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).
Friday, April 10, 2009
DOOMBEN REVIEW (WED, APR 8)
A review of the meeting held at Doomben on Wednesday, April 8.
Track - Slow. Rail - Out 7.5m.
Race 1:
F&M Class 3 Handicap - 1200m
1st - All Stellar; 2nd - Falling Star; 3rd - Cachaca
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer John Hearne: “She couldn’t win down a race in Sydney, so they said send it to a bloke in the bush and see what he can do with her. She’s had six wins now. But she’s run them nearly all in the bush, so I thought I’d bring her down town and give her a go just to see if she is up to midweek class. I think she is up to midweek class and she’ll get more ground later on. She’s won over 1300m before and I think she’ll win again over 1300m or 1400m in better company later on. I don’t come to town much. I’ve had two girl riders down here and they’ve had two winners for me. Amy on this one and Leanne McCoy won previously for me on a horse called Rangers.”
Apprentice jockey Amy Taylor (in conversation with trainer John Hearne): “She went great. That thing on the rail – at the half mile – it hit the rail right in front of me and swung out and I had to check.”
John Hearne: “I could tell the horse had its head up. I couldn’t make out why. Let it go Amy ... let it go, that’s what I telling you.”
Amy Taylor: “The horse inside me whacked the rail and come flung out. I just missed his heels, so I just clicked up outside him and just got the horse to relax again. It’s a game of inches sometimes. Just a little wobble can cost you, but she came through well this time and went on and did the job.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (All Stellar): 10.00 out to 12.00 in to 10.00.
Favourite (Miss Maggie): 3.00 out to 3.10 in to 2.70. Finished sixth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Miz Winfrey, which reared over in the barriers, was declared a late scratching at 12.53 pm on veterinary advice. A post-race veterinary examination of Miz Winfrey revealed the mare to have pulled its near-fore plate. The veterinary surgeon further reported that Miz Winfrey was sore in that foot. Trainer K. Smith was advised that he must provide a veterinary clearance and two barrier certificates for Miz Winfrey prior to its next race start. Falling Star (C. Reith), which was slow to begin, was tightened for room shortly after the start between Trading (J. Bowditch) and All Stellar (A. Taylor), both of which shifted ground. When the pace slackened approaching the 800m, Fivegrand (B. El-Issa) improved up on to the heels of All Stellar (A. Taylor) and shifted out, making contact with Miss Maggie (M. Hellyer). A short distance later, Fivegrand (B. El-Issa) shifted in, resulting in Falling Star, which had improved to the inside, having to be steadied. Approaching the 750m, All Stellar (A. Taylor) over-raced for a short distance.
Race 2:
F&M Maiden Plate - 1110m
1st - Brookie Babe; 2nd - Sweet Magic; 3rd - Quingilly
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Kelly Schweida: “It was her first run back (after a six month layoff). She just needed a good break. I thought she’d handle the wet alright. She’s by Falvelon ... some do, some don’t. Yeah look, she won a jump out the other day and she is going good.”
Jockey Shane Scriven: “The only reason ... well we didn’t lead ... but the only reason she can be up there like that is that she begins out of the barriers so good. She is not the fastest thing once she gets into her stride, you know, I really had to drive her. I think once she gets over a bit of journey she’s be a horse who can settle in third or fourth placing early. She travelled nicely ... got really relaxed. She sprinted good ... she sprinted good until those signs (pointing to a point about 100m out) but then I thought, well if anything’s coming at me ... she was starting to paddle a little bit. But it was a good effort.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Brookie Babe): 3.00 out to 4.00 in to 2.40.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
The start was delayed when Relative Velocity (K. Banks) proved difficult to load. Trainer T. Gollan's stable representative was advised that a further barrier certificate would be required for Relative Velocity prior to its next race start. Wasn’tme (J. Bowditch) and Quingilly (L. Rolls), which were slow to begin, were tightened for room shortly after the start between Sweet Magic (L. Cassidy) and Brookie Babe (S. Scriven), which shifted out. Relative Velocity (K. Banks) was slow to begin. Haylee Miss (A. Taylor) jumped outwards at the start, making heavy contact with Tuerta Lass (S. Richardson). Approaching the 300m, Our Ballet Dancer (R. Wiggins) was inconvenienced when Wasn’tme shifted out. Quingilly (L. Rolls), which was following, was also inconvenienced in this incident. Smartness (M. Hughes), Relative Velocity (K. Banks) and Midnight Passion (A. Pattillo) raced wide throughout.
Race 3:
3yo Maiden Plate - 1200m
1st - Donny's Magic; 2nd - Over The Page; 3rd - Ruling Party
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Steve Field: “That was his first run. I’m shocked. I’m shaking (with pleasure) ... I’m in shock ... I’m absolutely shaking. He’s a lovely horse. I knew he had more ability than he’d showed. In his first trial he finished a 22.00 lengths last. Then he trialled at Beaudesert the other day where he went better, but he was still second last. He did cruise a bit there while some of the others were under the pump, but I didn’t expect this. This is my first city win so it’s quite special.”
Apprentice jockey Luke Rolls: “It was his first run and he was always going to be a bit hesitant at the start. He began alright, but I was just sort of niggling at him the whole way to keep up with them. It was very green throughout the run. He was all over the shop, but once I put one behind the saddle he really found the line.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Donny’s Magic): 21.00 out to 31.00.
Favourite (Adashofspeed): 3.60 out to 5.50 in to 4.20. Finished sixth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Sarsfield (S. Galloway), Lucy Bea (D. Craven) and All Lined Up (G. Baker) were slow to begin. Approaching the 100m, Donny’s Magic (L. Rolls) shifted out to obtain clear running and in doing so took Regal Prince (K. Banks) out on to Sarsfield. Over the Page (B. El-Issa) had a tendency to lay in over the concluding stages.
Race 4:
Maiden Handicap - 1650m
1st - Sweet Science; 2nd - Handy Hints; 3rd - Salcanro
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Robert Heathcote (who enjoyed a change of fortune after his runners had finished second in the first two races on the card): “I can’t say too much about it because he has only been with me for three weeks. So obvious credit’s got to go to his previous trainer, and I think he has earned a bit of credit - Mr Bart Cummings. We’ll say he’s done a fair job up until now. I got the horse through really good owners, Les and Susan Smith, who have put a lot of money into racing all around Australia They are involved in the ownership of Mimi Lebrock, Sirmione, you know they’ve been to the top of the tree – Majorca, they own with me. They are just good people and they’ve got a nice horse here. They had a big opinion of him as a younger horse and perhaps he hasn’t lived up to it. But he may in future.
"Sometimes a change is as good as a holiday. I don’t know a lot about the horse. We are learning about him. He’s only been with me the three weeks, but he has done everything right. We took all the gear off him. Larry (Cassidy) just rode him a treat. So what can you say? He is a three-year-old. He has just won over a mile carrying 58kg on a slow track. He has clearly got some ability.”
Jockey Larry Cassidy: “He seemed to handle the track alright although he did slip a couple of times. I can’t say he didn’t handle it, I was just sort of thinking maybe ... maybe on top of the ground he would find a length. He is a grinder, but he might find a length on top of it. Distance-wise, he felt like he could have gone another lap. In saying that, it’s hard to tell whether they can further or not until you test them. The impression he gives you, is he will.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Sweet Science): 2.25 out to 2.70.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Will Impress (M. Hellyer) raced wide in the early stages. Near the 1400m, All By Myself (S. Galloway), when racing in restricted room to the inside of Loves A Vino (K. Forrester), commenced to race ungenerously and shifted out, making contact with Loves A Vino, resulting in both horses becoming unbalanced. The Pocket Rocket (A. Erhart) raced wide throughout.
Race 5:
Class 3 Plate - 1650m
1st - Fat Possum; 2nd - Starsplash; 3rd - Another Speights
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Liam Birchley: “He was due ... he was overdue actually”. (Fat Possum had finished second three races in-a-row prior to this win). “In his last run he got back a little bit, but the two before that he raced on the pace. He just got outsprinted that’s all. He hasn’t got much turn of foot. With him leading today it was hard for the opposition to sprint around him. He still had to put it in down the straight though and he had a month between runs, so he did a good job.”
Jockey Larry Cassidy (who landed a race-to-race double on the day): “Look, I rode him about four starts ago on a heavy track and he didn’t handle it at all. I had a pretty tough run that day. He is the sort of horse if you are back behind a couple you better get out and get going, rather too soon than too late. I was going to get a nice run early and then when Hellyer (on Tenterfield) steadied, I was going to have to come back half-a-length. If I did that I would have to come out around them and chase at the 700m. I thought, I might as well lead. I thought, well, he’s happy bowling along like that so I’m better off letting him roll. I wasn’t going to look around in the straight, it might have changed my plans. I just kept my head down. He is still not comfortable in the ground. The way he was going, just rolling along – I think he’ll go further.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Fat Possum): 3.20 out to 4.00.
Favourite (Another Speights): 1.90 out to 2.40. Finished third.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Another Speights (S. Scriven) was tightened for room on jumping away between Fat Possum (L. Cassidy) and Make Mine Cash (B. Evans), both of which shifted ground. French Move (J. Byrne) and Fly Misty (G. Baker) jumped away awkwardly. Near the 1000m, Mardi Magrar (L. Rolls) commenced to over-race and improved up on to the heels of Fat Possum (L. Cassidy) and shifted out, resulting in Tenterfield (M. Hellyer) having to be steadied to avoid that horse's heels.
When questioned, B. Evans, rider of Make Mine Cash, which compounded to finish a distance last, stated that the gelding did not feel comfortable at any stage during the event and when placed under pressure approaching the home turn failed to stretch out and commenced to tire shortly thereafter. Trainer R. Lipp advised stewards that he intended to spell the gelding immediately. A post-race veterinary examination of Make Mine Cash failed to reveal any abnormalities. Stewards ordered that Make Mine Cash must trial to the satisfaction of the stewards prior to its next race start.
Race 6:
CG&E Class 3 Handicap - 1200m
1st - So Shall This; 2nd - Swords; 3rd - What Is This
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Paul Nolan (Jnr): “Yeah, I wish they were all that easy. You could tell during the run he was going to be awfully hard to track down, you know. We had him in at Ipswich tomorrow, so we sort of put our heads on the chopping block coming here today, but it paid off. Every win we get from him is a bonus, because he really shouldn’t still be racing with those knees. He chipped his knees twice and the vets didn’t give him much of a prognosis, but, you know, he is now a four-year-old. He was always a ‘foally’ looking horse. Now he is a mature horse and his knees are good. Touch wood, this is his best preparation by far. The wonders of time!”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (So Shall This): 4.00 in to 3.40 out to 3.50.
