted in. When my horse shifted in, Scott Galloway’s mount has come out and they have just brushed each other. I say my horse was coming from behind Scott Galloway’s horse and going right past it. We got a little bump at the time. My horse, actually, he was going away from the other horse. I think Scott Galloway’s mount had every opportunity ... he had every chance to ride him out to the finish.
Jockey Scott Galloway (responding to Yoshida’s statement): “I heard him say his horse was going away from my horse. Do you believe we were head to head from the bump to the winning post?”
Jockey Kenji Yoshida: “... from the bump to the winning post?”
Jockey Scott Galloway: “When we made contact ... after that, were we head to head?”
Jockey Kenji Yoshida: “After the bump, my horse got away from you a little bit.”
Jockey Scott Galloway: “If that is the case. You beat me a head. I mean that is what I’m saying ... I think I’ve taken ground off you.”
Jockey Kenji Yoshida: “Yes, but I had to stop riding and straighten up. I couldn’t use the stick.”
Trevor Bailey (trainer of Catallion, the second placed finisher): “Look he (Kenji Yoshida) might not have been able to use the stick and that, but at the end of the day the horse took our line of running. He’s come in from three or four horses out on the turn to come in contact with ours. First run in a race and on a soft track, he just needed that bump to put him off balance for such a big horse. I believe if the horses hadn’t come in contact, it would have been very close in the end. It wouldn’t have been a long-head. It would have been touch or go whether we won or the other horse won. But when the other horse took our line of running and come in contact, it just made it that ... well for a big horse ... his size and a first run in a race and the conditions in the ground ... it was a contributing factor to the result.”
Rex Lipp (trainer of the winner Fields Of Plenty): “When the contact happened, the horse on the inside ... if you watch the green strips on the track, which I believe would be straight ... the horse on the inside has probably gone out a strip-and-a-half and my horse has come in and the two of them have come in contact. Then, when Scottie did get his horse balanced, he did hit it with the stick and I believe in the last 50m of the race he wasn’t improving at all.”
The protest was dismissed.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Fields Of Plenty): 3.50 out to 4.40.
Favourite: (Promo Girl): 1.80 out to 2.20. Finished third.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
The start of this race was delayed after Pride Of Heart broke through the barriers and galloped a considerable distance. Pride Of Heart was declared a late scratching at 1 pm on veterinary advice. Connections were advised that a warning was being placed on Pride Of Heart regarding its barrier manners.
On return to scale a protest was lodged by S. Galloway, rider of the 2nd placegetter, Catallion, against Fields Of Plenty being declared the winner, alleging interference in the straight. After taking evidence from the parties concerned, stewards found that near the 200m, both horses made contact as a result of shifting ground. Bearing in mind the margin between both horses at the finish, stewards dismissed the protest and correct weight semaphored on the Judge's placings.
Gentilly Girl (L. Rolls) and Coloured Veil (Z. Landry) were slow to begin. Shortly after the start, Saint Faustina (K. Forrester) had to be steadied when racing between Tessitura (L. Cheshire) and Promo Girl (L. Cassidy), which shifted in. Coloured Veil (Z. Landry), which was inclined to hang out rounding the home turn, improved on to the heels of Valvetron (D. Craven) near the 200m and had to be steadied and shifted out, hampering Reelblu (R. Goltz). Reelblu (R. Goltz), which raced wide throughout, had to be steadied over the concluding stages when reluctant to take a run between Tessitura (L. Cheshire) and Frisco Lights (D. Griffin). Valvetron (D. Craven) had difficulty obtaining clear running in the early stages of the straight. Promo Girl, Fields Of Plenty (K. Yoshida) and Gentilly Girl raced wide throughout.
Race 3:
Class 1 Handicap - 2150m
1st - Moon Chaser; 2nd - Cinquacasino; 3rd - Don't Back Down
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Jockey Ron Goltz: “It was a massive drop back in class to where he has been racing (Moon Chaser went down to multiple winner Drumshanbo in a Class 6 at Eagle Farm in the run prior to this). He got back, but he always had them covered. It was just ... with the weight and the track being a bit slow, it made it a bit hard working around the corner, but he was always in control.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Moon Chaser): 1.50 out to 1.95.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
D. Craven sustained a seemingly harmless fall when from Epicred when proceeding to the barriers. Sigurd (C. Reith), Moon Chaser (R. Goltz) and Kaadeema (L. Cheshire) were tightened for room at the start between Epicred (D. Craven) and French Venture (J. Murphy), which shifted in. Kaadeema lost ground in this incident. Moon Chaser and Gold Gleam (S. Kennedy) raced wide from the 1300m onwards. B. Evans, rider of, Cinquacasino (B. Evans) dropped his whip near the 600m. French Venture (J. Murphy) raced wide throughout.
