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The Age
06-05-2025
- Sport
- The Age
Clear Proof ready to put best foot forward for Thompson
Trainer John Thompson is confident he's finally winning the battle with Clear Proof's feet and is hopeful he can show a return to form at Warwick Farm today. Clear Proof hit the ground running last winter with a debut win and a second in the Listed Rosebud, prompting Thompson to give him a chance in the group 1 Golden Rose. He didn't measure up and was gelded, and after two runs back Thompson said the platform is there this time to perform in the Traffic Warden @ Darley Handicap (1300m). Clear Proof was beaten 5-1/2 lengths by subsequent Hawkesbury Guineas winner Media World but did make some ground to run eighth. 'In his second trial he lost a front plate and he trod on the toe clip,' Thompson said. 'He had a 10 cent piece-sized hole in his foot, so we had to give him a few weeks to get over that 'I thought at Warwick Farm the other day it was right. When we trotted him up at home my rider said he was right but you can't replicate race speed at home. 'Nash said he couldn't give his top gear, he could feel him holding back and couldn't hit the line. In saying that he got a long way back.' A common factor in his first couple of starts was forgiving ground, and he'll get that at Warwick Farm with the track rated well into the soft range. Thompson said he can see no problems with Clear Proof's feet, so there should be no excuses on that front. 'He's had another couple of weeks, the foot is good,' he said. 'It's all healed up, and I've put the blinkers back on, too, so it'll make a big difference.
Sydney Morning Herald
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Clear Proof ready to put best foot forward for Thompson
Trainer John Thompson is confident he's finally winning the battle with Clear Proof's feet and is hopeful he can show a return to form at Warwick Farm today. Clear Proof hit the ground running last winter with a debut win and a second in the Listed Rosebud, prompting Thompson to give him a chance in the group 1 Golden Rose. He didn't measure up and was gelded, and after two runs back Thompson said the platform is there this time to perform in the Traffic Warden @ Darley Handicap (1300m). Clear Proof was beaten 5-1/2 lengths by subsequent Hawkesbury Guineas winner Media World but did make some ground to run eighth. 'In his second trial he lost a front plate and he trod on the toe clip,' Thompson said. 'He had a 10 cent piece-sized hole in his foot, so we had to give him a few weeks to get over that 'I thought at Warwick Farm the other day it was right. When we trotted him up at home my rider said he was right but you can't replicate race speed at home. 'Nash said he couldn't give his top gear, he could feel him holding back and couldn't hit the line. In saying that he got a long way back.' A common factor in his first couple of starts was forgiving ground, and he'll get that at Warwick Farm with the track rated well into the soft range. Thompson said he can see no problems with Clear Proof's feet, so there should be no excuses on that front. 'He's had another couple of weeks, the foot is good,' he said. 'It's all healed up, and I've put the blinkers back on, too, so it'll make a big difference.
News.com.au
04-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Mitch Cohen's Blackbook: Five to follow from Hawkesbury Saturday
News Corp racing expert Mitch Cohen has analysed all the performances from Saturday's Hawkesbury stand-alone meeting and found a few worth following. FIVE TO FOLLOW AERODROME (1st, Race 3) Two wins from two by this promising son of Ole Kirk after his determined victory in the Clarendon Stakes. Stakes tests await in Queensland and he's going to make his presence felt. ✈ï¸� Aerodrome flies to remain unbeaten and take the Clarendon Stakes at @hawkesburyrc! @MFreedmanRacing | @Reganbayliss — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 3, 2025 HEREWARD (2nd, Race 3) Take nothing away from the Aerodrome but this juvenile deserves plenty of credit after leading the field up and sticking on for second on debut over 1400m. He won't be a maiden for long. JUST PARTY (2nd, Race 6) A gelding operation appears to have done the trick with this Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou-trained galloper making an excellent return to just come up short in the Hawkesbury Guineas. He's in for a great prep. ðŸŒ� Media World hangs on in the G3 @hawkesburyrc Guineas and makes it two in a row! @SnowdenRacing1 | @G1TySchil | @YulongInvest — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 3, 2025 Burst through closer to the inside before getting gunned down by a race fit horse in Dragonstone with In Flight close up as well. It was a more than acceptable return and bodes well for the prep ahead over the winter months. HOLLYWOOD HERO (4th, Race 10) It was a race dominated by on-speed runners but he ran on well