Favourite (Swirling Moss): 1.70 out to 2.05. Finished sixth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Red Ferments (D. Craven) was slow to begin.
When questioned regarding the seemingly disappointing performance of Swirling Moss, apprentice L. Rolls stated that the horse travelled well and approaching the home turn when placed under pressure, responded for a short distance, however then only finished the race off fairly. A post-race veterinary examination of Swirling Moss failed to reveal any abnormalities.
Race 7:
Class 5 Handicap - 1350m
1st - Gunsari; 2nd - Frisco's In Charge; 3rd - At The Roxy
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Alicia Willick: “Last time he just couldn’t get to the front. If he can’t lead, he can’t win. He is just very one dimensional. If he can dictate things, that’s when he is at his best. All of his wins (this was win number six) have been when he has led. His previous two runs this prep were over 1200m which is too short for him, and just the fact that we haven’t been able to work him. All he can do is swim, so it has been hard to get him fit. That’s why it has taken a couple of runs to get a result.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Gunsari): 3.70 out to 4.20 in to 3.50.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
MR DOYLE (S. Scriven) and AT THE ROXY (D. Griffin) raced wide throughout.
STEWARDS RACE DAY SUMMARY EXTRACT:
Summary of action concerning thoroughbred horses:
Bar:
Race 5. Make Mine Cash - Poor performance - Off. Trial - LR36(b)
Horses swabbed:
All winners, Falling Star, Swords
Track - Slow. Rail - Out 7.5m.
Race 1:
F&M Class 3 Handicap - 1200m
1st - All Stellar; 2nd - Falling Star; 3rd - Cachaca
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer John Hearne: “She couldn’t win down a race in Sydney, so they said send it to a bloke in the bush and see what he can do with her. She’s had six wins now. But she’s run them nearly all in the bush, so I thought I’d bring her down town and give her a go just to see if she is up to midweek class. I think she is up to midweek class and she’ll get more ground later on. She’s won over 1300m before and I think she’ll win again over 1300m or 1400m in better company later on. I don’t come to town much. I’ve had two girl riders down here and they’ve had two winners for me. Amy on this one and Leanne McCoy won previously for me on a horse called Rangers.”
Apprentice jockey Amy Taylor (in conversation with trainer John Hearne): “She went great. That thing on the rail – at the half mile – it hit the rail right in front of me and swung out and I had to check.”
John Hearne: “I could tell the horse had its head up. I couldn’t make out why. Let it go Amy ... let it go, that’s what I telling you.”
Amy Taylor: “The horse inside me whacked the rail and come flung out. I just missed his heels, so I just clicked up outside him and just got the horse to relax again. It’s a game of inches sometimes. Just a little wobble can cost you, but she came through well this time and went on and did the job.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (All Stellar): 10.00 out to 12.00 in to 10.00.
Favourite (Miss Maggie): 3.00 out to 3.10 in to 2.70. Finished sixth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Miz Winfrey, which reared over in the barriers, was declared a late scratching at 12.53 pm on veterinary advice. A post-race veterinary examination of Miz Winfrey revealed the mare to have pulled its near-fore plate. The veterinary surgeon further reported that Miz Winfrey was sore in that foot. Trainer K. Smith was advised that he must provide a veterinary clearance and two barrier certificates for Miz Winfrey prior to its next race start. Falling Star (C. Reith), which was slow to begin, was tightened for room shortly after the start between Trading (J. Bowditch) and All Stellar (A. Taylor), both of which shifted ground. When the pace slackened approaching the 800m, Fivegrand (B. El-Issa) improved up on to the heels of All Stellar (A. Taylor) and shifted out, making contact with Miss Maggie (M. Hellyer). A short distance later, Fivegrand (B. El-Issa) shifted in, resulting in Falling Star, which had improved to the inside, having to be steadied. Approaching the 750m, All Stellar (A. Taylor) over-raced for a short distance.
Race 2:
F&M Maiden Plate - 1110m
1st - Brookie Babe; 2nd - Sweet Magic; 3rd - Quingilly
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Kelly Schweida: “It was her first run back (after a six month layoff). She just needed a good break. I thought she’d handle the wet alright. She’s by Falvelon ... some do, some don’t. Yeah look, she won a jump out the other day and she is going good.”
Jockey Shane Scriven: “The only reason ... well we didn’t lead ... but the only reason she can be up there like that is that she begins out of the barriers so good. She is not the fastest thing once she gets into her stride, you know, I really had to drive her. I think once she gets over a bit of journey she’s be a horse who can settle in third or fourth placing early. She travelled nicely ... got really relaxed. She sprinted good ... she sprinted good until those signs (pointing to a point about 100m out) but then I thought, well if anything’s coming at me ... she was starting to paddle a little bit. But it was a good effort.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Brookie Babe): 3.00 out to 4.00 in to 2.40.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
The start was delayed when Relative Velocity (K. Banks) proved difficult to load. Trainer T. Gollan's stable representative was advised that a further barrier certificate would be required for Relative Velocity prior to its next race start. Wasn’tme (J. Bowditch) and Quingilly (L. Rolls), which were slow to begin, were tightened for room shortly after the start between Sweet Magic (L. Cassidy) and Brookie Babe (S. Scriven), which shifted out. Relative Velocity (K. Banks) was slow to begin. Haylee Miss (A. Taylor) jumped outwards at the start, making heavy contact with Tuerta Lass (S. Richardson). Approaching the 300m, Our Ballet Dancer (R. Wiggins) was inconvenienced when Wasn’tme shifted out. Quingilly (L. Rolls), which was following, was also inconvenienced in this incident. Smartness (M. Hughes), Relative Velocity (K. Banks) and Midnight Passion (A. Pattillo) raced wide throughout.
Race 3:
3yo Maiden Plate - 1200m
1st - Donny's Magic; 2nd - Over The Page; 3rd - Ruling Party
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Steve Field: “That was his first run. I’m shocked. I’m shaking (with pleasure) ... I’m in shock ... I’m absolutely shaking. He’s a lovely horse. I knew he had more ability than he’d showed. In his first trial he finished a 22.00 lengths last. Then he trialled at Beaudesert the other day where he went better, but he was still second last. He did cruise a bit there while some of the others were under the pump, but I didn’t expect this. This is my first city win so it’s quite special.”
Apprentice jockey Luke Rolls: “It was his first run and he was always going to be a bit hesitant at the start. He began alright, but I was just sort of niggling at him the whole way to keep up with them. It was very green throughout the run. He was all over the shop, but once I put one behind the saddle he really found the line.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Donny’s Magic): 21.00 out to 31.00.
Favourite (Adashofspeed): 3.60 out to 5.50 in to 4.20. Finished sixth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Sarsfield (S. Galloway), Lucy Bea (D. Craven) and All Lined Up (G. Baker) were slow to begin. Approaching the 100m, Donny’s Magic (L. Rolls) shifted out to obtain clear running and in doing so took Regal Prince (K. Banks) out on to Sarsfield. Over the Page (B. El-Issa) had a tendency to lay in over the concluding stages.
Race 4:
Maiden Handicap - 1650m
1st - Sweet Science; 2nd - Handy Hints; 3rd - Salcanro
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Robert Heathcote (who enjoyed a change of fortune after his runners had finished second in the first two races on the card): “I can’t say too much about it because he has only been with me for three weeks. So obvious credit’s got to go to his previous trainer, and I think he has earned a bit of credit - Mr Bart Cummings. We’ll say he’s done a fair job up until now. I got the horse through really good owners, Les and Susan Smith, who have put a lot of money into racing all around Australia They are involved in the ownership of Mimi Lebrock, Sirmione, you know they’ve been to the top of the tree – Majorca, they own with me. They are just good people and they’ve got a nice horse here. They had a big opinion of him as a younger horse and perhaps he hasn’t lived up to it. But he may in future.
"Sometimes a change is as good as a holiday. I don’t know a lot about the horse. We are learning about him. He’s only been with me the three weeks, but he has done everything right. We took all the gear off him. Larry (Cassidy) just rode him a treat. So what can you say? He is a three-year-old. He has just won over a mile carrying 58kg on a slow track. He has clearly got some ability.”
Jockey Larry Cassidy: “He seemed to handle the track alright although he did slip a couple of times. I can’t say he didn’t handle it, I was just sort of thinking maybe ... maybe on top of the ground he would find a length. He is a grinder, but he might find a length on top of it. Distance-wise, he felt like he could have gone another lap. In saying that, it’s hard to tell whether they can further or not until you test them. The impression he gives you, is he will.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Sweet Science): 2.25 out to 2.70.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Will Impress (M. Hellyer) raced wide in the early stages. Near the 1400m, All By Myself (S. Galloway), when racing in restricted room to the inside of Loves A Vino (K. Forrester), commenced to race ungenerously and shifted out, making contact with Loves A Vino, resulting in both horses becoming unbalanced. The Pocket Rocket (A. Erhart) raced wide throughout.
Race 5:
Class 3 Plate - 1650m
1st - Fat Possum; 2nd - Starsplash; 3rd - Another Speights
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Liam Birchley: “He was due ... he was overdue actually”. (Fat Possum had finished second three races in-a-row prior to this win). “In his last run he got back a little bit, but the two before that he raced on the pace. He just got outsprinted that’s all. He hasn’t got much turn of foot. With him leading today it was hard for the opposition to sprint around him. He still had to put it in down the straight though and he had a month between runs, so he did a good job.”
Jockey Larry Cassidy (who landed a race-to-race double on the day): “Look, I rode him about four starts ago on a heavy track and he didn’t handle it at all. I had a pretty tough run that day. He is the sort of horse if you are back behind a couple you better get out and get going, rather too soon than too late. I was going to get a nice run early and then when Hellyer (on Tenterfield) steadied, I was going to have to come back half-a-length. If I did that I would have to come out around them and chase at the 700m. I thought, I might as well lead. I thought, well, he’s happy bowling along like that so I’m better off letting him roll. I wasn’t going to look around in the straight, it might have changed my plans. I just kept my head down. He is still not comfortable in the ground. The way he was going, just rolling along – I think he’ll go further.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Fat Possum): 3.20 out to 4.00.
Favourite (Another Speights): 1.90 out to 2.40. Finished third.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Another Speights (S. Scriven) was tightened for room on jumping away between Fat Possum (L. Cassidy) and Make Mine Cash (B. Evans), both of which shifted ground. French Move (J. Byrne) and Fly Misty (G. Baker) jumped away awkwardly. Near the 1000m, Mardi Magrar (L. Rolls) commenced to over-race and improved up on to the heels of Fat Possum (L. Cassidy) and shifted out, resulting in Tenterfield (M. Hellyer) having to be steadied to avoid that horse's heels.
