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The Australian
17 minutes ago
- The Australian
Flemington Racebook: Gilbert Gardiner's follow and forgive files
Herald Sun racing writer Gilbert Gardiner's horses to follow and forgive from Flemington's Country Race Day. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ FIVE TO FOLLOW SAMUEL LANGHORNE (4th, Race 1) Turned for home with a bit to offer but trapped behind a wall of horses. Eventually worked off heels and wound up strongly despite being disappointed for momentum earlier in the straight. Second-up at Flemington so there should be plenty left in the tank. SONOFKIRK (3rd, Race 2) Great debut behind two very smart fillies in MISS OLE and ESPANA. Tracked the eventual winner in the run but unable to quicken as sharply when the sprint went on. The Ole Kirk colt picked up again to start taking ground off the fillies late. Should benefit greatly from the experience. IT'S A YES (unplaced, Race 4) Tracked the speed and emerged as a potential contender inside the last 300m. Stuck to the task but peaked on the run and collared inside the last 75m. Only first-up, so plenty of improvement to come. Well up in grade also, won a Benchmark 64 last campaign, and handled the occasion. SOFT LOVE (2nd) massive from the back. Recorded the fastest closing sectionals on the card with the quickest last 800m, 600m, 400m and 200m. SHOCKLETZ (1st, Race 8) Faced a task around the bend, best part of four lengths to make on runner-up PROCHESTER, and went to work to run down the plucky outsider with a big space to third. The three-year-old sister of stakes' placed Horrifying has now won three of her first six starts. Bright future. VERONA RUPES (unplaced, Race 8) Cluttered up in traffic, three back the fence, at the top of the straight and lost momentum trying to shoulder into clear galloping room. Solid to the line third-up once clear and should improve from the run in similar, or slightly easier, company next start. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ FORGIVE CINDY FALLS (unplaced, Race 3) Back in the ruck and placed only once now four second-up appearances. The Lee and Shannon Hope-trained mare won the Leilani Final (1400m) third-up last year, so could easily bounce back hard. DREAM ALL DAY (unplaced) should be better second-up over a bit more ground. Stepped slowly and over-raced in the early and middle stages, not suited by the steady tempo. ONE HARD LADY (unplaced, Race 4) Jockey Blaike McDougall told stewards the filly may have come to the end of her preparation. One Hard Lady was slow to recover post-race. Trainer Donna Scott said the filly would now be spelled. MAKRAM (unplaced, Race 7) Pulled up in the straight. A post-race veterinary examination found Makram experienced a cardiac arrhythmia for the second time in his career. NAMESAKE (unplaced, Race 9) Solid effort on the seven-day back-up and maybe not on the right part of the track late in the day after a burst of rain. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ STEWARDS SAY Apprentice jockey LOGAN BATES received a 10-meeting suspension for careless riding in Race 8. Bates pleaded guilty to allowing mount WINSTON to shift in at the 350m when not sufficiently clear of QUEENSBURY, which had to be steadied as a result and became crowded for room. Bates will start the suspension on Sunday. Jockeys MATTHEW CARTWRIGHT (Race 2), DECLAN BATES (Race 3) and JETT STANLEY (Race8) were reprimanded for separate careless riding indiscretions. Gilbert Gardiner Sports reporter Gilbert Gardiner is a sports reporter for the Herald Sun and Sunday Herald Sun. @gilbertgardiner Gilbert Gardiner
News.com.au
23 minutes ago
- News.com.au
Scone best bets and inside mail for Tuesday June 10, 2025
Racenet and The Daily Telegraph form analyst Shayne O'Cass provides his best bets and race-by-race analysis at Scone on Tuesday. â– â– â– â– â– SCONE TIPS BEST BET Race 2 No. 2: LADY MEMPHIS Won at Goulburn 16 days after debut second to Private Harry. NEXT BEST Will relish the longer trip while racing at home here. VALUE BET Race 8 No.6: ARCHAIC FORCE Huge run in the Highway here at the Cup carnival. DAILY DOUBLE 1st Leg: 4, 2nd Leg 6 QUADDIE Race 5: 1, 2, 3, 4 Race 6: 4, 12 Race 7: 3, 5 Race 8: 4, 6, 7 JOCKEY TO FOLLOW Aaron Bullock versus Ashley Morgan – what a clash! Bullock by a nose (maybe). â– â– â– â– â– SCONE INSIDE MAIL IT STAYS IN VEGAS (8) bumped into Raging Force in the Red Crown but was the second elect, albeit $4.40 out to $11. He ran fifth, which on face value makes him a disappointment, but it was a funny sort of Soft 6 that day so maybe needs to be forgiven. Back home and in an easier race. PRISCILA STATEMENT (7) handed in a solid third on debut at Muswellbrook. Drawn to be prominent throughout. Ballina visitor MOFEED (2) has placed at five of his seven starts, which augurs well for another medal here. BET: IT STAYS IN VEGAS to win. LADY MEMPHIS (2) finished runner-up on debut in a Newcastle Super Maiden to Private Harry. Even the third horse, Rubi's Serve, goes well. No surprise then that the Matthew Smith-trained filly won her next start down at Goulburn. Spelled and has trialled up really nicely since. CAPITAL DANCER (1) has run more good races than bad in her time. This is her pet trip and she gets barrier two and Aaron Bullock. BET: LADY MEMPHIS to win; exacta 2 to beat 1. RITZSUN (9) is a Scott Singleton-trained 3YO and thus giving away age and experience to the entire field here. That said, his numbers make compelling reading. Chief among them is that both his wins were here are home. Trialled well since a second on May 10 in a Highway on Gosford Cup day. Speaking of trials, OUR BOY OLLIE's (4) hitout here on June 5 was a beauty. IN SPADES' (8) best would have her on podium. BET: RITZSUN to win. LOUISBURGH (1) is a son of Zoustar out of Sunset Rock, who