enough fresh from a break to just miss the placings. He's not a noted first-up performer so he looks set for a fruitful campaign. A great battle between Cool Jakey and Gallant Star in the last at @hawkesburyrc, with Cool Jakey the winner - giving @PrideRacing a treble and Adam Hyeronimus a double! — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 3, 2025 â– â– â– â– â– STEWARDS SAY Starboard (Race 1): Hung in throughout the event and proved difficult to ride. A post-race veterinary examination did not reveal any abnormalities apart from losing its off-fore plate during running. Damien (Race 3): Did not respond to his riding and was disappointing in the manner in which it closed off the race. A post-race veterinary examination did not reveal any abnormalities. Coco Jamboo (Race 7): A power malfunction of the barriers delayed the start significantly and the mare was ultimately flat-footed when they jumped, losing five lengths. Stewards placed a warning on her barrier manners. Celui (Race 9): Was found to have bled for the first time and is now banned from racing for three months. Fire Star (Race 9): Did not handle the Heavy track and was further disadvantaged by being obliged to race close to the rail in the home straight. No abnormalities were found but his post-race condition will be followed up. â– â– â– â– â– THE CLOCK SAID Aerodrome (Race 3): Trailed pacesetter Hereward in the run and did his best work late to overpower the David Payne-trained galloper. Aerodrome's last 600m was 34.86 seconds with runner-up Hereward in 35.22. Able Willie (Race 4): Only had one runner behind him at the 600m before surging home to win. He was the only horse to break 34 in the race, surging home with a last 600m of 33.75 seconds. Willing and able! Able Willie wins first up for @cwallerracing and @nashhot ðŸ'� @hawkesburyrc — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 3, 2025 Media World (race 6): Was able to control the speed from the front in the Hawkesbury Guineas before holding on with a last 600m of 34.81 seconds. Runner-up Just Party ran the same distance in a faster 34.06 but couldn't run him down. City Of Lights (race 7): Camped in behind the leaders, this mare surged home in the Hawkesbury Crown with a last 600m of 33.32. Defending champ Coco Jamboo missed the start before finishing off in a race-best 33.13. â– â– â– â– â– TRACK TALK 'I have never had a horse with a pedigree like hers. It's a pedigree made in heaven, a half-sister to Winx by one of the best stallions (Deep Impact) to stand on the planet.' Joe Pride on City Of Lights. 'We were very tempted to geld him but Yulong wanted to give me one more chance with him as a colt and I'm glad they did.' Peter Snowden on Media World. 'I'm hoping he could emerge as a Stradbroke Handicap – he's heading in the right direction, that's for sure.' Snowden again. 'I could hardly pull him up after the post. He has a bright future.'' Regan Bayliss on Aerodrome. 'I will see how he pulls up but all going well we will look at Brisbane now for Aerodrome.' Michael Freedman. 'You could expect him to half not want to be here but he was better than last week.'' Nash Rawiller after Punch Lane 's latest win. Punch Lane leads all the way in the G3 @hawkesburyrc Gold Cup and wins in style!ðŸ�† That's also a double to @nashhot ðŸ'° @FreedmanRacing — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 3, 2025 â– â– â– â– â– YOU CAN BET ON IT Hawkesbury Crown City Of Lights was well supported and got backed into $6 after opening at $11. There was winning $2000 wager at $5.50 placed. Hawkesbury Gold Cup All the money was for Punch Lane and the favourite saluted at $2.30 with a weight of dough behind it. Big wins included a $10,000 bet on the winner at $2.30 and a separate $9000 wager placed at $2.20. Hawkesbury Gold Rush Dragonstone was on the fourth line of TAB betting but had drifted out from $6 to $7.50 by the time it saluted. One TAB punter had $2000 each-way on the winner at $5/$1.85. â– â– â– â– â– THE SCHEDULE Monday: Grafton, Gunnedah Tuesday: Kembla Grange Wednesday: Warwick Farm Thursday: Goulburn, Wyong Friday: Coffs Harbour Saturday: Kembla Grange, Gosford, Lismore, Glen Innes Sunday: Mudgee, Queanbeyan â– â– â– â– â– RON DUFFICY'S HAWKESBURY SNAPSHOT RUN OF THE DAY Punch Lane has had a real crack doing it both ends winning over the past three weeks in a row. He is in rare form and is a credit to his trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman. FORGET THEY RAN No dramatic hard luck stories on the day although I'd be forgiving of horses that got back and had to make their run out wide while the well fancied Celui bled which explains his failure. THE BLACKBOOK Aerodrome is a lovely two-year-old that could well be a force during the Queensland Winter Carnival while Just Party was terrific first-up as a gelding and might be ready to go through his grades this campaign. Nash Rawiller did it best with a riding double and two close seconds.