When questioned, B. Evans, rider of Make Mine Cash, which compounded to finish a distance last, stated that the gelding did not feel comfortable at any stage during the event and when placed under pressure approaching the home turn failed to stretch out and commenced to tire shortly thereafter. Trainer R. Lipp advised stewards that he intended to spell the gelding immediately. A post-race veterinary examination of Make Mine Cash failed to reveal any abnormalities. Stewards ordered that Make Mine Cash must trial to the satisfaction of the stewards prior to its next race start.
Race 6:
CG&E Class 3 Handicap - 1200m
1st - So Shall This; 2nd - Swords; 3rd - What Is This
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Paul Nolan (Jnr): “Yeah, I wish they were all that easy. You could tell during the run he was going to be awfully hard to track down, you know. We had him in at Ipswich tomorrow, so we sort of put our heads on the chopping block coming here today, but it paid off. Every win we get from him is a bonus, because he really shouldn’t still be racing with those knees. He chipped his knees twice and the vets didn’t give him much of a prognosis, but, you know, he is now a four-year-old. He was always a ‘foally’ looking horse. Now he is a mature horse and his knees are good. Touch wood, this is his best preparation by far. The wonders of time!”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (So Shall This): 4.00 in to 3.40 out to 3.50.
Favourite (Swirling Moss): 1.70 out to 2.05. Finished sixth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Red Ferments (D. Craven) was slow to begin.
When questioned regarding the seemingly disappointing performance of Swirling Moss, apprentice L. Rolls stated that the horse travelled well and approaching the home turn when placed under pressure, responded for a short distance, however then only finished the race off fairly. A post-race veterinary examination of Swirling Moss failed to reveal any abnormalities.
Race 7:
Class 5 Handicap - 1350m
1st - Gunsari; 2nd - Frisco's In Charge; 3rd - At The Roxy
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Alicia Willick: “Last time he just couldn’t get to the front. If he can’t lead, he can’t win. He is just very one dimensional. If he can dictate things, that’s when he is at his best. All of his wins (this was win number six) have been when he has led. His previous two runs this prep were over 1200m which is too short for him, and just the fact that we haven’t been able to work him. All he can do is swim, so it has been hard to get him fit. That’s why it has taken a couple of runs to get a result.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Gunsari): 3.70 out to 4.20 in to 3.50.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
MR DOYLE (S. Scriven) and AT THE ROXY (D. Griffin) raced wide throughout.
STEWARDS RACE DAY SUMMARY EXTRACT:
Summary of action concerning thoroughbred horses:
Bar:
Race 5. Make Mine Cash - Poor performance - Off. Trial - LR36(b)
Horses swabbed:
All winners, Falling Star, Swords
Thursday, April 9, 2009
SUNSHINE COAST REVIEW (SUN, APR 05)
A review of the meeting held on the Cushion Track at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday. April 5.
Race 1:
3yo & Up Maiden Handicap - 1600m
1st - Belboah; 2nd - Wedding Lily; 3rd - Crazy Woman
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Robert Wilson: “Actually, the same fella that owns Abirra, the other horse that won here for me last week, he owns this horse. I leased it out to five of my previous owners for him. He is a very hard-going horse, so we did a couple of gear changes (blinkers off, cross-over nose band on first time, nose roll on first-time) and everything seemed to balance out.”
Apprentice jockey Jana Piper: “It was very easy. I just had to jump and run and make sure that he hit the line, because he has been known to stop the last little bit. He travelled well. He did everything right. Full credit to the trainer. The horse was perfect first-up. Anyone could have won on it!”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Belboah): 3.10 out to 3.20 in to 2.40.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Questify (K. Pope) was slow to begin. Approaching the 800m, Questify began to over-race and had to be steadied off the heels of Leica Lion (M. Heagney) and as a result then commenced to lay out for a short distance. Wedding Lily (J. Brown) raced wide for the majority of the event.
Race 2:
3yo & Up Maiden Plate - 1100m
1st - John’s Gem: 2nd - Kenny’s Magic; 3rd - Abode
WINNER FEEDBACK:
John’s Gem had previously finished runner-up in his first start for his new stable (in a run at the Gold Coast). This time, second-up since relocating from Victoria, the three-year-old filly took no prisoners, winning every bit as easily as the 3.50 length winning margin suggests under a super-confident ride by Scott Galloway. This breakthrough win came in the lightly raced filly’s seventh career start.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (John’s Gem): 2.50 out to 2.70. Equal favourite.
Equal Favourite (Once More Brother): 2.50 out to 2.70. Finished fifth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Abode (K. Pope) began awkwardly and shifted out, inconveniencing Lala La Vin (M. Hellyer), which in turn shifted out, making contact with the hind quarters of Semipower (A. Merritt). Kalinga Echo (G. Geran) raced wide for the majority of the event. Once More Brother lost its off-fore plate in running.
Race 3:
3yo & Up Maiden Handicap - 1600m
1st - Vision Of Falvalon; 2nd - No Fear Of Heights; 3rd - Mythical
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer David Peoples: “She needed the extra distance. All of those runs over 1100m (first-up and second-up) she seemed to be working home nice, you know. She was getting fitter and fitter all the time and she is out of a mare that liked a bit of ground. It went more or less as we anticipated. We always said we thought she’d get 2000m. I can’t see why on a run like that – like, even though it is a Maiden – I can’t see why she shouldn’t step up to the longer journey. She’s improving every run, so I’m very happy with here.”
Jockey Anthony Erhart, rider of the third placed Mythical lodged a protest against the winner, leaving the final outcome of the race to be decided in the Stewards Room.
Jockey Erhart (giving his grounds for objection): Inside the last furlong, Michael Heagney’s horse (Visions Of Falvelon) came up got level with me and then just started to veer in and basically checked me out of it. It’s hard to say just how much ground the incident has cost me (the final margin between the two horses ie between first and third, was 2.75 lengths). It was pretty significant with my horse being a long-striding horse. I had to check because I had no clear running. I had to stop riding.
Jockey Michael Heagney had no questions for jockey Anthony Erhart.
Jockey Heagney (giving his statement): “I tracked Tony (Erhart) into the race. I felt I was always going better than Tony. I popped off his back and went up to him ... quite easy. I did go to run right past him. My horse did sort of want to roll in, so I had to stop riding him about four or five times in the straight. I did sort of duck in towards him. I don’t say I hampered him, but I did keep coming off him. I don’t know if there was shift from the inside, because I didn’t feel mine shifted that much. He did want to keep coming in towards him, but every-time I pulled him out. I never used the whip on the horse and, once she sort of got clear of that, she went right away beat them quite easily at the line. With the margin and the way she finished, I thought she won pretty easily actually. And I just thought there might have been a shift from the inside that contributed to the incident, because like I said, I didn’t think my horse shifted that much.”
After viewing the film ...
Jockey Heagney: “I believe the interference came from the inside horse (No Fear Of Heights). He is under the stick and he’s come out and put pressure on Tony’s horse, taking Tony’s horse onto mine. At the same time I think Tony’s horse is starting to weaken. My horse has gone past Tony’s horse and the inside horse has come out and put pressure on him. It took him out. He’s probably hit my horses hind-quarters. That probably just turned my horse’s head in. As he hit my hindquarters it probably turned my whole horse inside, and I probably bumped him. But the interference came from the inside. It may have looked worse when Tony grabbed hold, because he got put out across my heels ... behind my hindquarters and grabbed hold ... it made it worse because the horse got unbalanced and sort of kept going sideways. It was probably getting tired at the same time, but I’m now convinced that ninety-nine percent of the shift came from the inside, which put Tony’s horse out in to me.”
Trainer David Peoples (trainer of the Visions Of Falvelon): “I think Tony was always going to run third. Just looking at that film, I do agree there was a fair bit of the inside horse coming out and I notice in the enclosure that he pulled up sore that horse, so whether he was running away from something ... it was in his front. He obviously was hanging out. Our horse did hang in a little bit also, but like Michael said, he never hit him with the stick and he tried to keep him off the Tony’s horse.”
The protest was dismissed.
The chances are that, had jockey Erhart objected against both of the runners who had beaten him to the line, the second and third placings would have been reversed as the viewing of the film placed the bulk of the blame for the interference, which Erhart’s horse clearly suffered, on the second placed runner No Fear Of Heights. No protest had been lodged against the second placed runner. (See Stewards Report).
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Vision Of Falvelon): 4.20 out to 4.80 in to 4.60
Favourite (No fear Of heights): 1.60 out to 1.70 in to 1.65.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
On return to scale a protest was lodged by A. Erhart, rider of the 3rd placegetter Mythical, against Vision Of Falvelon being declared the winner, alleging interference over the final 200m. After taking evidence from the parties concerned, stewards found that near the 100m Mythical had to be checked when tightened for room between Vision Of Falvelon and No fear Of Heights, which shifted out under pressure. In the circumstances, the protest was dismissed and correct weight was semaphored on the Judge's placings. At a subsequent inquiry, apprentice M. Speers, rider of No fear Of Heights, pleaded guilty to a charge of careless riding, in that at approximately the 100m he allowed his mount to shift out when being ridden along, resulting in Mythical (A. Erhart) having to be checked when tightened for room between Vision Of Falvelon (M. Heagney) and No fear Of Heights. M. Speers was suspended from riding in races for a period covered by 7 meetings, to commence at midnight, 9 April and to expire at midnight, 18 April 2009.
Brilliant Con (J. Bowditch) was slow to begin. Night Shadow (M. Hellyer) began awkwardly. Approaching the 1200m, Biscays Best (K. Pope) commenced to over-race and laid in. When being corrected, the saddle on Biscays Best shifted to the near-side of the gelding, placing its rider at a disadvantage for the remainder of the event. As a result, the horse was unable to be fully tested at any stage of the event. Vision Of Falvelon (M. Heagney) and Mythical (A. Erhart) raced wide for the majority of the event.
A post-race veterinary examination of No fear Of Heights revealed the gelding to be lame in the near fore fetlock. Trainer M. Flanigan was advised that he would be required to supply a full veterinary certificate of soundness prior to competing in a race or barrier trial.
Race 4:
F&M Class 1 Handicap - 1400m,
1st - Bumper Harvest; 2nd - Sweet Addiction; 3rd - Electric Lass
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Tony Sears: “That was the plan, Just to ride her quiet. She pulled pretty hard at Dalby the other day and we just wanted to ride her a bit quiet. She had nearly a month between runs last start. She was a bit fat, you know. She went good today.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Bumper Harvest): 3.30 out to 3.60.
