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Sydney Morning Herald
12 hours ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
Travolta caps big day out for Collett and Waller on final Saturday
Travolta stormed down the outside fence to win the last at Randwick and cap a satisfying finish to Saturday racing for jockey Jason Collett and premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller. The $10 Sportsbet chance held off stablemate Pure Alpha by just over a length to win the 1800m benchmark 78 handicap for colts, gelding and entires, giving Collett four victories on the card and Waller a double. Collett went to outright second on the Sydney jockeys' premiership on 71, four ahead of Zac Lloyd (67), with one midweek meeting remaining in the season. James McDonald (83) has wrapped up a seventh consecutive title. Collett, who claimed a first Doncaster Mile on Stefi Magnetica this season, also won on Nashville Jack, Regimental Colours and Oh Diamond Lil on Saturday. 'The Donnie was great, I think I've had just under 20 stakes winners, and I'm really proud of the season I've had,' Collett said. 'I've got to sit on some great horses and it just keeps building nicely. I love what I do and I'm fortunate I have a job I enjoy.' Waller earlier won with Cigar Flick ($12), which swooped down the outside from near-last under Tommy Berry to take out the benchmark 88 handicap (1100m) by just over a length from World Alliance. 'She's a frustrating horse, but she tries her hardest,' Waller said. 'She's going well, but she's reached her level, so it's not easy to win. She needs everything to flow, she needs to come into the race at the right, the right track conditions, and today it was.'
The Age
12 hours ago
- The Age
Travolta caps big day out for Collett and Waller on final Saturday
Travolta stormed down the outside fence to win the last at Randwick and cap a satisfying finish to Saturday racing for jockey Jason Collett and premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller. The $10 Sportsbet chance held off stablemate Pure Alpha by just over a length to win the 1800m benchmark 78 handicap for colts, gelding and entires, giving Collett four victories on the card and Waller a double. Collett went to outright second on the Sydney jockeys' premiership on 71, four ahead of Zac Lloyd (67), with one midweek meeting remaining in the season. James McDonald (83) has wrapped up a seventh consecutive title. Collett, who claimed a first Doncaster Mile on Stefi Magnetica this season, also won on Nashville Jack, Regimental Colours and Oh Diamond Lil on Saturday. 'The Donnie was great, I think I've had just under 20 stakes winners, and I'm really proud of the season I've had,' Collett said. 'I've got to sit on some great horses and it just keeps building nicely. I love what I do and I'm fortunate I have a job I enjoy.' Waller earlier won with Cigar Flick ($12), which swooped down the outside from near-last under Tommy Berry to take out the benchmark 88 handicap (1100m) by just over a length from World Alliance. 'She's a frustrating horse, but she tries her hardest,' Waller said. 'She's going well, but she's reached her level, so it's not easy to win. She needs everything to flow, she needs to come into the race at the right, the right track conditions, and today it was.'
Sydney Morning Herald
2 days ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
Ryan keen for Dumpling to steam forward again and show stakes class
Ryan hoped to test the waters again. 'We always thought she had stakes ability and that's why she had runs in some of those races,' he said. 'With her pedigree and what she's shown, we'd like to chase a bit of black type with her, so we'll just progress and see how she goes on Saturday. 'We've got to get her rating up a bit so we can get her into those races. She's certainly got the ability and is capable of winning one. It will be 1100 or whether you go to 1400 with her. We'll just let her tell the tale on Saturday.' Ryan has Green Shadows ($7.50) in the fifth, a benchmark 88 over 1600m. Green Shadows was fifth in the same grade over 1400m at Randwick last start and is chasing a first win in 11 months. 'The other day he got squeezed out of the gate and he was one pair further back than you would like to be, but he finished the race all right,' Ryan said. Silentsar ($14) and High Blue Sea ($19) are in the seventh, a benchmark 78 over 1300m. Loading 'It's a tough race and he's up in class, but he does drop six kilos,' he said of Silentsar. 'The other horse just needs firm ground, and he probably needed the run the other day. He loomed to win about the 300m mark and just ran out of puff, and he's improved off it.' Ryan, meanwhile, was looking to the spring with confidence about his strong crop of two-year-olds from this season. King Of Pop and Skyhook won their way into the Golden Slipper, while Blitzburg claimed the Canonbury Stakes and Grand Eagle peeled off two wins. 'I'm quite excited about King Of Pop, Skyhook, Sanctified and Grand Eagle,' he said. 'They appear to be coming up quite well. They had a jump-out on Tuesday morning and went really well on the course proper. 'Blitzburg will run in the Rosebud. King Of Pop in the San Domenico, Skyhook the Rosebud or San Domenico. All trial next Tuesday at Rosehill. Grand Eagle is a fortnight behind them so he'll probably go to a benchmark race before heading to something better.' Hoysted hopes filly can deliver breakthrough Sydney win Eagle Farm trainer Matt Hoysted hopes the trip to Randwick this week can be the making of promising filly Break Free, and give him a first NSW city winner in the process. Hoysted, about to enter his second season as a solo trainer, is sending Break Free and Termagant to Randwick after last-start efforts at Eagle Farm on June 28, and it will be the first Sydney runs for the Proven Thoroughbreds pair. Break Free, a three-year-old Capitalist filly, has won three of her five starts and finished second last time out. Her other run was an 11th when stepping up to the group 3 Vo Rogue Plate (1300m). She faces another test on Saturday in the ninth, a benchmark 72 handicap for three- and four-year-olds over 1100m. Hoysted rued a poor draw in 17 but was keen for Break Free to gain valuable experience on the road ahead of more campaigns at stakes grade. Andrew Adkins has the ride on the $10 Sportsbet hope. 'It's really good prizemoney and there's obviously not a great deal for her up here now that we're outside of carnival,' Hoysted said of bringing Break Free south. 'She's a promising filly who still just hasn't quite really put it all together yet. 'She had that race parcelled up at Eagle Farm last start and then had a wander and a bit of a look around late, and that probably cost her. She just got nabbed in the last couple of strides, so coming back 100 metres in trip, we want to ride her a touch quieter, and with something to chase, she can be that bit more dynamic. 'She's a filly who's always had nice natural ability and we've had a high opinion of her, and now we're at that stage where she's really honing her skills, we thought the trip away would do her the world of good. I just wish we could have drawn a bit softer. 'This preparation was all about get her rating up while she's still honing her craft, then maybe in another prep's time, if she keeps progressing, she can aim up into some better races.' Hoysted hopes for softer ground for four-year-old Deep Field mare Termagant, which races in the eighth, an 1100m benchmark 88 handicap. She is also third-up but is coming off a failure at home, when eighth in a 1200m benchmark 85. Dylan Gibbons rides the $23 chance from gate 12. Randwick was a soft 6 with the chance of rain on Saturday. 'She was obviously pretty disappointing last start at Eagle Farm,' Hoysted said. 'She nearly jumped favourite that day and she copped a rock-hard track, which we know she doesn't appreciate. She didn't let go at all on that. 'Last prep she was putting it all together, and we think she's one that's still on an upwards trajectory. Maybe down there we'll get a bit more juice in the track, and the big, open spaces of Randwick will suit her.'
