Promising
Sizzling two year-old The Fire Trap ploughed through heavy ground to win at his
last start at the Sunshine Coast and showed his talent and versatility when scoring
even more easily on good ground at Rosehill on Saturday.
Trained by Matthew Dunn at Murwillumbah, The Fire Trap (image Steve Hart) was well fancied and
downed the favourite Master Ash to win the 1400 metre juvenile contest by the
best part of a length impressing winning rider Hugh Bowman.
"He's a good horse,'' Bowman said.
"He's a very sensible two-year-old, he's very athletic, he's got good tactical
speed, he ticks all the boxes.''
An $80,000 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale purchase from the
Lyndhurst Farm draft for his trainer and Neil Jenkinson, The Fire Trap has
proven an astute purchase winning three of four starts and over $166,000 in
prizemoney with the promise of much more to come
"This horse's form in Queensland had been good and I expected he would be
competitive today,'' Bowman added.
"I still think he will develop more
mentally so there is improvement to come from him.
"He showed a nice turn of foot today although the leader was tiring. When this
horse learns what his job is he is going to be turning out in better class
races.
"Judging on what I saw from him today I think he will run a mile (a1600m) so
there is plenty to like about him.''
The Fire Trap is the first winner for Rasteira, a well related Flying Spur mare
from the family of Group winning fillies Tulip, Musidora and Sacred Eye.
He is one of six winners for his young Newgate Farm based sire, who also has
four stakes horses to his credit, three of them placed in Group races in
Sizzling Belle, Secret Blaze and Sizzling Ace..
A Group I winning son of champion sire Snitzel, Sizzling stands at Newgate this
spring at a fee of $16,500.