Saturday saw a potential The Everest contender emerge while an old fashion plunge was pulled off in the opening event at Rosehill.
Once again, Racenet was on hand to get the feedback from every rider after every race.
This is what the jockeys thought of their rides during the day.
Race 1 – TAB HIGHWAY CLASS 2 HANDICAP (1100m)
|
Place |
Horse |
Jockey |
Comment |
|
1st |
ANOTHER SIN |
Corey Brown |
(Prior to stewards inquiry) I got bumped first and his bump was bigger than mine. I was always going to win. We'll see what happens. |
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2nd |
LIFESAVER (NZ) |
Tye Angland |
Good solid effort. We'll just have a look at the film to have a look at all the movement. (Unsuccessful Protest 2nd vs 1st) |
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3rd |
PRINCE JACKO |
Andrew Adkins (a1.5) |
Obviously, the first two are pretty classy horses. He ran good. |
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4th |
BULALA |
Joshua Parr |
Sound effort. |
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5th |
MARCO MAN |
Rebeka Prest (a3) |
He ran alright, he'll go to the paddock now. |
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6th |
ZA I'M YOUTHFUL |
Rachael Murray |
He was pretty honest I thought. |
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7th |
NEVER SO SIRIUS |
Brenton Avdulla |
It was ok. They dropped me on the bend and is probably better suited up in distance. |
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8th |
AND THERE IS MORE |
Tommy Berry |
Needed the run today. |
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9th |
SUPER TONIC |
Raymond Spokes |
I'm just wondering if she's at the end of her prep. |
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10th |
CARTEL |
Jay Ford |
They made a few gear changes and I think it had a negative effect. He wouldn't stretch out at all. |
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11th |
SURPRISE PARTY |
Tim Clark |
She had a tough run. Slightly disappointing still. |
Race 2 – FAIRFIELD RSL CLUB BENCHMARK 80 HANDICAP (2000m)
|
Place |
Horse |
Jockey |
Comment |
|
1st |
KING VIV (NZ) |
Tye Angland |
Good win. The race just worked out perfect. The tempo was comfortable and it just allowed him to be on the bridle. They didn't dash home and just rolled through the gears nice. He was strong late, he'll get further. |
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2nd |
NOT A GYPSY |
Blake Shinn |
Very good run. |
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3rd |
MULTIFACETS (NZ) |
Tommy Berry |
He went really well. That was his race today, he just needs to find another one like it. |
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4th |
MAGICAL STANCE |
Andrew Adkins (a1.5) |
Had a beautiful run in transit, just showed no turn of foot. He might be better off being kept to shorter and fresher. |
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5th |
OAKFIELD MONARCH |
Rachel King (a1.5) |
Not too bad a run stepping up in class. |
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6th |
MANHATTAN SON |
Joshua Parr |
Very disappointing. |
|
7th |
ZOURKHAN (IRE) |
Brenton Avdulla |
Disappointing. |
|
8th |
VAUCLUSE BAY |
Corey Brown |
Down the back I was happy with where I was, travelled ok. Then about the 1000m Tommy went up a notch in tempo and the moment he did I was on toast basically. He felt disinterested and tired. (Heart Arrythmia) |
Race 3 – MERRYLANDS RSL CLUB PREMIER'S CUP PRELUDE (1800m)
|
Place |
Horse |
Jockey |
Comment |
|
1st |
ARBEITSAM |
Tommy Berry |
I guess it is typical of one of Gai's horses, especially stayers. She hasn't had a lot of good ones in recent times but I've been in the stable a long time now. Horses like Descarado, she could keep them in the stable and keep them performing at their top for quite a while and she's done that with this bloke. She's dropped him back in trip, stepped him up, she has broken a few rules and he is still winning races. Coming down the straight, because I pressed him quite a long way out, I was wondering when I was going to find the top of him but I never did. He still kept picking up to the line. He felt like he had more in store. |
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2nd |
CLASSIC UNIFORM |
Andrew Adkins (a1.5) |
Good run with a big weight. Obviously the winner is pretty handy but it was a great run. |
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3rd |
SULTAN OF SWING (NZ) |
Tim Clark |
He ran well. The leader dictated but he finished off strongly. |
|
4th |
CENTRE PIVOT |
Blake Shinn |
No comment. |
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5th |
LOYALTY MAN |
Brenton Avdulla |