Favourite (Ana Me Cori): 2.10 out to 2.20. Finished fifth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Both Bumper Harvest (A. Pattillo) and Electric Lass (S. Galloway) began awkwardly and lost ground. Near the 1100m, Bumper Harvest (A. Pattillo) over-raced and threw its head in the air. Electric Lass raced wide from shortly after the start until a point leaving the 1000m where he elected to go forward to obtain a position closer to the rail. Rumpapumpum (A. Erhart) over-raced in middle stages. Electric Lass lost its off-fore plate in running.
When questioned regarding his riding tactics over the final 500m, D. Brown, rider of Sweet Addiction, stated that his instructions were to ride the mare back in the field, as is its normal racing pattern, and not to place Sweet Addiction under pressure until inside the 200m, as the mare possesses only a short sprint. These riding instructions were confirmed by trainer S. Mackinnon, who stated that at the mare's previous start it had failed to finish the race off after obtaining the lead in the straight, and that as Sweet Addiction only possesses a short sprint, it was in the mare's best interests to be to be saved for a final sprint. Stewards noted their explanations. A post-race veterinary examination of Ana Me Cori failed to reveal any significant abnormalities.
Race 5:
CG&E Class 1 Handicap - 1400m
1st - Catwalk Strut: 2nd - Samsoon; 3rd - Okomoto Tamasakura
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Nicole Bruce: “He needed that first win. Now he knows what it is all about. He’s got more confidence now ... and the jock was a part of it. He rides to instructions. He is a good kid.”
Apprentice jockey Mitchell Speers: “Yeah, he can’t be near other horses. He’s quite happy when he’s out the back and has nothing around him. When you ask him to quicken, he quickens a lot better than you thought he would. He is sort of a bit lazy and then lets down real good. I think he’ll get a mile.”
After taking twenty-one runs to score his breakthrough win, Catwalk Strut wasted little time in doubling his number of victories. The gelding backed up from last week (where he secured his Maiden victory) to score his second successive win in almost a carbon-copy performance of the way in which he won a week ago.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Catwalk Strut): 5.50 steady.
Favourite (Winxaarheart):1.60 out to 1.90. Finished fourth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Okomoto Tamasakura (M. Morris) was slow to begin. Black Dakota (K. Yoshida) over-raced in the middle stages.
Race 6:
Class 4 Handicap 2150m
1st - Don Vito; 2nd - Twinkling Star; 3rd - Week Nights On
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Tony Sears: “He’s a pretty nice horse. I don’t think the Cushion Track makes a difference to him.” (Don Vito’s last three wins have come on the synthetic surface). “I just think he can sprint a bit on it. When I took him to Dalby the other day, he should have pissed in. Because the track was a little track, every-time he took a turn he wanted to run off. He should have won easy. He should never have got beat. Today he (Tony Pattillo) rode him quietly until he thought it was time to let go and he finished off strongly.”
The result gave the Tony Sears / Tony Pattillo, trainer / rider combination a double on the day.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Don Vito): 1.90 in to 1.70 out to 1.80.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
The start was delayed Week Nights On proved difficult to load and became fractious in the barriers. Trainer Mr A. Garland was advised that a warning was being placed on the horse regarding its barrier manners. Week Nights On (J. Piper) began awkwardly. Near the 1700m, Bay Lady Pay (J. Bowditch) commenced to over-race and shifted out, forcing Kilkenny Queen (M. Heagney) wider on the track. Passing the 450m, Week Nights On shifted out and bumped Bay Lady Pay.
Stewards inquired into a complaint lodged by trainer Mr T. George regarding the riding tactics adopted by jockey M. Heagney on Kilkenny Queen, which, in his opinion, were contrary to his instructions. Mr George stated that he had instructed jockey Heagney to ride the mare back in the six-horse field, however Kilkenny Queen was ridden in a forward position. After hearing submissions from both parties, and viewing the patrol video, stewards accepted jockey Heagney's explanation that he was caught wide soon after the start as a result of Bay Lady Pay ((J. Bowditch) forcing Kilkenny Queen wider, and rather than racing three wide in a six-horse field, he allowed Kilkenny Queen to improve forward to obtain a position closer to the rail, bearing in mind the slow tempo of the race at that stage. In all the circumstances, stewards were satisfied with jockey Heagney's explanation and took no further action.
After the running of this race, Week Nights On returned to the enclosure with blood present in both nostrils. A subsequent veterinary examination, which included the horse being scoped, determined the cause to be attributed to trauma suffered as a result of being fractious in the barriers, and in all circumstances, Week Nights On subsequently was not declared a bleeder. Trainer A. Garland was however advised that a warning was placed on Week Nights On regarding its barrier manners. It was also noted that Week Nights On had cast its near-fore plate in running.
Race 7:
3yo QTIS Class 2 Handicap - 1100m
1st - Craiglea Falcon; 2nd - Navigation; 3rd - Tell‘em It's Easy
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Craiglea Falcon led the field in the home straight and kicked on well under the steadying burden on 57kg to clinch victory by a decisive margin. Craiglea Falcon, who was completing a Sunshine Coast double and his second win from his last three starts, was ridden by jockey Ken Pope. This was Pope’s fourth winner (for four different trainers) at the two-meetings held at the Sunshine Coast over the weekend. Pope brought home three winners at the Saturday night meeting. Pope’s Saturday winners were Bubbled (for trainer Troy Hall), Slinky Chelle (for Desleigh Foster) and Renegade Dancer (for Trevor Miller).
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Craiglea Falcon): 5.00 steady.
Favourite (Arctic Echo): 3.00 out to 3.30.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Craiglea Falcon (K. Pope) and Arctic Echo (A. Taylor) were slow to begin. Tell’em It’s Easy (J. Brown) got its head up when being restrained near the 1000m. Near the 700m, Tell’em It’s Easy had to be steadied after improving on to the heels of Craiglea Chevvy (M. Speers). Arctic Echo (A. Taylor), which was following, was obliged to shift wider on the track to avoid the heels of Tell’em It’s Easy (J. Brown). Approaching the 400m, Bonza Bronze (C. Reith) shifted out and made contact with Celestafy (M. Hellyer) on several occasions when attempting to improve.
STEWARDS RACE DAY SUMMARY EXTRACT:
Summary of action concerning thoroughbred horses:
Horses swabbed:
All winners, Sweet Addiction, Wedding Lily
Warnings/bars:
Race 3. No Fear Of Heights - Lame near fore fetlock - Vet. clearance, trial.
Race 6. Week Nights On - Fractious in barriers - Warning
Race 1:
3yo & Up Maiden Handicap - 1600m
1st - Belboah; 2nd - Wedding Lily; 3rd - Crazy Woman
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Robert Wilson: “Actually, the same fella that owns Abirra, the other horse that won here for me last week, he owns this horse. I leased it out to five of my previous owners for him. He is a very hard-going horse, so we did a couple of gear changes (blinkers off, cross-over nose band on first time, nose roll on first-time) and everything seemed to balance out.”
Apprentice jockey Jana Piper: “It was very easy. I just had to jump and run and make sure that he hit the line, because he has been known to stop the last little bit. He travelled well. He did everything right. Full credit to the trainer. The horse was perfect first-up. Anyone could have won on it!”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Belboah): 3.10 out to 3.20 in to 2.40.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Questify (K. Pope) was slow to begin. Approaching the 800m, Questify began to over-race and had to be steadied off the heels of Leica Lion (M. Heagney) and as a result then commenced to lay out for a short distance. Wedding Lily (J. Brown) raced wide for the majority of the event.
Race 2:
3yo & Up Maiden Plate - 1100m
1st - John’s Gem: 2nd - Kenny’s Magic; 3rd - Abode
WINNER FEEDBACK:
John’s Gem had previously finished runner-up in his first start for his new stable (in a run at the Gold Coast). This time, second-up since relocating from Victoria, the three-year-old filly took no prisoners, winning every bit as easily as the 3.50 length winning margin suggests under a super-confident ride by Scott Galloway. This breakthrough win came in the lightly raced filly’s seventh career start.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (John’s Gem): 2.50 out to 2.70. Equal favourite.
Equal Favourite (Once More Brother): 2.50 out to 2.70. Finished fifth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Abode (K. Pope) began awkwardly and shifted out, inconveniencing Lala La Vin (M. Hellyer), which in turn shifted out, making contact with the hind quarters of Semipower (A. Merritt). Kalinga Echo (G. Geran) raced wide for the majority of the event. Once More Brother lost its off-fore plate in running.
Race 3:
3yo & Up Maiden Handicap - 1600m
1st - Vision Of Falvalon; 2nd - No Fear Of Heights; 3rd - Mythical
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer David Peoples: “She needed the extra distance. All of those runs over 1100m (first-up and second-up) she seemed to be working home nice, you know. She was getting fitter and fitter all the time and she is out of a mare that liked a bit of ground. It went more or less as we anticipated. We always said we thought she’d get 2000m. I can’t see why on a run like that – like, even though it is a Maiden – I can’t see why she shouldn’t step up to the longer journey. She’s improving every run, so I’m very happy with here.”
Jockey Anthony Erhart, rider of the third placed Mythical lodged a protest against the winner, leaving the final outcome of the race to be decided in the Stewards Room.
Jockey Erhart (giving his grounds for objection): Inside the last furlong, Michael Heagney’s horse (Visions Of Falvelon) came up got level with me and then just started to veer in and basically checked me out of it. It’s hard to say just how much ground the incident has cost me (the final margin between the two horses ie between first and third, was 2.75 lengths). It was pretty significant with my horse being a long-striding horse. I had to check because I had no clear running. I had to stop riding.
Jockey Michael Heagney had no questions for jockey Anthony Erhart.
Jockey Heagney (giving his statement): “I tracked Tony (Erhart) into the race. I felt I was always going better than Tony. I popped off his back and went up to him ... quite easy. I did go to run right past him. My horse did sort of want to roll in, so I had to stop riding him about four or five times in the straight. I did sort of duck in towards him. I don’t say I hampered him, but I did keep coming off him. I don’t know if there was shift from the inside, because I didn’t feel mine shifted that much. He did want to keep coming in towards him, but every-time I pulled him out. I never used the whip on the horse and, once she sort of got clear of that, she went right away beat them quite easily at the line. With the margin and the way she finished, I thought she won pretty easily actually. And I just thought there might have been a shift from the inside that contributed to the incident, because like I said, I didn’t think my horse shifted that much.”
After viewing the film ...
