This Weekend in Racing: Winter Carnival Wind Down

Jul 1, 2021

There’ll be plenty of horses to watch emerge from the Winter Carnival with Zaaki and Incentivise the two undoubted stars. Incentivise will now be trained by Peter Moody and has been installed a $7 favourite to win the Caulfield Cup and $11 in the Melbourne Cup. Let’s find a winner for Saturday from our TRL trainers around the country.

 

Rob Heathcote – Completely Surprised

It’s not that often that Queensland Rogues trainer Rob Heathcote is “shocked” but the return of Dusty Tycoon from the miRunner stable has left Rob with a big smile on his face. Dusty Tycoon raced in the 2020 Magic Millions, but last preparation suffered throat issues and underwent an operation. Her speedy recovery and barrier trial form has left Rob confident of a strong return on Saturday in Race 5 at the Sunshine Coast. The big worry is the rain affected track. Listen to Rob’s thoughts on Dusty Tycoon.

BET: Dusty Tycoon – Each Way (Race 5)

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Munce Set To Stand Up

 Grand Slam winning jockey and Queensland Rogues trainer Chris Munce heads to the Sunshine Coast full of opportunities. Berdini’s Girl (Race 3) has been competing at the highest level, she was placed in the Champagne Stakes three starts back and wasn’t far away in listed company last start. Palaisipan (Race 6) is an undefeated filly who just keeps answering the challenge but is now getting up in grade. Boomsara (Race 8) wasn’t far away last start in the Eye Liner and looks to be over the odds at $21 in the Glasshouse Handicap which will be raced under lights.

BET: Berdini’s Girl – Each Way

BET: Palaisipan – Each Way

 

PETER MOODY – FORBIDDEN TREASURE

Peter Moody was at Eagle Farm last week to watch his latest stable acquisition Incentivise blitz the opposition and be installed as favourite for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. On Saturday he’ll be at Flemington with just the one runner Forbidden City (Race 4). Moody has convinced boom jockey Jamie Kah to take the ride on this 2yo filly which peeled off some great sectionals against a slow tempo last start.

BET: Forbidden City – Each Way (Flemington)

 

WATCH WAUGH AT ROSEHILL

 Don’t let Bethencourt (Race 7) from the Kim Waugh stable sneak under your guard at Rosehill on Saturday. Bethencourt is now fourth-up this spell and is ready to go after a good fifth last start before winning a Wyong trial last week, and from two starts on a soft track, he’s had a win and a second.

BET: Bethencourt  – Each Way (Rosehill)

 

PRIDE ON THE LINE

 The Joe Pride trained Taksu (race 8) was too bad to be true last start when having his first start for the stable…to be fair he had no luck and was trapped wide on the speed before fading out. On Saturday, Taksu has drawn well in barrier 3, should get a nice run behind the pace

BET: Taksu – Each Way (Rosehill)

 

BELMONT BEAUTIES

 There’s a couple nice horses trained by our WA Black Heart’s team you should keep an eye on Saturday at Belmont. Hayden Ballantyne has every right to be excited about Wuhan Warrior (Race 2) who’s had just one start but was super impressive at the trials leading up to his return. Simon Miller is “super confident” about Amasenus (Race 4) adding to the picket fence after winning her past five starts. Amasenus lives up to the old adage, the more they win the better the price.

BET: Wuhan Warrior  – WIn

BET: Amasenus – Win

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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