Missed the kick but just didn't let go. |
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6th |
STAR FEST |
Kathy O'Hara |
It was actually a nice run for a horse a long way out of his grade. |
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7th |
LIAPARI (NZ) |
Corey Brown |
Once the speed went on at the 1000m he was struggling, I was pushing the whole way. |
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8th |
BERRY DELICIOUS |
Rachel King (a1.5) |
A bit flat today. |
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9th |
GOLD AMBITION (NZ) |
Deanne Panya (a2) |
Once they stepped it up and put the pressure on he never tried. |
Race 4 – DOOLEYS BENCHMARK 94 HANDICAP (1100m)
|
Place |
Horse |
Jockey |
Comment |
|
1st |
BADAJOZ |
Tye Angland |
It was good. It was fairly easy in that race because I was following the right horse. It gets a bit tricky when they start dropping away in front of you but the second horse took me all the way into the straight and I knew I had enough to pick her up, I just didn't want to get there too early. |
|
2nd |
DENMAGIC |
Corey Brown |
She ran good but there's definitely a bit of a key to her and I haven't found it yet. |
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3rd |
SELITA |
Tommy Berry |
She went super, I think the track is little too firm for her though. |
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4th |
NO DOUBT |
Blake Shinn |
Good effort. |
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5th |
DENPURR |
Andrew Adkins (a1.5) |
Very good run. Had no luck. |
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6th |
PETROSSIAN |
Rachael Murray |
Track was a bit firm. |
|
7th |
ZESTFUL |
Brenton Avdulla |
They only went steady and I ended up in the box seat from barrier one but didn't have a lot of room to work with. Probably should have only been beaten half a length. |
|
8th |
SIR PLUSH (NZ) |
Tim Clark |
I gave it no chance. |
|
9th |
MOUNT NEBO |
Rachel King (a1.5) |
I think he's just looking for his pet distance back at 1300m and 1400m. |
Race 5 – ST JOHNS PARK BOWLING CLUB BENCHMARK 83 HANDICAP (1350m)
|
Place |
Horse |
Jockey |
Comment |
|
1st |
THE PHAROAH |
Jay Ford |
Good effort from him. We were able to control it from up front and when he was able to do that he was always going to give me a good kick and when I did ask him for an effort he responded very gamely. Very good reward for him. He's been a model of consistency and it was good to see him break through this preparation. |
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2nd |
HOGMANAY |
Andrew Adkins (a1.5) |
Great run first-up, obviously he had everything go his way but I liked the way he attacked the line late. |
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3rd |
PEACOCK |
Blake Shinn |
Had a good run just didn't finish off. |
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4th |
ARGENT D'OR |
Corey Brown |
They were worried about the distance but I think he needs to go up in distance. |
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5th |
DORF STAR |
Brenton Avdulla |
Funny run. He hit a flat spot at the top of the straight but then he worked through the line. |
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6th |
NO INTEREST |
Rachel King (a1.5) |
They probably just went a touch slow for her. |
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7th |
ZARA BAY |
Christian Reith |
Good run, just didn't finish off. |
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8th |
WILD 'N' FAMOUS (NZ) |
Tommy Berry |
Had to do a bit of work but it was a little bit disappointing in the finish. |
Race 6 – SMITHFIELD RSL CLUB 3YO LISTED ROSEBUD (1100m)
|
Place |
Horse |
Jockey |
Comment |
|
1st |
MENARI |
Joshua Parr |
It was a fantastic win wasn't it. He's won against the bias of the day which it takes an extremely good horse to do. It might sound a little bit arrogant but I had the confidence in him to do that and that's why I elected to go behind Lightz. He had 60.5kg and that was our concern and he got a little bit hot but class shone through. |
|
2nd |
SIEGE OF QUEBEC |
Tim Clark |
He's a good colt and ran a good race. |
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3rd |
TREKKING |
Brenton Avdulla |
He went good. It was too short for him and he was still a bit raw mid-race but I think he's going to get better. |
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4th |
OVERSHARE |
Tommy Berry |
Super job. He was caught wide for a fair bit but he's toughed it out well. |
|
5th |
I AM EXCITED |
Corey Brown |
She had no luck. Travelling three back the fence and had no crack at them. Got a crack late and she ran to line good. She's up to them but she had no luck. |