Jockey Heagney: “I believe the interference came from the inside horse (No Fear Of Heights). He is under the stick and he’s come out and put pressure on Tony’s horse, taking Tony’s horse onto mine. At the same time I think Tony’s horse is starting to weaken. My horse has gone past Tony’s horse and the inside horse has come out and put pressure on him. It took him out. He’s probably hit my horses hind-quarters. That probably just turned my horse’s head in. As he hit my hindquarters it probably turned my whole horse inside, and I probably bumped him. But the interference came from the inside. It may have looked worse when Tony grabbed hold, because he got put out across my heels ... behind my hindquarters and grabbed hold ... it made it worse because the horse got unbalanced and sort of kept going sideways. It was probably getting tired at the same time, but I’m now convinced that ninety-nine percent of the shift came from the inside, which put Tony’s horse out in to me.”
Trainer David Peoples (trainer of the Visions Of Falvelon): “I think Tony was always going to run third. Just looking at that film, I do agree there was a fair bit of the inside horse coming out and I notice in the enclosure that he pulled up sore that horse, so whether he was running away from something ... it was in his front. He obviously was hanging out. Our horse did hang in a little bit also, but like Michael said, he never hit him with the stick and he tried to keep him off the Tony’s horse.”
The protest was dismissed.
The chances are that, had jockey Erhart objected against both of the runners who had beaten him to the line, the second and third placings would have been reversed as the viewing of the film placed the bulk of the blame for the interference, which Erhart’s horse clearly suffered, on the second placed runner No Fear Of Heights. No protest had been lodged against the second placed runner. (See Stewards Report).
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Vision Of Falvelon): 4.20 out to 4.80 in to 4.60
Favourite (No fear Of heights): 1.60 out to 1.70 in to 1.65.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
On return to scale a protest was lodged by A. Erhart, rider of the 3rd placegetter Mythical, against Vision Of Falvelon being declared the winner, alleging interference over the final 200m. After taking evidence from the parties concerned, stewards found that near the 100m Mythical had to be checked when tightened for room between Vision Of Falvelon and No fear Of Heights, which shifted out under pressure. In the circumstances, the protest was dismissed and correct weight was semaphored on the Judge's placings. At a subsequent inquiry, apprentice M. Speers, rider of No fear Of Heights, pleaded guilty to a charge of careless riding, in that at approximately the 100m he allowed his mount to shift out when being ridden along, resulting in Mythical (A. Erhart) having to be checked when tightened for room between Vision Of Falvelon (M. Heagney) and No fear Of Heights. M. Speers was suspended from riding in races for a period covered by 7 meetings, to commence at midnight, 9 April and to expire at midnight, 18 April 2009.
Brilliant Con (J. Bowditch) was slow to begin. Night Shadow (M. Hellyer) began awkwardly. Approaching the 1200m, Biscays Best (K. Pope) commenced to over-race and laid in. When being corrected, the saddle on Biscays Best shifted to the near-side of the gelding, placing its rider at a disadvantage for the remainder of the event. As a result, the horse was unable to be fully tested at any stage of the event. Vision Of Falvelon (M. Heagney) and Mythical (A. Erhart) raced wide for the majority of the event.
A post-race veterinary examination of No fear Of Heights revealed the gelding to be lame in the near fore fetlock. Trainer M. Flanigan was advised that he would be required to supply a full veterinary certificate of soundness prior to competing in a race or barrier trial.
Race 4:
F&M Class 1 Handicap - 1400m,
1st - Bumper Harvest; 2nd - Sweet Addiction; 3rd - Electric Lass
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Tony Sears: “That was the plan, Just to ride her quiet. She pulled pretty hard at Dalby the other day and we just wanted to ride her a bit quiet. She had nearly a month between runs last start. She was a bit fat, you know. She went good today.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Bumper Harvest): 3.30 out to 3.60.
Favourite (Ana Me Cori): 2.10 out to 2.20. Finished fifth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Both Bumper Harvest (A. Pattillo) and Electric Lass (S. Galloway) began awkwardly and lost ground. Near the 1100m, Bumper Harvest (A. Pattillo) over-raced and threw its head in the air. Electric Lass raced wide from shortly after the start until a point leaving the 1000m where he elected to go forward to obtain a position closer to the rail. Rumpapumpum (A. Erhart) over-raced in middle stages. Electric Lass lost its off-fore plate in running.
When questioned regarding his riding tactics over the final 500m, D. Brown, rider of Sweet Addiction, stated that his instructions were to ride the mare back in the field, as is its normal racing pattern, and not to place Sweet Addiction under pressure until inside the 200m, as the mare possesses only a short sprint. These riding instructions were confirmed by trainer S. Mackinnon, who stated that at the mare's previous start it had failed to finish the race off after obtaining the lead in the straight, and that as Sweet Addiction only possesses a short sprint, it was in the mare's best interests to be to be saved for a final sprint. Stewards noted their explanations. A post-race veterinary examination of Ana Me Cori failed to reveal any significant abnormalities.
Race 5:
CG&E Class 1 Handicap - 1400m
1st - Catwalk Strut: 2nd - Samsoon; 3rd - Okomoto Tamasakura
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Nicole Bruce: “He needed that first win. Now he knows what it is all about. He’s got more confidence now ... and the jock was a part of it. He rides to instructions. He is a good kid.”
Apprentice jockey Mitchell Speers: “Yeah, he can’t be near other horses. He’s quite happy when he’s out the back and has nothing around him. When you ask him to quicken, he quickens a lot better than you thought he would. He is sort of a bit lazy and then lets down real good. I think he’ll get a mile.”
After taking twenty-one runs to score his breakthrough win, Catwalk Strut wasted little time in doubling his number of victories. The gelding backed up from last week (where he secured his Maiden victory) to score his second successive win in almost a carbon-copy performance of the way in which he won a week ago.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Catwalk Strut): 5.50 steady.
Favourite (Winxaarheart):1.60 out to 1.90. Finished fourth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Okomoto Tamasakura (M. Morris) was slow to begin. Black Dakota (K. Yoshida) over-raced in the middle stages.
Race 6:
Class 4 Handicap 2150m
1st - Don Vito; 2nd - Twinkling Star; 3rd - Week Nights On
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Tony Sears: “He’s a pretty nice horse. I don’t think the Cushion Track makes a difference to him.” (Don Vito’s last three wins have come on the synthetic surface). “I just think he can sprint a bit on it. When I took him to Dalby the other day, he should have pissed in. Because the track was a little track, every-time he took a turn he wanted to run off. He should have won easy. He should never have got beat. Today he (Tony Pattillo) rode him quietly until he thought it was time to let go and he finished off strongly.”
The result gave the Tony Sears / Tony Pattillo, trainer / rider combination a double on the day.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Don Vito): 1.90 in to 1.70 out to 1.80.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
The start was delayed Week Nights On proved difficult to load and became fractious in the barriers. Trainer Mr A. Garland was advised that a warning was being placed on the horse regarding its barrier manners. Week Nights On (J. Piper) began awkwardly. Near the 1700m, Bay Lady Pay (J. Bowditch) commenced to over-race and shifted out, forcing Kilkenny Queen (M. Heagney) wider on the track. Passing the 450m, Week Nights On shifted out and bumped Bay Lady Pay.
Stewards inquired into a complaint lodged by trainer Mr T. George regarding the riding tactics adopted by jockey M. Heagney on Kilkenny Queen, which, in his opinion, were contrary to his instructions. Mr George stated that he had instructed jockey Heagney to ride the mare back in the six-horse field, however Kilkenny Queen was ridden in a forward position. After hearing submissions from both parties, and viewing the patrol video, stewards accepted jockey Heagney's explanation that he was caught wide soon after the start as a result of Bay Lady Pay ((J. Bowditch) forcing Kilkenny Queen wider, and rather than racing three wide in a six-horse field, he allowed Kilkenny Queen to improve forward to obtain a position closer to the rail, bearing in mind the slow tempo of the race at that stage. In all the circumstances, stewards were satisfied with jockey Heagney's explanation and took no further action.
After the running of this race, Week Nights On returned to the enclosure with blood present in both nostrils. A subsequent veterinary examination, which included the horse being scoped, determined the cause to be attributed to trauma suffered as a result of being fractious in the barriers, and in all circumstances, Week Nights On subsequently was not declared a bleeder. Trainer A. Garland was however advised that a warning was placed on Week Nights On regarding its barrier manners. It was also noted that Week Nights On had cast its near-fore plate in running.
Race 7:
3yo QTIS Class 2 Handicap - 1100m
1st - Craiglea Falcon; 2nd - Navigation; 3rd - Tell‘em It's Easy
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Craiglea Falcon led the field in the home straight and kicked on well under the steadying burden on 57kg to clinch victory by a decisive margin. Craiglea Falcon, who was completing a Sunshine Coast double and his second win from his last three starts, was ridden by jockey Ken Pope. This was Pope’s fourth winner (for four different trainers) at the two-meetings held at the Sunshine Coast over the weekend. Pope brought home three winners at the Saturday night meeting. Pope’s Saturday winners were Bubbled (for trainer Troy Hall), Slinky Chelle (for Desleigh Foster) and Renegade Dancer (for Trevor Miller).
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Craiglea Falcon): 5.00 steady.
Favourite (Arctic Echo): 3.00 out to 3.30.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Craiglea Falcon (K. Pope) and Arctic Echo (A. Taylor) were slow to begin. Tell’em It’s Easy (J. Brown) got its head up when being restrained near the 1000m. Near the 700m, Tell’em It’s Easy had to be steadied after improving on to the heels of Craiglea Chevvy (M. Speers). Arctic Echo (A. Taylor), which was following, was obliged to shift wider on the track to avoid the heels of Tell’em It’s Easy (J. Brown). Approaching the 400m, Bonza Bronze (C. Reith) shifted out and made contact with Celestafy (M. Hellyer) on several occasions when attempting to improve.
STEWARDS RACE DAY SUMMARY EXTRACT:
Summary of action concerning thoroughbred horses:
Horses swabbed:
All winners, Sweet Addiction, Wedding Lily
Warnings/bars:
Race 3. No Fear Of Heights - Lame near fore fetlock - Vet. clearance, trial.
Race 6. Week Nights On - Fractious in barriers - Warning
Monday, April 6, 2009
EAGLE FARM REVIEW (SAT, APR 04)
A review of the meeting held at Eagle Farm on Saturday, April 4.
Weather - Overcast: Track - Heavy 10. Rail - out 5m for the entire circumference.
