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.
Jerry Noske in winning treble Jerry Noske had her best day in racing with a winning treble at the mid week meeting at Belmont on May 22 while female trainers won the majority of the races.
It wasn’t so long ago that Steven Parnham was sitting third on the jockeys premiership but before the meeting on May 18 the eldest son of the racing clan had slipped back to equal seventh.
Big grey galloper It’s A Bit Shady (Jason Whiting) put the opposition into the shade with a powerful win in the Del Basso Smallgoods Italian Day Handicap (1600m).
Cyber Crime the perennial’Bridesmaid’ with 10 second placings finally broke through for his fourth win after an absence of 13 months from the winners circle for trainer Alan Mathews.
Royal Inferno, charging home late, was too strong in a three horse finish to the Crown Perth Sprint (1200m), edging out Secret Scandal and Hussy By Choice.
The old adage used to be the family that prays together stays together. With the Parnham family it is a case of the family that races together succeeds together.
It was an impressive return to the winners list for the Vaughn Sigley trained Daneclicked today at Belmont, with a dominant victory in the Italian Day At Belmont Park Next Saturday HCP 2000m.
Like a scene out of “Underbelly”, the finale at Belmont saw arguably “the hardest horse of all time to find” – The Underworld – come out of hiding to blow away rivals in the LD Total HCP 1600m.
The closest thing to local racing royally in the modern era – The Parnham’s – made their presence felt at Belmont today, adding a training and riding double to the family mantel piece.
Promising galloper Back To A Walk has given trainer Gino Poletti some cheer after the Ascot trainer recently losing his star galloper, Luckygray, to Victorian trainer Robert Smerdon.
Despite racing first up, from a spell, Moneghetti (Glenn Smith) proved too strong in the York Stakes powering home to run down Rebelson and Miss Tipsy Topsy, in a tight finish to the 1600m race, at Belmont on May 4.
A marathon of outs came to an end for the Grant Williams trained Moneghetti today at Belmont with a mesmerising last to first landslide victory in the $80,000 Listed York Stakes 1600m.
Interesting to see all three local Oz Tipsters declare “barleese” for the return to Belmont this week – the traditional meeting notorious for upsets did not disappoint, and we did not have to wait long to feel the pain.
The classy Gino Poletti trained Back To A Walk returned to the winners list today at Belmont, with a dominant victory in the Jackson’s Restaurant HCP 1400m.
Fittingly, it would be star hoop William Pike who would claim the accolades on the final day at Ascot this season, with a brilliant riding treble, and in doing so – surpassed 50 wins in the jockey premiership.
