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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Sumi will contest the The Rock FM (1400m) at New Plymouth on Saturday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) New Plymouth trainer Allan Sharrock will be represented by a talented team of half a dozen on his home track on Saturday afternoon, including a pair of potential black-type contenders in the day’s open handicap feature. Sharrock will saddle Sumi and Justaskme in the $40,000 The Rock FM (1400m), and both could be in line for a shot at the Listed Rangitikei Gold Cup (1600m) at Trentham the following weekend. Sumi brings a consistent formline into Saturday’s race. The daughter of Atlante was a placegetter at Hastings and Trentham, then ventured to Te Rapa and scored an impressive win over Freeze Frame in an open 1400m race on April 14. Those two rivals lined up again for a rematch on April 27, with a weight swing in Freeze Frame’s favour, and the result was reversed as Sumi finished third behind Freeze Frame and Karman Line. Sumi was a placegetter in the Group 3 Rotorua Stakes (1400m) on this day last year, but Sharrock decided against taking a second shot at the fillies and mares’ feature. “I was happy with her performance again when she placed at Te Rapa the other day,” he said. “She just over-raced in the early part of the race, but she was good to the line. “I’ve decided to line her up at home on Saturday, and then there’s a Listed race at Trentham coming up that we can have a look at. That’s probably a better plan than travelling to Rotorua to take on La Crique at weight-for-age this weekend. “I’m happy with how she’s progressing in this campaign and she should run well again.” Sumi will carry 54kg on Saturday and will be ridden by Ashvin Goindasamy. A similar pathway looms for 12-race winner Justaskme, who carried 59kg when outside the placings in the Group 3 Easter Handicap (1600m) on April 27. Elle Sole’s 4kg claim will reduce his impost to 58kg this weekend. “He’ll run on Saturday and then probably back up into Trentham a week later as well,” Sharrock said. “There’s two weeks into the Listed weight-for-age race over 1600m at Wanganui after that, so it should be a good build-up for that race, which is our main target. “He’s going really well. I thought his Easter Handicap run was okay under that weight, and he’s heading in the right direction.” Another notable member of Sharrock’s New Plymouth contingent on Saturday is Bridal Train, who is the third emergency for the HEL Rimu (1800m) and is also entered for the Seaton Park (1600m). The three-year-old daughter of U S Navy Flag has had six starts for a win, three seconds and a third, and she was a strong-finishing second placegetter at Te Rapa last start behind the Queensland-bound filly Tomodachi. “I think Bridal Train is a pretty good filly and she’s going super at the moment,” Sharrock said. Horse racing news View the full article -
By TAB For Ever · Posted
Greg O'Connor picks 6 ,2 , 8 & 3. Mick Guerin seems to favour 6 over 2. I'll go 6, 2, 8 & 9. Mark Purdon stepping back so some of X-factor may decline in the months ahead ! -
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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Molly Bloom will contest the Listed Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m) at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday. Photo: Race Images South Matamata trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott are hoping to make their mark in the three-year-old filly ranks during the Queensland Winter Carnival, starting at a rain-soaked Sunshine Coast on Saturday. The Wexford Stables pair will present Group 1 winner Molly Bloom for her Australian debut in the Listed Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m). It will be the first start since February for the Ace High filly, who has won four of her eight starts including the Group 1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m), the Group 2 Eight Carat Classic (1600m) and the Group 2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies’ Classic (2000m). Her domestic campaign earned her the title of New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year. Molly Bloom left New Zealand on April 28 and travelled to Brisbane via Sydney. O’Sullivan reported on Friday that she has settled in well, but the Heavy 10 track conditions on the Sunshine Coast have dented the team’s confidence. “She handled the trip brilliantly and we’re very happy with how she’s been looking since she arrived,” O’Sullivan said. “The issue with her is that it’s been a long time since she’s had a race – not since February – and she’s got to run over 1800m on a heavy track. It’s a good field with a number of fillies that are really hard and fit, while she’s probably going to need this run. “Realistically, I’m not sure that she can win on Saturday, being first-up and running over that distance on a testing track. But we need to get this run into her, and we don’t really have the option of taking her out of this race and waiting for something else next week. Who’s to say the track conditions will be any better then, anyway? “But hopefully we’ll get her back underway again with a nice first-up performance this weekend, and then we can carry on towards the Doomben Roses (Group 2, 2000m) in a couple of weeks’ time.” Molly Bloom will be ridden by star Kiwi jockey Opie Bosson. She will race in the colours of prominent Australian owner Ozzie Kheir, who bought a majority share in the filly earlier this year. O’Sullivan and Scott could have two runners in the Roses at Doomben on May 25, with the up-and-comer Tomodachi also travelling across the Tasman this week. Bred and owned by Sir Peter Vela, the daughter of Tarzino has won all of her last three starts, most recently a 1600m three-year-old race at Te Rapa on April 27. “Tomodachi has travelled over this week, so a week later than the other filly,” O’Sullivan said. “She seems to have handled everything well at this stage. “She’s quite a different filly to Molly Bloom, who eats everything, and we have to do a bit of work to try to keep the weight off her. Tomodachi’s a bit more of a delicate filly, but she’s looking good and it’s so far, so good with her.” Horse racing news View the full article -
By TAB For Ever · Posted
Loose indeed.....an open side 'flunker' 😀
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