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News.com.au
10-08-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Monday Racebook: Gilbert Gardiner's horses to follow and forgive from The Valley
Herald Sun racing writer Gilbert Gardiner's horses to follow and forgive out of The Valley meeting last Saturday. â– â– â– â– â– ENNA'S DREAM (unplaced, Race 3) Slow into stride proved costly as the field strung out behind a trio of frenetic leaders. The Alex Rae-trained mare worked through her gears late to make ground in a blanket finish for the minor prizes behind smart winner TAKEKO. Stablemate JENNI THE FOX also closed off nicely first-up. Takeko too good! Grahame Begg and Jordan Childs always a formidable combo and they strike in the third at The Valley ðŸ'° @Grahame_Begg @JChilds47 — 7HorseRacing ðŸ�Ž (@7horseracing) August 9, 2025 OAK HILL (1st, Race 4) Whoosh! Oak Hill had them beaten a long way from home in the 1000m Benchmark 100. Dynamite turn of foot going to be hard to hold out in upcoming Valley targets, including the Listed Carlyon Stakes (1000m) and ultimately Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m). The lightly-raced five-year-old has won seven of 14 starts to date but only putting things together now manners wise. Nothing but upside. Oak Hill goes BANG ðŸ'¥ He's becoming a terrific sprinter! Blake Shinn with another pearlerðŸ'Œ @blake_shinn @lindsayparkrace — 7HorseRacing ðŸ�Ž (@7horseracing) August 9, 2025 Matched motors with the super impressive ESHA early but felt the pinch late as condition gave out. Fitter for the run and should be hard to hold out wherever trainer Mark Walker aims the blue blood filly, a daughter of Snitzel out of Group 1-winner Pippie, next. She's well above average! Esha justifies the short quote with a dominant display at The Valley, she's two for two and on the up â� @LaneDamian @shanenicholsrac — 7HorseRacing ðŸ�Ž (@7horseracing) August 9, 2025 BERKELEY SQUARE (unplaced, Race 7) Building nicely towards another win. Only winner RELENTLESS VOYAGER got home better than Berkeley Square last Saturday at The Valley. Three runs under the belt for the campaign and better with each hitout with big weights. RELENTLESS VOYAGER ðŸ'¥ðŸ'¥ The British import swamps them in the Travis Harrison Cup! What an exciting Cups prospect for @cmaherracing and @Austbloodstock ðŸ�† — 7HorseRacing ðŸ�Ž (@7horseracing) August 9, 2025 BUR DUBAI (unplaced, Race 8) Good effort first-up after a long break. Posted wide early and pressed on to travel off the leader. Rolled along nicely in the 1600m pipe-opener but under pressure once sharper opposition quickened approaching the home bend. The emerging stayer, a 2500m winner at The Valley last campaign, stuck on OK and then raced in restricted room late under fatigue. Shoeless is as honest as they come! He wins again as @craig_newitt and @SMathrickracing combine at The Valley ðŸ¤� — 7HorseRacing ðŸ�Ž (@7horseracing) August 9, 2025 â– â– â– â– â– FORGIVE MORNINGTON GLORY (unplaced, Race 4) Better for the run first-up after a long break. The Group 1 Moir Stakes winner tracked the speed last Saturday with the big weight and chopped out of a run at the top of the straight but largely beaten by then. Oak Hill goes BANG ðŸ'¥ He's becoming a terrific sprinter! Blake Shinn with another pearlerðŸ'Œ @blake_shinn @lindsayparkrace — 7HorseRacing ðŸ�Ž (@7horseracing) August 9, 2025 SAYEDATY SADATY (3rd, Race 7) Always vulnerable at 2000m again and around the tight track and situation unfolded accordingly. Sayedaty Sadaty tried hard to build the revs but could not quite bridge gap to leader and eventual runner-up NELLIE LEYLAX. Sayedaty Sadaty should be primed for the Melbourne Cup-qualifying The Archer next month at Flemington. RELENTLESS VOYAGER ðŸ'¥ðŸ'¥ The British import swamps them in the Travis Harrison Cup! What an exciting Cups prospect for @cmaherracing and @Austbloodstock ðŸ�† — 7HorseRacing ðŸ�Ž (@7horseracing) August 9, 2025 â– â– â– â– â– STEWARDS Jockey BLAKE SHINN received a nine-meeting careless riding suspension, from August 17-25, for allowing BACASH to shift in when insufficiently clear of CAVALRY GIRL in Race 6 at The Valley. Trainer SHAWN MATHRICK copped a $500 for failure to record in his treatment diary that The Valley winner SHOELESS received a drip last Thursday.
The Australian
30-07-2025
- Sport
- The Australian
Grahame Begg mare Splash Back chasing another Flemington win in Group 3 Aurie's Star Handicap
Splash Back has delighted trainer Grahame Begg going into the Group 3 Aurie's Star Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday. The reinvented lightly-raced five-year-old mare, now being trained particularly for speed, has won three of four starts since she joined the Begg yard. Splash Back scored arguably the win of the winter season with a barnstorming result at Flemington last start, charging from an impossible position to win a 1400m Benchmark 90. • 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! Begg has freshened up the mare for an early spring campaign, starting in the Aurie's Star – her first look down the straight 'We're delighted the way she's prepped up,' Begg said. 'Certainly going up a grade (to Group 3) and she hasn't been up the straight before but we're very happy with the way she's going.' Apprentice jockey Tom Prebble retained the ride on Splash Back after back-to-back wins at Caulfield and Flemington. Prebble has maintained an association with the mare in recent work outs including a jumpout. 'He hasn't done anything wrong on her so you got to reward him,' Begg said. 'He's come and done the hard yards, ridden her around in between time … and he can ride 54kg.' Splash Back, formerly trained by Andrew Bobbin, opened her account for Begg with a win last year then finished midfield in a 1400m Group 3 at Flemington. The rising six-year-old has thrived in her second preparation with a focus on sharper workouts. 'We got a bit of a handle on her now, changed a few things up as far as the training goes,' Begg said. 'Training her to run over shorter distances … I feel she's more dynamic around the 1400m mark.' • Bigger, stronger' My Gladiola primed for spring Begg flexed spring muscle at the Caulfield jumpouts on Wednesday, with Group 1 winner Magic Time, emerging top class mare Niance and progressive King Zephyr stretching their legs in respective 800m hitouts. Begg welcomed the opportunity to gallop on the grass with turf tracks unavailable at Cranbourne of late due to recent wet weather. 'We've been hamstrung as far as facilities to gallop on grass the last couple of weeks,' Begg said. 'It's very good of the MRC to come to the party and put jumpouts on for the better class horses.' Magic Time will resume in the Group 3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on August 30 before the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) on September 18. Magic Time won the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes in 2023. • Jockey to face tribunal on racehorse ownership charge Niance could also run at Caulfield next month, but more likely go straight to the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) on September 6 at The Valley. Begg has enjoyed a stellar season with 67 Victorian winners at a staggering state-best 27.5 per cent strike rate. The tally includes 33 city triumphs at 26.5 per cent winners to runners. 'One thing you can't eat is stats,' Begg laughed. 'You just got to keep on getting results. We try to place (our horses) where they can win, put them in the right scenario (race, track and conditions). 'Always need luck, whatever you do, but the number one thing is trying to put the horses in the right scenario.' Gilbert Gardiner Sports reporter Gilbert Gardiner is a sports reporter for the Herald Sun and Sunday Herald Sun. @gilbertgardiner Gilbert Gardiner
