CUP WINNERS RALLY TO FIGHT MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE

Oct 19, 2021

Owners of the Vic Husslers 6 Horse Racing Team are winning on the track and now making a difference off the track, courtesy of their horse Team Captain. 

Team Captain trained by Matt Cumani won the Hamilton Cup and is now set to be nominated for the Lexus Stakes on Derby Day or the Macca’’s Run on Melbourne Cup Day both at Flemington. 

Okay, it might not be the Caulfield Cup or the Melbourne Cup but with thousands of owners involved in Team Captain, the question was – What to do with the Hamilton Cup, who gets to keep it? 

Blaike McDougall, Team Captain and Cumani Racing with the Hamilton Cup Trophy

“The Racing League decided the best result was to raffle the Cup among the owners with all proceeds going to the FightMND Charity, who’s iconic annual event is The Big Freeze which has raised over $14.6 million” TRL CEO Steve Brown said. 

“The response has been amazing, within thirty minutes of TRL launching the Hamilton Cup raffle on Monday, the tally was already over $2,000, after an hour there was $5,000 in the kitty and by the close of business on Tuesday it had zoomed past the $10,000 mark and continues to grow” Brown added. 

Why choose FightMND as the charity for the Vic Husslers?

Well, Vic Husslers owners were asked to name a Pride of Dubai colt trained by Peter Moody after an iconic Melbourne sporting moment. Strangely enough, The Big Freeze was nominated and voted as the winning name. 

“Motor Neurone is a horrific disease and we are delighted that our Vic Husslers owners have decided to support The Big Freeze and FightMND”.

The winner will be drawn this Friday, October 22 with all proceeds going to FightMND. 

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CUP WINNERS RALLY TO FIGHT MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE

Oct 19, 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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