Race 1:
Class 6 Plate - 1826m
1st - Drumshanbo; 2nd - Dawns Queen; 3rd - Three Tenors
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Apprentice jockey Michael Palmer: “His run was good today. We just sat outside them and once we sort of got to the 500m, 600m ... he just started to quicken the tempo. When he straightens he just knuckles down and gets the job done really well. It was harder in the wet, it sort of took him an extra 100m, 150m to pick up, but once he gets into full flight ... I was confident the whole time ... but, once we got inside the 200m we were right. The way he lets down, you know, when he’s at he’s peak he is going to be hard to run down.”
This result completed a hat-trick of wins for the Michael Nolan, Michael Palmer, Drumshanbo trio. The three wins came in less than a month (all in Class 6 company) over distances ranging from 1818m to 2200m on good, dead and heavy going.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Drumshanbo): 1.50 out to 1.65.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Three Tenors (App A. Taylor) was slow to begin.
Race 2:
Fillies & Mares Class 6 Handicap - 1200m
1st - Welcome Site; 2nd - Superfly; 3rd - Savanna La Mar
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Reg Mackay: “She handled the going real well. She’s been one of the unluckiest horses I’ve put a bridle on. She’s always getting into trouble and I thought when she has a bit of luck and gets her way she can win, which she’s has done today. The kid gave it a good ride. I told him (Brent Evans) to sit her up behind them and finish off.”
Apprentice jockey Brent Evens: “I just bounced her out and possied up one off the fence, in fourth place. I got a beautiful run, fourth, one off. It took a while to pick up. They never sprint in the wet. But, in the end, it was the wet that did all the favours for her. She was just too good for them in the wet.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Welcome Site): 21.00 out to 26.00.
Favourite (Savanna La Mar): 3.00 out to 3.40. Finished third.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Donar Amoris (N. Evans) was slow to begin. J. Bowditch the rider of Makiling was reprimanded for allowing his mount to shift in approaching the 1000m when not sufficiently clear of Savannah La Mar (S. Scriven), resulting in that horse having to be steadied. Leaving the 1000m Welcome Site (App B. Evans) shifted in placing Best Of Ceedee (App Michael Palmer) and Hell Week (App L. Rolls) in restricted room. A short distance later Welcome Site, which commenced to race ungenerously, had to be steadied off the heels of Seething Duck (C. Reith), which shifted in.
Race 3:
2yo QTIS Handicap - 1200m
1st - Sniplaz; 2nd - Dancingwithangels; 3rd - Lively Lillie
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Brad Hearn (spokesman for the Liam Birchley stable): “A very similar run to the Gold Coast last week (where he won a feature by 4.75 lengths). He likes the sting out of the track and he’s a very tough horse. He had them beat today about 50 yards after the start. Actually the instructions were for him (Brent Evans) to ride him patiently, you know ... just to hang on to him as long as he could – but, I didn’t think he’d be at the hundred before he let him go. He’s a horse with a very bright future. One of his best attributes is how tough he is. From day one as a yearling, he’s just been one of our toughest two-year-olds. It’s the second time he has backed up too. I’m about 90 per cent sure he will be in the paddock on Monday. Come back as a nice three-year-old.”
Jockey Brent Evens: “It’s my second ride for the stable. My first ride won by about that far at Kilkoy. That was on a horse called Nude Etruscan. So that’s two for two from that stable. I could have left my whip in the jockey’s room. I never touched him until late and then I just rode him hands and heels. Nothing could go with him. The whole way I couldn’t hold him slow enough.”
Sniplaz has now won four out of his last five starts. These wins have come over distances ranging from 800m to 1200m, with his last two wins being achieved by a combined margin of 11.75 lengths.
Brad Hearn was on duty because trainer Liam Birchley was in Rockhampton, where he landed another feature two-year-old success with Arcup, who earned $73 000 for winning the Capricorn Sales Classic. Stable apprentice Chris McIver, who is from Rockhampton, made the trip back home to ride that feature race winner.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Sniplaz): 1.40 steady.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Barramundi Jack (App Michael Palmer), Warrego (App S. Bogenhuber) and Fantastic Four (A. Pattillo) all jumped away awkwardly. Warrego over-raced for a short distance leaving the 800m. Warrego hung out rounding the home turn. Beach Model (L. Cassidy), when inclined to lay out rounding the home turn, shifted out making contact with the hind quarters of First Option (App J. Brown). A post race veterinary examination of Warrego failed to reveal any abnormalities.
Race 4:
NMW Handicap - 1500m
1st - Our Heart; 2nd - Supreme Best; 3rd - Willyclang
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Trevor Whittington: “No mate, I wasn’t confident with the heavy going. Quite honestly, I was confident until it got heavy. If it had been dead or slow, I was confident. But when it got heavy, no I talked myself out of it. I wasn’t confident he would handle the heavy. He’s as good a horse as I’ve ever had, but he has just got to put it all together. He had the draw here to overcome as well. Joe (Bowditch) rode him beautifully. Like I say, he is as good a horse as I’ve ever had, but he has had his problems. He had leg problems – the near-side front. He’s finally come out of it. We got it out about six weeks ago, raced at the coast on a heavy track. Scotty Galloway rode him and he said, put this horse on top of the ground and he just wins.
"I wasn’t going to run today, but the owner insisted that I run it. He said, I want him to run. If I’d had my way I would have scratched it because of the heavy track. When I spoke to the owner this morning on the phone, I said there are different heavy tracks. It is a different track here then it is down the coast or up at Coloundra. So we ended up running. But, mate, he’s got more ability than ... you can talk about other good horses I’ve had ... Picardi Run, Picablu and all of them ... this will leave them standing as far as ability goes, but he hasn’t got the same temperament.”
Jockey Joe Bowditch: “He went good, he jumped good, but I just couldn’t muster in the soft ground. It took him three or four strides and he was really battling in it early, so I thought I’m not going to ride him forward when he is struggling. So I come back and let him settle – let him travel, yeah - and from the about 700m he took me into the race nicely. He just wanted to lay in a bit once I got out wider. I gave him a couple of backhanders on the right, but then he drifted out and kept wanting to go out, so I had stop and straighten him. It was a pretty good effort. I saved a bit of ground around the corner then come out in the middle of the track in the straight, which seems to be playing a little better. He got through the wet ok, but I still think he would be better on a dry track. It’s pretty heavy out there today and a lot of them are struggling in it and he was one that just got through it alright.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Our Heart): 21.00 steady.
Equal favourite (Supreme Best): 6.50 in to 5.00. Finished second.
Equal favourite (Bernado): 4.60 out to 5.00. Finished eighth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Onion (App Michael Palmer) was slow to begin. Willyclang (S. Richardson) over-raced in the early and middle stages. He’s Full Of It (G. Snowden) laid out from a point leaving the 600m taking Start Thinkin’ (R. Goltz), Crowning Force (App B. Evans) and Bringelly (S. Seamer) wider on the track. Approaching the 400m Cotham (B. El-Issa) shifted out hampering He’s Full Of It. Bringelly raced wide throughout. When questioned regarding the seemingly disappointing performance of Bernado, jockey Matthew Palmer stated that although the gelding has previously handled rain affected going, he was of the opinion that the horse had failed to handle the extremely heavy track conditions today and as a result proved disappointing. Stewards noted his explanation. A post race veterinary examination of Bringelly failed to reveal any abnormalities.
Race 5:
3YO QTIS Handicap - 1400m
1st - Notevenow; 2nd - Goldfinger; 3rd - La Bella Luisa
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Bryan Guy: “All the owner wanted was a horse by Umatilla. We got this one for 12 000. We bought him as a yearling. He’s been an honest, little horse. He’s come back from racing against older horses, giving them weight and running second. He was carrying 56.5kg against older horses on slow tracks .Today he came back to three-year-old race, against his own age, and got in with 3kg less. He’s run second on a slow track before, he handles it ... so everything’s good.”
Jockey Scott Galloway: “At the 500m, I had him in my hands and he was slipping on me a little bit, so I just let him go and stride a bit more freely up around the two leaders. Once he started to lengthen his stride, in that going, he was a lot more comfortable. He’s the type of horse who’s not a sit and sprint, so I wanted to get going on the corner. He loves the wet and, you know, he’s been racing against older horses with bigger weights so he was back to his own age group today, which helped make the difference.”
Notevenow has finished either first or second in six of his eight starts.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Notevenow): 11.00 out to 13.00.
Favourite (Moulin Lady): 4.80 out to 5.50 in to 4.80. Finished fourth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Rock Rave (App S. Bogenhuber) jumped away awkwardly and lost ground. Satula (D. Craven) also jumped away awkwardly and shifted in making contact with the hind quarters of Macedon (App B. Evans). A Little Knowledge (C. Reith) and Qwerty (App L. Rolls) made contact on jumping away. Casholet (Matthew Palmer) was inclined to shift ground outwards under pressure over the concluding stages. Approaching the 200m Rock Rave shifted out to obtain clear running and in doing so bumped River Perfume (S. Drake). River Perfume raced wide throughout event. When questioned regarding the seemingly disappointing performance of Macedon App B. Evans stated that when asked for an effort from the 800m his mount did not respond and he felt Macedon was not comfortable in the prevailing track conditions. Trainer L. Gough agreed that the horse may not have been entirely suited in the heavy going. Stewards noted their explanations. Heza Flashman lost a near-fore plate in running.
Race 6:
Fillies & Mares Handicap - 1200m
1st - My First Affair; 2nd - Michelle Cafea; 3rd - Rocklet
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Maryann Thexton: “She won her first race career-wise first up on a heavy track over 1200. Her best stats are actually on rain affected tracks. She’s so honest. I knew she was fit – you look at her and you can tell she is fit. But all credit to Jimmy (Byrne), because I let him choose how he wanted to ride her, and he said, I’ve just got to try and conserve here ... conserve her, conserve her ... and go late - and he did just that. So a lot of the credit to Jimmy for an impeccable ride.
"In two week’s time there’s another Listed Fillies And Mares 1200m race, which she’ll be aimed at ... and then a fortnight later she’ll go to the Silk Stocking at the Gold Coast. Further on, we’ll freshen her up. These three races are her prep, because we don’t know how good she really is, or isn’t, and we expect a lot of good mares to come up from down south, so we thought these three races would be ideal to try and Black Type this mare. This is her first Black Type win. It’s pretty exciting.”
Jockey Jim Byrne: “She is a little bit soft-mouthed. The way she was going ... she dropped off the bit straight away ... she wasn’t going that great. As soon as I moved her to the outside she switched on. I could have waited and gone to the inside, but it was a straight run to the line in the end and as soon as she got to the outside she switched on and really powered to the line really good.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (My First Affair): 5.50 out to 6.50.
