From the Horses Mouth: A word from Penso a Lei

Sep 5, 2022

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A LETTER FROM PENSO 

Gidday Tycoons…Penso here

I heard a couple of rumours going around the Warwick Farm stable that it was time for me to put my best foot forward when we travelled up the M1 to Wyong. 

A few of my mates at the stable said our boss Joe, yeah thats right Joe Pride the head trainer was concerned that maybe I wasn’t putting in, you know doing my best.

I can’t believe that, now Joe has just had a knee operation and I can’t see him enjoying running around on all those shifty, chopped-up, water-logged surfaces they’ve had me racing on. 

I don’t like any surface worse than a Good 4, that Soft 5 at Wyong was okay but I’m clearly special.

My dad So You Think was a fair dinkum swimmer, but they tell me Dawn Fraser’s daughter couldn’t swim and neither can I. 

Anyway, I keep a close eye on the weather forecast every night and although they had some showers on Saturday night it was good to see some blue sky and drying conditions when we arrived at Wyong. 

Those Tycoon owners peering over the fence also seemed pretty nice, they were keen to give me a pat and wish me luck so I thought let’s give them something to cheer for. 

I probably would have liked to have led but that bloke from Perth Willie Pike made me take a sit and when I tried to push out on the corner the gap closed too quickly and we had to switch back to the inside. 

I just ran out of ground otherwise I would have won for sure and that Pride bloke would have been eating humble pie. 

A narrow unlucky third, don’t worry Tycoon owners I’m back.

Just make sure Joe finds me a firm surface and I’ll give you that win to help spearhead the Tycoons up The Racing League Leaderboard. 

Isn’t everyone over the rain, come on it’s Spring let the sun shine. 

 

Yours truly,

Penso A Lei

From the Horses Mouth: A word from Penso a Lei

Sep 5, 2022

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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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