This Weekend in Racing: Vote for your Trainer & The Railway Stakes

Nov 20, 2020

VOTE FOR YOUR TRAINER

There was some panic among a few TRL owners this week that VOTING for your trainers was to be done on social media and social media only.

Well, let me pour cold water on that grass fire very quickly.

All owners will get to VOTE (if they choose) and it won’t be done just on Facebook.

The current plan is for VOTING to commence on December 15 with an announcement on all 6 trainers per team on December 22…meaning the voting window will be open for at least 7 days.

It will most likely be done through a Google form on email, stay tuned for the announcement but everyone will get their say.

Trust me, Donald Trump is ‘not’ among the nominations…. so winners should be declared quickly.

Just a reminder, that trainers pitch and you VOTE.

The trainer pitches have been of the highest quality and continue to roll in.

If you have a particular trainer you’d like to have train YOUR horse in YOUR team, who hasn’t pitched, notify them on social media to get moving and get their video in.

 

PIKE IS BACK FOR RAILWAY

Covid restrictions in Western Australia hasn’t dampened the enthusiasm of the locals for their first of three major Group One Saturdays of racing.

While travel restrictions have made it difficult for connections of eastern state horses to target the rich Summer Carnival in Perth, some have slipped across the border.

One jockey who returned home and did the 14 days in quarantine so he could ride in Saturday’s Group One Railway Stakes was Willie Pike.

Pike was always keen to arrive home and be available to ride in Saturday’s $1million Railway Stakes. That’s got to be a massive leg up for the Bob Peters owned Inspirational Girl.

She looks to be a nice horse in the making, is coming off two strong wins at Ascot and is a worthy favourite. I’m sure Pike will give her a peach of a ride.

Threats, maybe the other Bob Peters owned galloper Truly Great at double figure odds. Kementari hasn’t won for two very long years but is racing consistently since making the move west. He’ll run a place again.

BALLARAT

Don’t be too confused if you switch on the television on Saturday and see a group of horses heading in the wrong direction.

Sure, it’s a bit different, but it’s called the Magic Millions two-year-old Clockwise Classic over 1,000m.

The winner could come from anywhere, there’s very little exposed form with most runners having their first start. Butter Blonde will start favourite, but there’s a buzz about Jayanthi from the Maher-Eustace yard who’s having her first start. The market will surely be the best guide.

.While the other feature race is the Ballarat Cup, it’s wide open but I’m tipping Junipal to continue it’s recent good form.

THE GONG

For the second consecutive Saturday there’s no race meeting in Sydney. All roads lead down the coast past Wollongong to Kembla Grange for the staging of the $1million GONG.

It’s only the second staging of The Gong, but just like The Hunter last week is sure to be another success for RacingNSW.

The race itself is wide open and super competitive. The Hawkes trained Rock, won the Cameron Handicap two starts back, wasn’t far away last start at Flemington, will need some luck with his pattern of racing but might just prove too strong for this field.

 

Good luck and have a great weekend.

Terry Kennedy

This Weekend in Racing: Vote for your Trainer & The Railway Stakes

Nov 20, 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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