Stewards questioned S. Galloway regarding the disappointing performance of Foreign Lass. He stated that, in his opinion, the horse did not travel well at any stage during the event and was under pressure after leaving the 800m. Trainer B. Smith confirmed his disappointment with the performance of Foreign Lass, adding that he would recommend to connections that the filly be now sent for a spell. A post race veterinary examination of Foreign Lass revealed the horse had sustained a minor laceration to the off hind leg.
Race 4:
F&M Maiden Handicap - 1350m
1st - Alyssa Jean; 2nd - Often Wrong; 3rd - Flamboyance
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Apprentice jockey Brent Evans: “I rode her a couple of times now for a couple of seconds. She’s been unlucky a few times. She’s been thereabouts for the last few start, you know – fifth, fifth, fifth. In town she ran a real nice race and I knew if she repeated that today she would be hard to beat. She did. She just led them up and then kicked away.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Alyssa Jean): 5.00 in to 3.40.
Favourite (Markhee Miss): 5.00 in to 3.10.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
The start was delayed due to Markhee Miss being caught up after entering the barriers. Markhee Miss was examined by the veterinary surgeon and cleared to start. Ecclesia (J. Murphy) was tightened for room on jumping away between Alyssa Jean (B. Evans) and Lilly Lilo (B. Stewart), which shifted out. Funny Feeling (G. Geran) was also tightened at the start between My Space (Michael Palmer) and Tickle Me (S. Drake), which shifted in. Markhee Miss (J. Byrne) was inclined to hang out throughout the event. Ecclesia (J. Murphy) and Often Wrong (K. Yoshida) raced wide throughout. Lily Lilo (B. Stewart) lost its near-fore plate in running.
Race 5:
CG&E Maiden 3yo & Up Handicap - 1350m
1st - Diamond Del; 2nd - Levi's Bid; 3rd - Bedouin Legend
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Michael Jeynes: “The horse has been going good. He’s just been in a few races that haven’t suited him. The inside draw helped today. The instructions to Brent (Evans) were to go forward, but after he missed the kick ... well, we had a Plan B, you know. We’d been riding him quiet in the bush and I knew he’d hit the line if he rode him quiet. The horse has been going good and Brent’s a good rider.”
“Apprentice jockey Brent Evans: “I rode the horse last start and he was a very unlucky fourth. I pretty much rode him exactly the same there. He missed the start there, got unlucky, got unlucky and I brought him down the outside and ran home and ran fourth. Today again he missed the start. I got caught amongst a couple of runners I didn’t want to be amongst. I got disappointed (for a run) probably three times from the 600m to the 400m which made it very difficult. I ended up just cutting my losses and going straight to the outside and he got up in the last couple of strides. So it was a better win than it looked.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Diamond Del): 4.40 out to 4.80 in to 4.60.
Favourite (Levi’s Bid): 3.00 out to 3.10 in to 2.70.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Diamond Del (B. Evans) was slow to begin. Life’s A Battle (B. Thomson) blundered on jumping away, losing ground. Nice Looker (S. Holcombe) jumped away awkwardly. Near the 1100m, Bedouin Legend (G. Baker) raced with its head in the air whilst being steadied. Approaching the 1000m, Altavida (C. Small) shifted out, making contact with Orhtac (R. Goltz). Orhtac then shifted in, hampering Altavida (C. Small), which had to be steadied. Levi’s Bid (L. Cassidy) and Bedouin Legend raced wide from the 600m. Our Gold Minto (S. Apthorpe), which was inclined to lay out rounding the home turn, improved onto the heels of Orhtac (R. Goltz) and had to be steadied. Oceans Of Fire (B. El-Issa) was momentarily held up for clear running rounding the home turn. Diamond Del (B. Evans) was momentarily tightened for room rounding the home turn and had to be steadied between Oceans Of Fire and Bedouin Legend, which shifted in. Nice Looker raced wide throughout.
Race 6:
F&M Class 1 Handicap - 1100m
1st - Sweet Marie; 2nd - Coco Mademoiselle; 3rd - Magnetic Appeal
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Apprentice jockey Brent Evans who completed his first treble outside of Toowoomba): “She’s a nice horse. She came up to Toowoomba ... and I won on her when they brought her up to Toowoomba.” (that was Sweet Marie’s last win and it came five runs prior to this Ipswich success). “They put me on when I claimed 2kg. I rode her once for a win. Then they took her to the Gold Coast so I couldn’t ride it and other places where I wasn’t riding. Then the trainer spelled her and brought her back and resumed and put me on it. She raced well, got a beautiful run and we got the goods.
“Yeah, it’s good riding a treble. You don’t ride many of them. I’ve ridden three hat-tricks at Toowoomba. Before this I don’t even think I’ve ridden a double at Ipswich. I’ve been riding a winner at each meeting at Ipswich, but I haven’t gone past that until now. The treble has really lifted me. It’s a really good feeling. But I won’t get carried away. I’ll just keep taking things one step at a time.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Sweet Marie): 6.00 out to 8.00.