Favourite (Rocklet): 2.70 out to 2.90 in to 2.80. Finished third.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Rocklet (L. Cassidy) was a little slow to begin. Spectacular Bird (J. Taylor) raced wide throughout. Rocklet lost a near-hind plate in running.
Stewards questioned jockey A. Pattillo regarding the tactics he adopted on Momentously today in that the horse settled further back in the field than on previous occasions. A. Pattillo stated that he had been instructed to ride his mount with cover and shortly after jumping Momentously when being restrained got its head up and he therefore became concerned that Momentously may over-race if bustled. A. Pattillo added that his mount again got its head up near the 1000m and raced ungenerously. A. Pattillo explained that it was due to this tendency that he did not attempt to hold a trailing position behind My First Affair (J. Byrne) near the 800m which then enabled Manic Monday (B. El-Issa) to take up that position resulting in Momentously settling further back in the field than he would have preferred. Trainer P. Hulbert confirmed the instructions and agreed that the horse's manners had resulted in it settling further back than anticipated.
Race 7:
Open Handicap - 1500m
1st - Eleda; 2nd - Go Cart; 3rd - Scattergun
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Brian Guy (who completed a double on the day): “She a great little filly this, you know. She’s not big, but she’s a tryer. She’s tough. She’s really good. It was a big decision for the owners, because they opted to for this over the $100,000 race. We went to this because I thought the 1200 would be too short for her. Now she’s come out and bolting in. You only have to look at her record last preparation, you know. She won six out of seven. She’s a good filly.”
Jockey Larry Cassidy: “The track is extremely heavy. I knew they would fan out in the straight. It was just a matter of how wide I could get. I thought I was wide enough until the other horses swooped past me and then I thought, well maybe I wasn’t wide enough. But, as it turned out she handled the going a bit better than them in the end and stretched on. She did really well once she got into space. She showed plenty of ticker.”
Spare a thought for jockey Dean Tanti. Tanti is Eleda’s regular pilot and he was the rider who enjoyed that superb, winning run with the mare in her last preparation. Tanti is currently out of action with a broken foot.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Eleda): 4.00 out to 4.60.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Yield Curve (J. Taylor) and Go Cart (R. Wiggins) were slow to begin. Scattergun (App A. Taylor) and Go Cart raced wide rounding the home turn and leaving the 400m Go Cart shifted out and made contact with Scattergun. Striking Victor (App B. Evans) and Public Nuisance (S. Galloway) raced wide throughout.
When questioned as to the disappointing performance of Hard To Catch App L. Rolls explained that the horse was not comfortable in the prevailing heavy conditions. Trainer P. Duff agreed and indicated that whilst the horse had raced well on rain affected tracks in the past he was of the opinion that Hard To Catch was not completely comfortable in today's extremely heavy surface. Stewards noted their explanations. A post race veterinary examination of Hard To Catch failed to reveal any abnormality.
A post race veterinary examination of Public Nuisance (S. Galloway) revealed the gelding to be suffering a poor post race recovery rate. The connections were advised that a veterinary certificate of fitness would be required prior to Public Nuisance racing again.
Race 8:
Colts, Geldings & Entires Class 6 Handicap - 1200m
1st - Carry On Doctor; 2nd - Pit Lane; 3rd - Little Stranger
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Jockey Eddie Wilkinson: “Without any speed in the race – he was the only real speed – there was never any concern about him being able to get across from the wide barrier. I didn’t really want to go to the fence anyway, because the track is pretty cut up. So I stayed one or two off the fence. He is a fit horse. He led them up. I saved him for as long as I could. I waited till the furlong before I really asked for an effort. I think that is what won him the race. He was just too good for them going to the line.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Carry On Doctor): 7.00 out to 8.00.
Favourite (Tears’N’Cheers): 5.00 in to 4.40. Finished sixth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Chevron Island (L. Cassidy) was crowded for room on jumping away between Laurie’s Lad (J. Cook) and Carry On Doctor (E. Willkinson), both of which shifted ground. Release Me (C. Reith) and Fond Bond (App L. Rolls) made contact on jumping away. Tear’s ‘N’ Cheers (B. El-Issa) was slow to begin.
Ulladulla (Matthew Palmer) raced in restricted room to the inside of Pit Lane (J. Byrne) for some distance leaving the 500m. Ulladulla (Matthew Palmer) raced wide throughout. A post race veterinary examination of Chevron Island failed to reveal any abnormalities.
STEWARDS RACE DAY SUMMARY EXTRACT:
Summary of action concerning thoroughbred horses:
Horses swabbed pre-race:
Dawn's Queen, Three Tenors, Lucky Toss, Best of Ceedee, Hell Week, Barramundi Jack, Lively Lillie, Crowning Force, He's Full Of It, La Bella Luisa, Spectacular Bird, Pimpala Gift, Go Cart, Victory Code, Eleda, Clavillo and Laurie's Lad.
Horses swabbed post-race:
All winners plus Dawn's Queen, Superfly, Dancingwithangels, Supreme Best, Goldfinger, Michelle Cafea, Pit Lane and Go Cart
Warnings/bars
Race 7. Public Nuisance - Poor post race recovery rate - Vet Cert. - LR36(b)
Weather - Overcast: Track - Heavy 10. Rail - out 5m for the entire circumference.
Race 1:
Class 6 Plate - 1826m
1st - Drumshanbo; 2nd - Dawns Queen; 3rd - Three Tenors
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Apprentice jockey Michael Palmer: “His run was good today. We just sat outside them and once we sort of got to the 500m, 600m ... he just started to quicken the tempo. When he straightens he just knuckles down and gets the job done really well. It was harder in the wet, it sort of took him an extra 100m, 150m to pick up, but once he gets into full flight ... I was confident the whole time ... but, once we got inside the 200m we were right. The way he lets down, you know, when he’s at he’s peak he is going to be hard to run down.”
This result completed a hat-trick of wins for the Michael Nolan, Michael Palmer, Drumshanbo trio. The three wins came in less than a month (all in Class 6 company) over distances ranging from 1818m to 2200m on good, dead and heavy going.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Drumshanbo): 1.50 out to 1.65.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Three Tenors (App A. Taylor) was slow to begin.
Race 2:
Fillies & Mares Class 6 Handicap - 1200m
1st - Welcome Site; 2nd - Superfly; 3rd - Savanna La Mar
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Reg Mackay: “She handled the going real well. She’s been one of the unluckiest horses I’ve put a bridle on. She’s always getting into trouble and I thought when she has a bit of luck and gets her way she can win, which she’s has done today. The kid gave it a good ride. I told him (Brent Evans) to sit her up behind them and finish off.”
Apprentice jockey Brent Evens: “I just bounced her out and possied up one off the fence, in fourth place. I got a beautiful run, fourth, one off. It took a while to pick up. They never sprint in the wet. But, in the end, it was the wet that did all the favours for her. She was just too good for them in the wet.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Welcome Site): 21.00 out to 26.00.
Favourite (Savanna La Mar): 3.00 out to 3.40. Finished third.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Donar Amoris (N. Evans) was slow to begin. J. Bowditch the rider of Makiling was reprimanded for allowing his mount to shift in approaching the 1000m when not sufficiently clear of Savannah La Mar (S. Scriven), resulting in that horse having to be steadied. Leaving the 1000m Welcome Site (App B. Evans) shifted in placing Best Of Ceedee (App Michael Palmer) and Hell Week (App L. Rolls) in restricted room. A short distance later Welcome Site, which commenced to race ungenerously, had to be steadied off the heels of Seething Duck (C. Reith), which shifted in.
Race 3:
2yo QTIS Handicap - 1200m
1st - Sniplaz; 2nd - Dancingwithangels; 3rd - Lively Lillie
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Brad Hearn (spokesman for the Liam Birchley stable): “A very similar run to the Gold Coast last week (where he won a feature by 4.75 lengths). He likes the sting out of the track and he’s a very tough horse. He had them beat today about 50 yards after the start. Actually the instructions were for him (Brent Evans) to ride him patiently, you know ... just to hang on to him as long as he could – but, I didn’t think he’d be at the hundred before he let him go. He’s a horse with a very bright future. One of his best attributes is how tough he is. From day one as a yearling, he’s just been one of our toughest two-year-olds. It’s the second time he has backed up too. I’m about 90 per cent sure he will be in the paddock on Monday. Come back as a nice three-year-old.”
Jockey Brent Evens: “It’s my second ride for the stable. My first ride won by about that far at Kilkoy. That was on a horse called Nude Etruscan. So that’s two for two from that stable. I could have left my whip in the jockey’s room. I never touched him until late and then I just rode him hands and heels. Nothing could go with him. The whole way I couldn’t hold him slow enough.”
Sniplaz has now won four out of his last five starts. These wins have come over distances ranging from 800m to 1200m, with his last two wins being achieved by a combined margin of 11.75 lengths.
Brad Hearn was on duty because trainer Liam Birchley was in Rockhampton, where he landed another feature two-year-old success with Arcup, who earned $73 000 for winning the Capricorn Sales Classic. Stable apprentice Chris McIver, who is from Rockhampton, made the trip back home to ride that feature race winner.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Sniplaz): 1.40 steady.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Barramundi Jack (App Michael Palmer), Warrego (App S. Bogenhuber) and Fantastic Four (A. Pattillo) all jumped away awkwardly. Warrego over-raced for a short distance leaving the 800m. Warrego hung out rounding the home turn. Beach Model (L. Cassidy), when inclined to lay out rounding the home turn, shifted out making contact with the hind quarters of First Option (App J. Brown). A post race veterinary examination of Warrego failed to reveal any abnormalities.
Race 4:
NMW Handicap - 1500m
1st - Our Heart; 2nd - Supreme Best; 3rd - Willyclang
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Trevor Whittington: “No mate, I wasn’t confident with the heavy going. Quite honestly, I was confident until it got heavy. If it had been dead or slow, I was confident. But when it got heavy, no I talked myself out of it. I wasn’t confident he would handle the heavy. He’s as good a horse as I’ve ever had, but he has just got to put it all together. He had the draw here to overcome as well. Joe (Bowditch) rode him beautifully. Like I say, he is as good a horse as I’ve ever had, but he has had his problems. He had leg problems – the near-side front. He’s finally come out of it. We got it out about six weeks ago, raced at the coast on a heavy track. Scotty Galloway rode him and he said, put this horse on top of the ground and he just wins.
