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Herald Sun
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Herald Sun
2025 Denise's Joy Stakes: David Payne saddles up Shohisha
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Shohisha, a winner of two of her five starts, went for a short break after finishing fifth in the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes back in February. It was a race that won by boom filly Lady Shenandoah with 2024 Golden Slipper winner Lady Of Camelot and subsequent stakes winners Lilac and Lazzura all finishing around her. • 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 thought why are we chasing our tail with those top fillies, we can't beat them,' Payne said. 'So we thought we'd rather give her a spell and give her a crack out of season. 'Her form looks good now. 'If she shapes up, we can have a look at those Group races for fillies up in Queensland.' Shohisha is set to be one of the leading chances in the Denise's Joy with Tom Sherry booked to ride. Payne has given her a tick off trial and the Rosehill conditioner expects it will have Shohisha ready to fire first-up from a break. 'She could have won that tick over trial if she had to,' Payne said. 'I was very happy with that trial so she is going really well.' Payne will have runners on both cards of the two-day carnival with unraced gelding Cosmonaut set to debut in the $200,000 Inglis Challenge (1100m) on Friday. Cosmonaut is a son of Cosmic Force and was a modest $17,000 purchase at last year's Inglis HTBA Yearling Sale. He has been given three trials over two preparation to tune up for his first start, finishing 4th in his most recent hit out over 1050m at Rosehill Gardens. 'It's good money, I don't know if he is good enough for it at this stage but you have to take a chance,' Payne said. 'We will see how he goes and assess him afterwards. 'It wasn't a bad trial. I don't think it's the hardest field so we will run him there and see how he goes.' Originally published as Trainer David Payne eager to avoid the top guns with promising filly Shohisha in the Denise's Joy Stakes
Daily Telegraph
24-04-2025
- Sport
- Daily Telegraph
‘Hard to get your head around': Kembla track record holder comes to town
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Exciting sprinter Sunrise will earn herself a crack at black type if she back up an explosive first-up performance at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The Mitch Beer-trained filly broke the 1000m track record at Kembla Grange with a scintillating all the way win on her home course last month. She is a $2.90 chance to replicate the performance in the Midway Benchmark 72 Handicap (1100m). • 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! Beer also accepted in the Listed $160,000 Mick Dittman Plate (1000m) at Eagle Farm but was elected to wait until another day to test in Sunrise in stakes company. 'If she had have drawn well, she would have gone to Queensland but it was just the barrier that swayed us,' Beer said. 'I think a three-year-old filly coming out of a Class 1 going to a Midway doesn't scream (early) $2.50 favourite but I think she is probably lucky to find a well suited Midway for her. 'If she can run well, we will go to Scone (Denise's Joy) with her because she is only three for a little while longer.' Sunrise started her career in New Zealand and is now in her second preparation with Beer. • Randwick Turf Talk for Saturday: 'I really can't believe the price' Her first-up form has been franked with runner-up Quartz Legend, which finished 7-1/4 lengths behind Sunrise, winning his next start at the same track and trip. The performance came as no surprise but Beer is wary not to get carried away with the form. 'I don't think she beat much the other day at Kembla and that probably made the form read a little bit better than what it looks,' he said. 'I think the best thing to take out of the race was the time. 'She ran a track record on a soft 5, which is pretty hard to get your head around. 'But it was a really good win and it was no surprise because she trialled extraordinarily well at Goulburn.' Rachel King pilots Sunrise from barrier one. Originally published as Trainer Mitch Beer is aiming to get black type for Kembla track record holder Sunrise
News.com.au
24-04-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Trainer Mitch Beer is aiming to get black type for Kembla track record holder Sunrise
Exciting sprinter Sunrise will earn herself a crack at black type if she back up an explosive first-up performance at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The Mitch Beer -trained filly broke the 1000m track record at Kembla Grange with a scintillating all the way win on her home course last month. She is a $2.90 chance to replicate the performance in the Midway Benchmark 72 Handicap (1100m). Beer also accepted in the Listed $160,000 Mick Dittman Plate (1000m) at Eagle Farm but was elected to wait until another day to test in Sunrise in stakes company. 'If she had have drawn well, she would have gone to Queensland but it was just the barrier that swayed us,' Beer said. 'I think a three-year-old filly coming out of a Class 1 going to a Midway doesn't scream (early) $2.50 favourite but I think she is probably lucky to find a well suited Midway for her. 'If she can run well, we will go to Scone (Denise's Joy) with her because she is only three for a little while longer.' Sunrise started her career in New Zealand and is now in her second preparation with Beer. Woweee SUNRISE bolts in by 7 & sets a new 1000m track record!! ðŸ'¥ðŸ'¥ Well done @RacingJJJ Well found from the @mmsnippets broodmare sale for just 40k — mitchellbeer (@beermitchell) March 22, 2025 • Randwick Turf Talk for Saturday: 'I really can't believe the price' Her first-up form has been franked with runner-up Quartz Legend, which finished 7-1/4 lengths behind Sunrise, winning his next start at the same track and trip. The performance came as no surprise but Beer is wary not to get carried away with the form. 'I don't think she beat much the other day at Kembla and that probably made the form read a little bit better than what it looks,' he said. 'I think the best thing to take out of the race was the time. 'She ran a track record on a soft 5, which is pretty hard to get your head around. 'But it was a really good win and it was no surprise because she trialled extraordinarily well at Goulburn.'