|
6th |
PERAST |
Andrew Adkins (a0) |
I was stuck wide in a high pressure race which gave us no hope. |
|
7th |
LIGHTZ |
Kathy O'Hara |
Raced a bit fresh today and needed the run. |
|
8th |
DIAMOND TATHAGATA |
Blake Shinn |
No comment |
Race 7 – CANTERBURY HURLSTONE PARK RSL CLUB SPRING PREVIEW (1400m)
|
Place |
Horse |
Jockey |
Comment |
|
1st |
KINGSGUARD (NZ) |
Jay Ford |
That was a good win. Probably expected to be a little closer in the run but they went a good gallop early. He relaxed nice and had a lovely run from a soft barrier. He was very game, he had to take a narrow split into the straight. He has had a good campaign, obviously the other day was a bit of a blemish but he's bounced back today with a good solid performance. |
|
2nd |
TOM MELBOURNE (IRE) |
Blake Shinn |
Not much to say. |
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3rd |
ETYMOLOGY |
Corey Brown |
He ran great for a horse of his style over seven furlongs. He's in for a big prep. |
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4th |
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS |
Tim Clark |
Should have walked in. |
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5th |
SARRASIN (GB) |
Tommy Berry |
Very nice horse. Settled back, hit the line well until the furlong and then ran out of gas but has a bright future. |
|
6th |
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA |
Tye Angland |
He was a bit keen through the middle stages but I thought he ran well. |
|
7th |
O'REILLY'S REVENGE (NZ) |
Rachael Murray |
Really good run first-up. Probably just felt the track a little bit. |
|
8th |
LUNAR RISE |
Rachel King (a1.5) |
Went super just up to a mile next start he'll go really good. |
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9th |
OXFORD POET |
Andrew Adkins (a1.5) |
Too hard a track. Disappointing. |
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10th |
DEE I CEE (NZ) |
Adam Hyeronimus |
Very soft today. He'll be ok up in trip. |
Race 8 – CLUBSNSW BENCHMARK 80 HANDICAP (1400m)
|
Place |
Horse |
Jockey |
Comment |
|
1st |
ELOUERA |
Kathy O'Hara |
Big effort from Rob and Luke. It's her 12th run in this preparation. For her to be winning a Saturday race 12 runs in is a pretty big effort. Her last couple of runs have been really good. |
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2nd |
FAITH'S ENCORE |
Tye Angland |
We got her to jump today. She had a beautiful run through but late she wanted to lug out which cost us the race. |
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3rd |
PRADA MISS |
Tommy Berry |
Great run, just didn't have the turn of foot to put them away today. Might be looking for a bit further now. |
|
4th |
MARIQUITA |
Rachel King (a1.5) |
Big run. Took a long time to get going to start with but flew home. |
|
5th |
HETTY HEIGHTS |
Andrew Adkins (a1.5) |
Super effort. Made very good ground late under extreme weight. |
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6th |
GRETNA |
Blake Shinn |
Even effort. |
|
7th |
SUSPENDERS |
Christian Reith |
Huge run. Drew awkward, had a wide run with a big weight. She only got tired the last little bit but she'll bounce back. |
|
8th |
MANDALONG KISS |
Andrew Banks |
Not too bad. |
|
9th |
SLUMBER PARTY |
Brenton Avdulla |
Disappointing. She was beaten a long way out. |
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10th |
SHE BRINGS HOPE |
Ryan Maloney |
Disappointing. |
|
11th |
LITTLE MISS BROWN |
Jay Ford |
Very disappointing which is unlike her. |
Race 9 – CAMPBELLTOWN CATHOLIC CLUB BENCHMARK 80 HANDICAP (1500m)
|
Place |
Horse |
Jockey |
Comment |
|
1st |
SPECIAL MISSILE |
Brenton Avdulla |
This horse has been really good to me. I've had four rides on him for three wins and a second I think. He's going well and they'll keep raising the bar and I'm sure he'll keep improving. |
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2nd |
MAPMAKER |
Deanne Panya (a2) |
He ran super we just didn't have anything to let us track into the race. He chased quite strongly. |
|
3rd |
NAT KING CU |
Tim Clark |
He ran terrific and is having a great preparation. |
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4th |
IMANUI |
Andrew Adkins (a1.5) |
Ran super, the track today was just racing too much on the speed. |
|
5th |
VIRGILIO |
Jay Ford |
Good effort. |
|
6th |
GOLD HORIZON |
Joshua Parr |
Horse is in fantastic order he's just reached a benchmark now that makes it hard for him. |
|
7th |
MY GIULIANO |
Blake Shinn |
Hit the line well. |
|
8th |
EXITOZO |
Rachel King (a1.5) |
Pretty good run, held his ground to the line. |
|
9th |
SONIC SWISH |
Corey Brown |
Not up to that grade. |
|
10th |
TAHSIN (NZ) |
Christian Reith |
Disappointing. |
