$6000 mare shines for new partners David Jolly and Justin Potter at Morphettville Parks
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Sharp mare Nextonixs blitzed her rivals in a bold frontrunning win at Morphettville Parks on Saturday, handing trainers David Jolly and Justin Potter a strong start to their new partnership.
The daughter of Tassort dashed to the lead under leading apprentice Rochelle Milnes and kicked at the top of the straight in an impressive display of raw speed, scoring a comfortable 1¼-length win over Kalasec in a 0-66 Handicap (1000m).
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The milestone win handed Jolly and Potter their first city winner as a partnership, along with back-to-back wins after Hypenova saluted at Murray Bridge on Wednesday.
Potter, who rode 1309 winners, called time on his 25-year career as a jockey in July, teaming up with Jolly, a Group 1-winning trainer who has 966 winners in his own right.
A $6000 bargain buy at the 2023 Inglis Gold Yearling Sale, Nextonixs ($10 Sportsbet) has already repaid that fee in spades, winning three races from five starts, and $95,680 in prizemoney. â€' Racing.com (@Racing) January 24, 2025
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'We bought her cheaply as a yearling, we probably just liked her pedigree a little bit,' Jolly said post-race.
'She's very fast, she's had one failure, here during the summer, she jarred up a little bit leading into it.
'Justin (Potter) said a couple of weeks ago, 'she's flying this thing', Streetcar Fury is a fast horse but we've had to take him away from her, because he hasn't been able to keep up with her (at trackwork).
'I was very confident leading into today that she was going well. She's a cantankerous little thing, very sassy, she's very hard work on the ground but a good ride.'
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Jolly believes a race down the hill at Oakbank will suit the four-year-old, but also has a Victorian assignment in his cross hairs.
'I'd love to take her to Moonee Valley for a Friday night, she's got a very high cruising speed and a kick,' he said.
It was an afternoon of mixed emotions for Murray Bridge trainers Ron Daniel and Trish Stanbury, the pair saluted with promising mare Hot Strut in a Class 2 over 1400m, but will anxiously await scans for stakes winner, Colmar, who pulled up lame after finishing sixth as favourite in a Benchmark 72 (1250m).
'It's pretty upsetting, we come here thinking it was a really good race for him today leading into the Balak Cup (Sep 10),' Daniel said.
'Rochelle (Milnes) said he was travelling OK then felt a bit funny. He pulled up, he was definitely sore, his nearside fetlock is pretty big.'
Milnes, Jason Holder and Jake Toeroek shared riding honours on Saturday's nine-race program, the three premiership-winning hoops nailed a double each.
It was also a landmark day for trainer Tyler Donaldson-Aitken, the Ballarat handler nailed his first metro winner with Welcometotheshow, who charged home to win the final race on the card, a 0-62 Handicap over 1250m.
Originally published as $6000 mare Nextonixs shines for new partners David Jolly and Justin Potter at Morphettville Parks Horse Racing
The Right Way was set to have a name change, but that has been put on hold after he scored his third win in five starts at Doomben. Horse Racing
Ryan Maloney will head to Melbourne next week on a high after bagging a double at Doomben, while bookmakers were cheering when a $51 roughie lobbed.
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