Sydney Morning Herald
04-05-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Blue-blood mare leads way in stakes double for Pride at Hawkesbury
Dragonstone gave Pride a stakes double when he edged out stablemate In Flight in the listed Gold Rush (1100m). Cool Jakey made it a treble overall when he led all the way in the last. FREEDMAN WEIGHS UP OPTIONS Trainer Anthony Freedman said Punch Lane may race on to the Queensland winter carnival after sealing a place in the $3 million Big Dance (1600m) in November at Randwick with victory in the Hawkesbury Gold Cup (1600m). Racing for a third consecutive Saturday, Punch Lane repeated his front-running effort from last week at Randwick, when he dominated the benchmark 100 handicap (1500m) by four lengths on soft going. Again under Nash Rawiller, Punch Lane led on Saturday before kicking clear in the straight as the $2.30 favourite. He finished one-and-a-quarter lengths ahead of Osipenko. It gave Rawiller a double on the day after earlier winning on Able Willie for Chris Waller in a benchmark 78 (1100m). 'He's tough as nails and it's been a great training effort,' Rawiller said. 'Three weeks in a row, not many can do that, and he's come here today and first out of the gates and first into the bridle ... he was better than last time.' COLT DELIVERS HEADLINE WIN Randwick trainer Paul Snowden was eyeing the Fred Best Classic and a potential shot at the group 1 Stradbroke Handicap in Queensland with Media World after the decision not to geld the $1.4 million buy paid off in the group 3 Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m). The Written Tycoon colt, a Yulong purchase at the 2023 Inglis Easter Sale, led the $250,000 race under Tyler Schiller and looked to have kicked away late before Just Party launched in the final 100m. Media World held on by a half-head to hand Snowden a fifth Hawkesbury Guineas. The win followed a first-up midweek victory at Warwick Farm. Media World's only other win in 10 starts came a year ago in the 2YO Clarendon Stakes at Hawkesbury. 'It's been a good ride with him. He's been a nice horse all the way through and it was a good result today,' Snowden said. 'I think he's come back a better horse. We were very tempted to geld him, but Yulong wanted to give him one more chance as a colt and I'm glad they did. He's paid dividends. He's won a group race and hopefully he can go on to Brisbane and do something else. 'He'll go to the Fred Best and, if he runs well in that, I definitely will think about [the Stradbroke].' It was also an exciting win for prominent owners Frank and Christine Cook, who bred the horse then bought back into him after Yulong's purchase. The victory capped a good day for the Snowden family, after Peter's son and former training partner, Paul, had his first win since going out on his own when Lunaite powered to a four-length victory at Newcastle. GROUP 1 ON RADAR FOR AERODROME Randwick trainer Michael Freedman was looking to the Queensland winter carnival with Aerodrome after he continued his stable's stellar season with two-year-olds on Saturday at Hawkesbury. A $2.10 favourite in the 2YO Clarendon Stakes (1400m) after winning his debut at Warwick Farm over 1200m, Aerodrome raced outside David Payne-trained Hereward before wearing it down late to win by three quarters of a length for Freedman, who won the Golden Slipper with Marhoona. The group 1 JJ Atkins over 1600m at Eagle Farm on June 14 was now a target for Aerodrome. Jockey Regan Bayliss said the Ole Kirk gelding would have no trouble running out a strong mile. Aerodrome was into an equal $6 favourite with Sportsbet for the JJ Atkins. The May 31 group 2 BRC Sires Produce Stakes (1400m), also a $1 million race at Eagle Farm, was another likely goal. NOCK RIDES INTO THE LEAD Braith Nock powered to the lead of the Sydney apprentices' premiership with an early double at Hawkesbury on Saturday. The Scone-based former professional bull rider went to 23 city wins for the season, one ahead of Molly Bourke, with victories on Jason Deamer-trained Jumeirah Beach ($6) in the Midway Handicap and Matt Dale-prepared favourite Canadian Ruler ($4.40) in the Highway Handicap. Nock saved ground on both horses, finding a late split on Jumeirah Beach to score a narrow win before coming down the inside to hit the front on Canadian Ruler at the 200m on the way to a half-length success. 'It's good,' Nock said of leading the apprentices' race. 'I think most of my rides today are right up there.' Nock picked up a two-meeting suspension from his ride on Jumeirah Beach. Former title leader Zac Wadick later went to 20 wins with victory on John O'Shea and Tom Charlton-trained Jamberoo, which survived a late surge from Nash Rawiller-ridden Quantum Cat then a protest from the runner-up.