beat the subsequent Champagne Stakes winner Go Indy Go in the Cinderella Stakes in 2014. A $250,000 Easter Yearling, Louisburgh has placed at three of his five starts and comes into this off two provincial seconds. So well placed. BACKWARD GLANCE (9) ran fourth, albeit eight lengths behind Saturday's Randwick winner Millie De Lune. BAWNAGLEN (8) should relish the 1350m at home. Bet: Louisburgh to win. SHEILA'S FANTA SEA (4) has a tidy resume of 10 starts, two wins and five placings, three of them seconds. Trainer Wayne Wilkes' daughter Shae has ridden her in all her wins and places, including a very easy win at Taree on May 13. Easy to like. The last time INSIGHTFUL AWARD (2) raced here at home, she won by six. Bit costly since then but never far away, either. TWILIGHT ROCK (1) is one from 19 but has placed 13 times so has to be considered. BET: SHEILA'S FANTASY SEA to win; quinella 2, 4; box trifecta 1, 2, 3, 4. DUBAI WARRIOR (4) debuted at Scone on November 19 last year and ran a huge third to Churchill's Choice no less. Won his maiden at Canberra next start and although he hasn't won again in five runs, he has placed twice and always been running on willingly at the end. Triple Crown's entry PIERONIMO (12) has some deep form. Was second to Millie De Lune (beating The Beats) and has placed again since. BET: DUBAI WARRIOR to win; quinella 4, 12; Daily Double – 1st leg 4, 2nd leg 6. SHUTTER (5) has raced seven times. Take out the debut run at Gunnedah and every once since has contained merit to varying degrees. Everything in the world suggests she will run – and indeed wants – 1700m. The big, home track is another box ticked. Speaking of boxes ticked, barrier three and Aaron Bullock are two reasons why the Greg Hickman-trained JONNY BE SWIFT (2) can challenge here. This is the type of race CROATIAN MADAME (11) can win. BET: SHUTTER to win. ARCHAIC FORCE (6) was a $125,000 Inglis Classic Yearling. Good money for a Cosmic Force but this horse is also a son of NZ Oaks winner and multiple stakes-horse producer Bramble Rose. The Todd Howlett-trained 3YO is cursed when it comes to barrier draws and as for the last run here on cup day, it was huge. MONARCH EXPRESS (4) has talent, a good draw and jockey. DUBAI GOLD (7) has been trialling like a bomb since he got to Nathan Doyle's stable.
News.com.au
23 minutes ago
- News.com.au
Scone preview: Three-year-old It Stays In Vegas can kickstart another big day for Scott Singleton
Local trainer Scott Singleton will again be a force at Scone's first meeting since their annual Cup day/stand-alone carnival where he posted his 400th career win and won the Group 3 Dark Jewel Classic. Singleton is represented by three of his string on Tuesday starting with the lightly-raced three-year-old It Stays In Vegas who tackles the Arrowfield Country Boosted Maiden Plate (1000m). The son of one-time Arrowfield resident stallion Shalaa resumed in the coveted Red Crown at Muswellbrook on June 1 but proved no match for the long odds-on winner, Raging Force. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! 'I was happy enough for him to run second to that horse there but I was disappointed that he couldn't,'' Singleton said. 'I thought he was just a little bit plain but admittedly, he was first-up and he had to sit outside the leader. 'And it was a funny track that day, it was really gluey and a lot of horses didn't like it so I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that those couple of things might have played against him. 'I think he is a better horse than he went the other day so I am wanting to see him bounce back and do something there on Tuesday.' It Stays In Vegas is a third generation Australian thoroughbred but does indeed have some American blood and via the likes of two epic stallions, one of them an immortal. His third dam was a daughter of Seeking The Gold while her fourth was by Seattle Slew, who this week 48 years ago, completed the US Triple Crown by winning the Belmont Stakes. Singleton, meanwhile, has the honour and distinction of saddling up one of the shortest-priced favourites racing at Scone on Tuesday in Ritzsun ($1.85) in the third race on the eight-event program. Ritzsun has been a model of consistency throughout his nine starts, winning twice (both of them at Scone) together with four placings, three of them seconds. The son of Rosebud winner Sebring Sun's most recent performance was a brave and determined on-pace second in the 1200m TAB Highway conducted at Gosford on the Gold Cup and The Coast day. Mckeon wins the TAB Highway at juicy odds in a tight finish at Gosford! ðŸ'¥ @AlyshaCollett — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 10, 2025 His Tuesday assignment is the Scone CWA Centenary Benchmark 82 Handicap (1000m). 'Up in grade but down in weight,'' Singleton said. 'He's in an 82 there but he is only carrying 55(kg) so from a good draw and the way he has been working, I would be expecting him to win to be honest.' Ritzsun has already contested three Highways inside his nine starts and win, lose or draw on Tuesday, there will be a fourth somewhere down the road. 'That would be the plan,'' Singleton said. 'He has only won the two (races) so he can win again and still go to a Highway. 'He is definitely good enough to win a Highway if all the stars align.' Singleton is naturally eager for the well-bred mare Insightful Award to post her fourth win in the Darley Country Boosted Benchmark 58 Handicap (1300m) having placed at two of her last three 'away' runs. 'I am hoping that given when she won at Scone earlier in the prep, she bolted in, and that was down to the home-track and she can repeat that because it sort of came from nowhere,'' Singleton said. 'But she has remained in good order. 'She a little bit keen the other day at Warren but she certainly seems in good shape and she'll run well.'
