The John O'Shea-trained Furnaces landed a solid blow on bookmakers when taking out the $125,000 Hawkesbury XXXX Gold Rush (1100m) at Hawkesbury on Saturday.
Furnaces was strongly fancied on-course, firming from $3.80 into $2.90 before lowering the 1100 metre Hawkesbury track record (1.01.88 – Diamond Fund in September 2013) by more than half a second when stopping the clock at 1.01.35.
Furnaces ($2.90 fav) raced on speed before holding out a spirited late challenge by the Gerald Ryan-trained Inz'n'out, defeated a head, with a half-length back to Joe Pride's Kuro ($6.50) in third.
"We think he probably choked down first-up. Something wasn't right," stable spokesman Darren Beadman said.
"John (O'Shea) tinkered with a few things, the way he trained him and done a few different things with him during the day and it's worked with the horse.
"They don't work like he did on Tuesday and not win.
"He'll probably head to Brisbane. I'd say there's probably a race in Brisbane for him. He's up to weight-for-age."
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This is what the jockeys thought of the performance of their ride in the 2016 Hawkesbury Rush.
|
Place |
Horse |
Jockey |
Comment |
|
1st |
FURNACES |
James McDonald |
Lovely effort. We expected that from him last start but he's bounced back well. |
|
2nd |
INZ'N'OUT |
Christian Reith |
Ran super. Ran his absolute heart out but just found one a little bit better. |
|
3rd |
KURO |
Brenton Avdulla |
Ran super. I think Joe's got him going really well, we just had to give them seven kilos. |
|
4th |
SKIP COURSE |
Jeff Penza |
Really good run. Got squeezed out of it, was beaten for speed, then went back to the inside in the straight and he made up a lot of ground. |
|
5th |
FINE MIST |
Blake Shinn |
She ran well and will take good benefit from the run. She's in for a good prep. |
|
6th |
COOLRING |
Glyn Schofield |
They were a bit too quick for him today. |
|
7th |
ALBERTO MAGIC |
Jason Collett |
He was disappointing again today. |
|
8th |
SWEET SERENDIPITY |
Paul King |
Probably a bit outclassed. |
|
9th |
WOULDNT IT BE NICE |
Thomas Huet |
Disappointing. |
