A last gasp lunge at the line provided the result in today’s Group 3 WFA Strickland Stakes 2000m, after the Adam Durrant trained Kincaple successful returned to the winners circle following an 18 month injury enforced layoff.
It would be a patient ride from veteran jockey Troy Turner that would prove the difference in the Suzanne Newby 60th Birthday HCP 1600m – a brave display of horsemanship rewarded as Fanicio saluted in the final event.
Owner Bob Peters, trainer Grant Williams and the Peters Investments Pty Ltd Syndicate had a “day out” at Belmont today – producing three winners for the day, and narrowly missing a fourth.
Nothing finished better than Coruscation in the Westspeed Nursery Handicap (1100m) and the two year old son of Oratorio opened his winning account by going away from Jest Envy Her and Vital To Be Welsh, to score by a half length.
Trevor Andrews always exudes confidence as a man who is happy and contented with his lot and never more so than after Miltary Secret (Paul Harvey) had finished strongly to overwhelm the favourite, Grey Cheval (Pat Carbery), in the Crown Perth Sprint (1000m).
Good batsmen can drive forward off the back foot and so can good horses. Ihtsahymn (Steven Parnham) proved that statement correct, being on the back feet at barrier rise and settling down in last place of the Westspeed Nursey Handicap (1600m).
This year’s listed WAROA Belmont Guineas over 1600m for the three year olds bestowed a finish to remember – a barnstorming late run from the Adam Durrant trained Summah’s Touch landing the prize from a near impossible position.
Prominent hoop Shaun O’Donnell produced a race to race double today at Belmont, with two masterful rides aboard two “classi” horses.
Local three year sprinters were put on notice at Belmont today, with another dazzling performance handed out by the Ross and Clint Price trained Smoko in the Tabtouch.mobi Sprint 1000m.
It was a case of Troy Turner again in the feature Group III Hyperion Stakes at Belmont when he landed Black Tycoon a winner in a real charge to the line.
Pininci’s impressive victory in the tabtouch.mobi Sprint (1000m), coming from near the rear after a bad barrier draw (8), saw the four year old gain his fourth win from 14 starts.
I’m sure if trainer Justin Warwick was asked to define “versatility”, he would answer with two simple works – Black Tycoon.
On a day of close results at Belmont, there was one standout victory – a dominant performance by the Jim Taylor trained Magnifisio in the Westspeed HCP 1200m.
There wasn’t much to cheer about for the battle scarred punter today at Belmont, following another frightening string of upset results.
Have we lost some of the theatre of racing? This was one of the weighty matters that your fearless members of the fourth estate discussed in the press box on Saturday, June 8.
Veteran horseman Fred Kersley would give the Egyptian Sphinx and former top jockeyAthol George Mulley a run in the poker face stakes but he was quietly purring like a cat that had got the cream at Belmont yesterday.
Albany trainer Paul Hunter could not have been more impressed with his budding Danehill Express 3yo – Dream Lifter, following its spine tingling win in the Macau HCP 1400m at Belmont today.
The market told one story – the result provided another. “Five to one the field” defined an extremely open Happy Birthday Taryn McRae HCP 1000m today at Belmont, and in part replicated the finish, despite the eventual winner saluting convincingly.
The final race of the day at Belmont – the Golden River Developments HCP 1200m – presented a classic “shoot-out” between three of the states finest sprinters – only one would prevail and in “dominant” fashion.
Sunday Times scribe John Elsegood summed up the result to this year’s Group 3 Belmont Sprint 1400m perfectly – “Kerrific is Terrific” – a remarkable victory from a near impossible position left us all speechless, while impressed beyond explanation.
It was a welcome return to the winners list for the Stephen Rowe trained Baleen In Me today at Belmont, saluting in style in The Swan River Sprint 1000m.
“Ask and you shall receive” – words usually alien to the brave punter, however every now and then it all comes together, and today’s final race at Belmont aptly defined such a revelation.
Sean Casey is a regular visitor to Broome for the racing season but this year he has a new travelling companion.
METROPOLITAN RWWA will increase stakes for 2yo, 3yo and 3up open events run at metropolitan venues to $60,000. This is part of a wider strategy over a period of time to close the gap in metropolitan prime stakes between Perth and Melbourne/Sydney.
Levis’s Boy met late solid support when a narrow second to Seattle Beau first-up at Northam two weeks ago.
Veteran trainers Joe Byrne and Vern Brockman must have derived great satisfaction from the May 25 meeting at Belmont.
Trevor Andrews claimed a double in successive races when Miltary Secret and The Rising were impressive winners at Belmont yesterday in the 1000m Vinnies and Rotary Handicaps, respectively.
The stellar preparation of the Simon Miller trained Hussy By Choice continued today at Belmont, with the 3yo Hussonet filly claiming its third victory this time in from four outings.
The Fred Kersley trained Operational rose to new heights today at Belmont, with a clinical victory in the open class Reed Resources HCP 2100m.
Trainer Trevor Andrews prepared a race to race double at Belmont today, culminating in the winning return of his stable star The Rising.
