This Weekend in Racing: Countdown to Christmas

Dec 18, 2020

UGLY TRAINER CLASH

The battle to be a trainer for YOU in The Racing League has taken a nasty twist with two old foes Brett Cavanough and Tony Gollan clashing.

A war of words (mostly from Cavanough) savaging Gollan’s Queensland Rogues trainer pitch video has sparked the first of what we see many clashes between the states.

Cavanough has thrown his hat into the ring to train for the NSW Tycoons but couldn’t resist firing barbs across the bow of Gollan in the lead-up to the start of VOTING on December 4.

 

CLICK HERE for Cavanough’s opening shot.

BLACK HEARTS EXTENSION

It’s been a busy but highly successful time for Perth racing with their Group One carnival just completed and the Perth Cup still to come two days into the New Year.

With trainers under heavy commitments we have extended the training pitch deadline for the WA Black Hearts till Friday February 5.

WA Black Hearts voting will now commence on Monday February 8 till Friday February 12, with the winning WA trainers announced on Monday February 15.

Two WA trainers who flew the barriers with their video pitch to win YOUR vote so far were Hayden Ballantyne and Jim Taylor Racing.

MAGIC MILLIONS GLORY

There’s no Christmas break for participants in the racing industry over the festive season.

The sport is “abuzz” with talk of the extended Magic Millions Yearling Sales with 962 yearlings due to go under the hammer in the premium sale, while there’s a total of 1273 lots over an amazing 7 days starting from January 12.

TRL’s bloodstock team has been covering thousands of kilometres inspecting and also dropped into the nearby Vinery Stud for a look.

Click here for a snippet of Mick’s report.

 

WYONG MILLIONS WINNER SUPER IMPRESSIVE

Gai Waterhouse was looking for three successive Wyong Magic Millions Classic victories, but it was Chris Waller who stole the show with She’s All Class.

Ridden by James McDonald, She’s All Class was eased down to win by a massive five lengths and has now rocketed to equal favouritism with stablemate Shaquero for Magic Millions 2YO Classic on the Gold Coast on January 16.

The Wyong race is a great guide to the big one, with 4 winners going on to be successful in the big one.

This Weekend in Racing: Countdown to Christmas

Dec 18, 2020

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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