"I wasn’t going to run today, but the owner insisted that I run it. He said, I want him to run. If I’d had my way I would have scratched it because of the heavy track. When I spoke to the owner this morning on the phone, I said there are different heavy tracks. It is a different track here then it is down the coast or up at Coloundra. So we ended up running. But, mate, he’s got more ability than ... you can talk about other good horses I’ve had ... Picardi Run, Picablu and all of them ... this will leave them standing as far as ability goes, but he hasn’t got the same temperament.”
Jockey Joe Bowditch: “He went good, he jumped good, but I just couldn’t muster in the soft ground. It took him three or four strides and he was really battling in it early, so I thought I’m not going to ride him forward when he is struggling. So I come back and let him settle – let him travel, yeah - and from the about 700m he took me into the race nicely. He just wanted to lay in a bit once I got out wider. I gave him a couple of backhanders on the right, but then he drifted out and kept wanting to go out, so I had stop and straighten him. It was a pretty good effort. I saved a bit of ground around the corner then come out in the middle of the track in the straight, which seems to be playing a little better. He got through the wet ok, but I still think he would be better on a dry track. It’s pretty heavy out there today and a lot of them are struggling in it and he was one that just got through it alright.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Our Heart): 21.00 steady.
Equal favourite (Supreme Best): 6.50 in to 5.00. Finished second.
Equal favourite (Bernado): 4.60 out to 5.00. Finished eighth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Onion (App Michael Palmer) was slow to begin. Willyclang (S. Richardson) over-raced in the early and middle stages. He’s Full Of It (G. Snowden) laid out from a point leaving the 600m taking Start Thinkin’ (R. Goltz), Crowning Force (App B. Evans) and Bringelly (S. Seamer) wider on the track. Approaching the 400m Cotham (B. El-Issa) shifted out hampering He’s Full Of It. Bringelly raced wide throughout. When questioned regarding the seemingly disappointing performance of Bernado, jockey Matthew Palmer stated that although the gelding has previously handled rain affected going, he was of the opinion that the horse had failed to handle the extremely heavy track conditions today and as a result proved disappointing. Stewards noted his explanation. A post race veterinary examination of Bringelly failed to reveal any abnormalities.
Race 5:
3YO QTIS Handicap - 1400m
1st - Notevenow; 2nd - Goldfinger; 3rd - La Bella Luisa
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Bryan Guy: “All the owner wanted was a horse by Umatilla. We got this one for 12 000. We bought him as a yearling. He’s been an honest, little horse. He’s come back from racing against older horses, giving them weight and running second. He was carrying 56.5kg against older horses on slow tracks .Today he came back to three-year-old race, against his own age, and got in with 3kg less. He’s run second on a slow track before, he handles it ... so everything’s good.”
Jockey Scott Galloway: “At the 500m, I had him in my hands and he was slipping on me a little bit, so I just let him go and stride a bit more freely up around the two leaders. Once he started to lengthen his stride, in that going, he was a lot more comfortable. He’s the type of horse who’s not a sit and sprint, so I wanted to get going on the corner. He loves the wet and, you know, he’s been racing against older horses with bigger weights so he was back to his own age group today, which helped make the difference.”
Notevenow has finished either first or second in six of his eight starts.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Notevenow): 11.00 out to 13.00.
Favourite (Moulin Lady): 4.80 out to 5.50 in to 4.80. Finished fourth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Rock Rave (App S. Bogenhuber) jumped away awkwardly and lost ground. Satula (D. Craven) also jumped away awkwardly and shifted in making contact with the hind quarters of Macedon (App B. Evans). A Little Knowledge (C. Reith) and Qwerty (App L. Rolls) made contact on jumping away. Casholet (Matthew Palmer) was inclined to shift ground outwards under pressure over the concluding stages. Approaching the 200m Rock Rave shifted out to obtain clear running and in doing so bumped River Perfume (S. Drake). River Perfume raced wide throughout event. When questioned regarding the seemingly disappointing performance of Macedon App B. Evans stated that when asked for an effort from the 800m his mount did not respond and he felt Macedon was not comfortable in the prevailing track conditions. Trainer L. Gough agreed that the horse may not have been entirely suited in the heavy going. Stewards noted their explanations. Heza Flashman lost a near-fore plate in running.
Race 6:
Fillies & Mares Handicap - 1200m
1st - My First Affair; 2nd - Michelle Cafea; 3rd - Rocklet
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Maryann Thexton: “She won her first race career-wise first up on a heavy track over 1200. Her best stats are actually on rain affected tracks. She’s so honest. I knew she was fit – you look at her and you can tell she is fit. But all credit to Jimmy (Byrne), because I let him choose how he wanted to ride her, and he said, I’ve just got to try and conserve here ... conserve her, conserve her ... and go late - and he did just that. So a lot of the credit to Jimmy for an impeccable ride.
"In two week’s time there’s another Listed Fillies And Mares 1200m race, which she’ll be aimed at ... and then a fortnight later she’ll go to the Silk Stocking at the Gold Coast. Further on, we’ll freshen her up. These three races are her prep, because we don’t know how good she really is, or isn’t, and we expect a lot of good mares to come up from down south, so we thought these three races would be ideal to try and Black Type this mare. This is her first Black Type win. It’s pretty exciting.”
Jockey Jim Byrne: “She is a little bit soft-mouthed. The way she was going ... she dropped off the bit straight away ... she wasn’t going that great. As soon as I moved her to the outside she switched on. I could have waited and gone to the inside, but it was a straight run to the line in the end and as soon as she got to the outside she switched on and really powered to the line really good.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (My First Affair): 5.50 out to 6.50.
Favourite (Rocklet): 2.70 out to 2.90 in to 2.80. Finished third.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Rocklet (L. Cassidy) was a little slow to begin. Spectacular Bird (J. Taylor) raced wide throughout. Rocklet lost a near-hind plate in running.
Stewards questioned jockey A. Pattillo regarding the tactics he adopted on Momentously today in that the horse settled further back in the field than on previous occasions. A. Pattillo stated that he had been instructed to ride his mount with cover and shortly after jumping Momentously when being restrained got its head up and he therefore became concerned that Momentously may over-race if bustled. A. Pattillo added that his mount again got its head up near the 1000m and raced ungenerously. A. Pattillo explained that it was due to this tendency that he did not attempt to hold a trailing position behind My First Affair (J. Byrne) near the 800m which then enabled Manic Monday (B. El-Issa) to take up that position resulting in Momentously settling further back in the field than he would have preferred. Trainer P. Hulbert confirmed the instructions and agreed that the horse's manners had resulted in it settling further back than anticipated.
Race 7:
Open Handicap - 1500m
1st - Eleda; 2nd - Go Cart; 3rd - Scattergun
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Brian Guy (who completed a double on the day): “She a great little filly this, you know. She’s not big, but she’s a tryer. She’s tough. She’s really good. It was a big decision for the owners, because they opted to for this over the $100,000 race. We went to this because I thought the 1200 would be too short for her. Now she’s come out and bolting in. You only have to look at her record last preparation, you know. She won six out of seven. She’s a good filly.”
Jockey Larry Cassidy: “The track is extremely heavy. I knew they would fan out in the straight. It was just a matter of how wide I could get. I thought I was wide enough until the other horses swooped past me and then I thought, well maybe I wasn’t wide enough. But, as it turned out she handled the going a bit better than them in the end and stretched on. She did really well once she got into space. She showed plenty of ticker.”
Spare a thought for jockey Dean Tanti. Tanti is Eleda’s regular pilot and he was the rider who enjoyed that superb, winning run with the mare in her last preparation. Tanti is currently out of action with a broken foot.
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Eleda): 4.00 out to 4.60.
The winner was the favourite.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Yield Curve (J. Taylor) and Go Cart (R. Wiggins) were slow to begin. Scattergun (App A. Taylor) and Go Cart raced wide rounding the home turn and leaving the 400m Go Cart shifted out and made contact with Scattergun. Striking Victor (App B. Evans) and Public Nuisance (S. Galloway) raced wide throughout.
When questioned as to the disappointing performance of Hard To Catch App L. Rolls explained that the horse was not comfortable in the prevailing heavy conditions. Trainer P. Duff agreed and indicated that whilst the horse had raced well on rain affected tracks in the past he was of the opinion that Hard To Catch was not completely comfortable in today's extremely heavy surface. Stewards noted their explanations. A post race veterinary examination of Hard To Catch failed to reveal any abnormality.
A post race veterinary examination of Public Nuisance (S. Galloway) revealed the gelding to be suffering a poor post race recovery rate. The connections were advised that a veterinary certificate of fitness would be required prior to Public Nuisance racing again.
Race 8:
Colts, Geldings & Entires Class 6 Handicap - 1200m
1st - Carry On Doctor; 2nd - Pit Lane; 3rd - Little Stranger
WINNER FEEDBACK:
Jockey Eddie Wilkinson: “Without any speed in the race – he was the only real speed – there was never any concern about him being able to get across from the wide barrier. I didn’t really want to go to the fence anyway, because the track is pretty cut up. So I stayed one or two off the fence. He is a fit horse. He led them up. I saved him for as long as I could. I waited till the furlong before I really asked for an effort. I think that is what won him the race. He was just too good for them going to the line.”
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Carry On Doctor): 7.00 out to 8.00.
Favourite (Tears’N’Cheers): 5.00 in to 4.40. Finished sixth.
STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Chevron Island (L. Cassidy) was crowded for room on jumping away between Laurie’s Lad (J. Cook) and Carry On Doctor (E. Willkinson), both of which shifted ground. Release Me (C. Reith) and Fond Bond (App L. Rolls) made contact on jumping away. Tear’s ‘N’ Cheers (B. El-Issa) was slow to begin.
Ulladulla (Matthew Palmer) raced in restricted room to the inside of Pit Lane (J. Byrne) for some distance leaving the 500m. Ulladulla (Matthew Palmer) raced wide throughout. A post race veterinary examination of Chevron Island failed to reveal any abnormalities.
STEWARDS RACE DAY SUMMARY EXTRACT:
Summary of action concerning thoroughbred horses:
Horses swabbed pre-race:
Dawn's Queen, Three Tenors, Lucky Toss, Best of Ceedee, Hell Week, Barramundi Jack, Lively Lillie, Crowning Force, He's Full Of It, La Bella Luisa, Spectacular Bird, Pimpala Gift, Go Cart, Victory Code, Eleda, Clavillo and Laurie's Lad.
Horses swabbed post-race:
All winners plus Dawn's Queen, Superfly, Dancingwithangels, Supreme Best, Goldfinger, Michelle Cafea, Pit Lane and Go Cart
Warnings/bars
Race 7. Public Nuisance - Poor post race recovery rate - Vet Cert. - LR36(b)
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