Favourite (Magnetic Appeal): 2.20 out to 2.60.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Dash’s Princess (Michael Palmer) and Just A Glamour (N. Evans) came together on jumping away. Irish Joy (M. Milford) and Yamarjie (L. Cheshire) also made contact at the start. Near the 700m Phoenix Belle (G. Geran) commenced to over-race and shifted out, forcing both Kindred Hope (C. Small) and Disyaseethat (M. O'Brien) wider on the track. Magnetic Appeal (D. Griffin) was held up and had to be steadied on a number of occasions behind the heels of the tiring Kindred Hope between the 600m and 400m. Just A Glamour (N. Evans), which was following, was also forced to be steadied as a result. Leaving the 400m, Yamarjie had to be steadied when racing between Irish Joy and Just A Glamour (N. Evans), which shifted out to improve. Irish Joy raced wide throughout.
Race 7:
C G &E Class 1 Handicap - 1100
1st - Gorm The Old; 2nd - Warbrik; 3rd - Rowland Commander
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Bryan Guy: “He was second-up today. He won second-up his last preparation. We bred him. He is a half-brother to General Patton. We owned the mother ... as a matter of fact she died having him. So he was brought up by a foster-mare ... one of those draft horses. So he has done a great job the little bloke. We just put him out for that time between preps (five months) because he just wasn’t mature enough. There were no issues or injuries. He just needed some time.”
Jockey Larry Cassidy: “When he jumped, it was like he had hit himself ... when he jumped out of the gates. It was like ... I don’t know ... maybe it was something like he hit his funny bone. He felt strange. I thought he might have a cut on his leg or he might have over-reached. That was my first impression. Then, when I dug him up and chased him forward after that, I thought his action was very, very ordinary ... and then he dipped. I thought, what is going on. I thought he may have hurt himself, but as we went a little bit further his action started coming back again. He got comfortable and actually ended up winning quite easily. That brings me back to the funny-bone option. Horses sometimes hit themselves coming out of the gate, like if you hit your funny-bone. You know what is like. It was like he felt something for a short time and then it went away. “
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Gorm The Old): 4.20 out to 4.60 in to 4.00.
Equal favourite (Rowland Commander): 3.00 out to 3.50. Finished third.
Equal favourite (Ninety Degrees): 5.00 in to 3.50. Finished ninth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Arbuckle (C. Reith) was slow to begin. Warbrik (B. Thomson) jumped away awkwardly. Ninety Degrees (N. Yamada) raced ungenerously during the early stages. Near the 650m, Warbrik shifted out and had to be steadied from the heels of Lightway (D. Griffin). Lightway had a tendency to hang out rounding the home turn. Warbrik made the home turn wide. Arbuckle raced wide throughout. A post race veterinary examination of Arbuckle revealed the gelding to have cardiac arrhythmia. Connections were advised that veterinary clearance, including the results of an ECG, would be required prior to the gelding's next race start.
Race 8:
Class 2 Handicap - 1350m
1st - Lilleelavee; 2nd - Street By Street; 3rd - Lucky Omens
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Apprentice jockey Matthew Palmer: “The race turned out perfectly for her. Two went pretty quick in front. We just had the drop on them. We were basically just comfortable running behind the two up front. She travelled nice throughout and she hit the line strongly when she let down. She did have to work a bit at the end – one was coming quick – but she got there. She was suited to the step up in distance (from 1200m to 1350m). I think she is going to step up to a mile next time and that should suit her as well.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Lilleelavee): 5.00 out to 6.00 in to 5.00.
Favourite (Lucky Omens): 4.60 in to 3.00. Finished third.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Mean Machine (L. Cassidy), which jumped away awkwardly losing ground, was then tightened for room shortly after the start between More Than Primed (C. Whiteley) and Lilleelavee (Matthew Palmer), which shifted in. Kinsmate (G. Geran) jumped away awkwardly. Crimson Fire (R. Goltz) was slow to begin. Stawell Dash (B. Stewart) raced wide in the early stages.
When questioned regarding the disappointing performance of Mean Machine, L. Cassidy stated that despite settling back further than anticipated after some tightening at the start, the gelding did not respond to his riding as expected when asked for an effort, and was of the opinion that Mean Machine may not have been entirely comfortable on the rain-affected going. The explanation was noted. A post race veterinary examination of Mean Machine failed to reveal any abnormalities.
A post race veterinary examination of More than Primed revealed mild lameness in the near-foreleg. Connections were advised that a veterinary clearance would be required prior to its next race start.
STEWARDS RACE DAY SUMMARY EXTRACT:
Summary of action concerning thoroughbred horses:
Horses swabbed:
All winners, Bagatelle Park.
Warnings/bars
Race 2. Pride Of Heart - Broke through gates – Warning.
Race 7. Arbuckle - Cardiac arrhythmia - Vet. Clearance, ECG - LR36(b).
Race 8. More Than Primed - Lame near fore - Vet. Clearance - LR36(b).
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