THE CAPTAIN SALUTES

Oct 9, 2021

Owners of the Vic Husslers 6 Horse Racing Team can now call themselves Cup winners – now that’s cool.

Okay, it wasn’t a Caulfield Cup or a Melbourne Cup but it was a horse they own, Yulong Captain winning the Hamilton Cup on Saturday on the prestigious Country Cup circuit in Victoria. 

As one Vic Hussler owner stated “he didn’t just win, he s..t in”. You can probably guess the missing letters, but he was spot on.

Yulong Captain was having his first start for trainer Matt Cumani after being bought at a recent Inglis online digital sale. “The Captain” was coming off a last start win seven weeks ago and Cumani headed to the Hamilton Cup confident this regally bred son of champion sire Galielo would give a bold sight. 

But it was the authority of the victory which pleased Cumani the most. “That was a good win, he is a really nice horse, who can stay all day, the further they go the better he’ll get” Cumani said.

Clearly, Matt is a blue blood of the international racing scene, but he has impressed all owners with his level of communication and his handling of Yulong Captain.

Not only is Cumani well regarded, but he’s also a humble bloke more Aussie than English. 

When congratulated by TRL management on the Hamilton Cup victory Matt simply responded with “thanks for finding me such a beautiful horse”. 

Cumani will keep all owners informed of the next step but he is still eyeing off a 2800 metre race on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington. Now that would be a day to remember for Vic Husslers owners!

Congrats and Go the Vic Husslers.

Terry Kennedy

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THE CAPTAIN SALUTES

Oct 9, 2021

Cool Jakey was the King of Warwick Farm  on Wednesday and NSW Tycoons owners would like to package the Metropolitan track and just take it wherever Cool Jakey goes after he kept his undefeated record intact. 

It’s remarkable that ‘Jakey’, trained on track and stabled across the road with Joe Pride, is one of those athletes, albeit of the equine kind, who thrives on his home ground. 

He won on debut at Warwick Farm way back in February of 2023 and the love affair hasn’t ended, Cool Jakey has now won 4 from 4 at ‘The Farm’ and there’s plenty more wins in store for your son of Pierro.

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BOUNCE BACK FACTOR 

As Tycoons were made aware of, there’s a theory in racing that when a horse suffers from cardiac arrhythmia, “you must back it next start” and they win. 

And that was certainly the message after Cool Jakey suffered cardiac arrhythmia the previous start at Randwick, with Joe Pride telling Tycoons in the pre-race late mail, “Don’t worry about what happened last start, the horse is fine and he looks great,” how right Joe was with Cool Jakey leading all the way.

COOL JAKEY THE KING OF WARWICK FARM 050325

Cool Jakey battling to the line with Emmadella

Cool Jakey trainer Joe Pride, Brave Pride, Jockey Adam Hyeronimus and TK

Trainer Joe Pride and son Brave Pride, Jockey Adam Hyeronimus and TRL Rep TK

HIPPO FROM BARRIER TO BOX

Adam Hyeronimus was having his first sit on Cool Jakey and he rode him a treat. We joked before the race “just go to the front and improve your position” and that’s exactly what he did. 

“He jumped well and found a nice rhythm straight away, he had a nice time so I let him slide early into it at the 600metres so we did go a bit early. 

“He felt fantastic throughout the run and was doing it easily, so I did get a bit of a surprise how quickly he stopped. 

“So maybe I did go too early, but in saying that, maybe seven furlongs is his upper limit. On that effort he’ll be winning again” Jockey Adam Hyeronimus said.

JOE DELIGHTED

“That was good guys” trainer Joe Pride said, with a big smile to a large contingent of NSW Tycoons on Cool Jakey returning to scale. 

“Look it was nice to see him win on a track that wasn’t bottomless wet, it opens up a lot more opportunities for him. 

“In saying that if there was a 1400m for him in a fortnight on a Good track I would probably be reluctant to start him. We need to nurse him through it and the next month – six weeks isn’t going to be easy because it’s carnival time. 

Cool Jakey the king of Warwick Farm with NSW Tycoons

Cool Jakey in the winners circle with NSW Tycoons’ owners

WHATS NEXT – PACK YOUR BAGS

The Tycoons have been very patient with Cool Jakey and their patience has been rewarded. He is building a very nice career record which stands at only 13 starts for 5 wins and a minor placing and is now pushing the $200,000 in prize money. 

‘Jakey’ has initially pulled up well, but we all know that he is a delicate soul and has to be treated with kindness and Joe is reluctant to push him too hard too quickly. Which is fair enough. 

“We might even consider travelling him maybe to Melbourne or Brisbane for a wet track, we just need to look after him.

“He’s been a good horse for us, we will look after him and his best opportunities will come in the Winter,” Joe concluded. 

Congratulations to all NSW Tycoons and winning connections.

Go you good thing!

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