By Hilly & Jack McInerney – aka Hilly & Macca –
The rain gods played a big part in Saturday’s racing with the Sunshine Coast (Cup day) being abandoned and rescheduled to this coming Sunday. It also didn’t miss Sydney, as a result the meeting was run on a heavy track and the Flemington meeting in Melbourne being run on a soft track. Taking this into account there were excuses and factors why some horses failed and some excelled.
We only have 3 runners to focus on this week but we will make these a recurring article every Tuesday covering the runners from the previous Saturday.
Rosehill (03/07/21) – Track Rating: Heavy8
Race 2 – #4 ANETHOLE: If you backed the former Godolphin trained, now Australian Bloodstock owned galloper then I am sure the trauma is still very fresh. To say that his run was a tough watch would be putting it very very lightly and can be summarised by the closing quote about the horses performance in the Stewards Report:
“In the home straight was unable to obtain clear running and could not be tested at any stage.”
After finding himself last on the turn with 400 metres to go its safe to say Avdulla panicked a bit as he hurriedly rode the horse up the rear end of the two horses in front of him on the rail and one off the rail essentially boxing himself in and it was a seriously crook watch as Avdulla sat up looking for a gap, which never eventuated.
Put simply, the horse should have pissed in! Get on next start no matter where it is racing, It will be winning
Race 5 – #8 JUST FIELD: The daughter of 2yo listed winner Shoboard and one of the Boom sires of the moment Deep Field has taken some time to learn her craft, with only 3 wins from 18 starts. She looks to have come back this prep in good order winning her only trial.
Jumping from a wide barrier she dropped back to last and a few of the fence. When last into the straight she copped a slight bump when looking to go wide. This pushed her back into the middle with some traffic to get through the gaps opened and she showed an electric turn of foot hitting the with one in front of her. Super run and the one to follow from the race.
Flemington (03/0721) – Track Rating: Soft6
Race 1 – #6 REGULUS: This nicely bred 2yo Colt stepped out for the first time ridden by the in form jockey of the moment Jamie Kah and looked like he was going to storm over the top of the field until fitness gave way the final 100. Will obviously get over more ground in his race career. Looks well above average!
Yeah The Punt 