THE BIG GOODBYE FIGHTS ALL THE WAY

Oct 18, 2021

As a wise man once said “It’s not the size of horse in the fight but the size of the fight in the horse” and let me tell you The Big Goodbye certainly knows how to “fight”. 

The Queensland Rogues owners again cheered themselves hoarse at Eagle Farm this past Saturday (October 16) as the horse they own “gave his all” only to be nutted right on the line. 

The Big Goodbye got a bump on the home turn and struggled to get some clean air in the early stages of the straight before producing another herculean effort to run the winner to the most slender of margins. 

Trainer Rob Heathcote toyed with the idea of firing in a protest but decided “the interference wasn’t severe enough to stand a chance in the steward’s room”. Watch the replay below:

That’s three seconds in three starts for the Queensland Rogues with Rob keen to push forward and use Leah Kilner in the saddle and her 2kg claim. 

“Leah Kilner is riding very well and using her 2 kgs claim at his next run can work well for us.

The 30th October has a class 3 plate of $55k where he will get the 59 kgs so 2 off for Leah Kilner makes it very winnable, or on Melbourne Cup day, there is a benchmark 75 1200, both at Eagle Farm so he will get 56.5/57 kgs so again, 2 off will see him very hard to beat. We will nominate and accept both and assess our best option.

I love his will to compete, we have just bumped into 3 pretty decent horses in his 3 runs but his turn is around the corner. He is a great little QUEENSLANDER!!” 

Go Rogues!

Terry Kennedy

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THE BIG GOODBYE FIGHTS ALL THE WAY

Oct 18, 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.

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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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