The Age
03-05-2025
- Sport
- The Age
Blue-blood mare leads way in stakes double for Pride at Hawkesbury
Dragonstone gave Pride a stakes double when he edged out stablemate In Flight in the listed Gold Rush (1100m). Cool Jakey made it a treble overall when he led all the way in the last. FREEDMAN WEIGHS UP OPTIONS Trainer Anthony Freedman said Punch Lane may race on to the Queensland winter carnival after sealing a place in the $3 million Big Dance (1600m) in November at Randwick with victory in the Hawkesbury Gold Cup (1600m). Racing for a third consecutive Saturday, Punch Lane repeated his front-running effort from last week at Randwick, when he dominated the benchmark 100 handicap (1500m) by four lengths on soft going. Again under Nash Rawiller, Punch Lane led on Saturday before kicking clear in the straight as the $2.30 favourite. He finished one-and-a-quarter lengths ahead of Osipenko. It gave Rawiller a double on the day after earlier winning on Able Willie for Chris Waller in a benchmark 78 (1100m). 'He's tough as nails and it's been a great training effort,' Rawiller said. 'Three weeks in a row, not many can do that, and he's come here today and first out of the gates and first into the bridle ... he was better than last time.' COLT DELIVERS HEADLINE WIN Randwick trainer Paul Snowden was eyeing the Fred Best Classic and a potential shot at the group 1 Stradbroke Handicap in Queensland with Media World after the decision not to geld the $1.4 million buy paid off in the group 3 Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m). The Written Tycoon colt, a Yulong purchase at the 2023 Inglis Easter Sale, led the $250,000 race under Tyler Schiller and looked to have kicked away late before Just Party launched in the final 100m. Media World held on by a half-head to hand Snowden a fifth Hawkesbury Guineas. The win followed a first-up midweek victory at Warwick Farm. Media World's only other win in 10 starts came a year ago in the 2YO Clarendon Stakes at Hawkesbury. 'It's been a good ride with him. He's been a nice horse all the way through and it was a good result today,' Snowden said. 'I think he's come back a better horse. We were very tempted to geld him, but Yulong wanted to give him one more chance as a colt and I'm glad they did. He's paid dividends. He's won a group race and hopefully he can go on to Brisbane and do something else. 'He'll go to the Fred Best and, if he runs well in that, I definitely will think about [the Stradbroke].' It was also an exciting win for prominent owners Frank and Christine Cook, who bred the horse then bought back into him after Yulong's purchase. The victory capped a good day for the Snowden family, after Peter's son and former training partner, Paul, had his first win since going out on his own when Lunaite powered to a four-length victory at Newcastle. GROUP 1 ON RADAR FOR AERODROME Randwick trainer Michael Freedman was looking to the Queensland winter carnival with Aerodrome after he continued his stable's stellar season with two-year-olds on Saturday at Hawkesbury. A $2.10 favourite in the 2YO Clarendon Stakes (1400m) after winning his debut at Warwick Farm over 1200m, Aerodrome raced outside David Payne-trained Hereward before wearing it down late to win by three quarters of a length for Freedman, who won the Golden Slipper with Marhoona. The group 1 JJ Atkins over 1600m at Eagle Farm on June 14 was now a target for Aerodrome. Jockey Regan Bayliss said the Ole Kirk gelding would have no trouble running out a strong mile. Aerodrome was into an equal $6 favourite with Sportsbet for the JJ Atkins. The May 31 group 2 BRC Sires Produce Stakes (1400m), also a $1 million race at Eagle Farm, was another likely goal. NOCK RIDES INTO THE LEAD Braith Nock powered to the lead of the Sydney apprentices' premiership with an early double at Hawkesbury on Saturday. The Scone-based former professional bull rider went to 23 city wins for the season, one ahead of Molly Bourke, with victories on Jason Deamer-trained Jumeirah Beach ($6) in the Midway Handicap and Matt Dale-prepared favourite Canadian Ruler ($4.40) in the Highway Handicap. Nock saved ground on both horses, finding a late split on Jumeirah Beach to score a narrow win before coming down the inside to hit the front on Canadian Ruler at the 200m on the way to a half-length success. 'It's good,' Nock said of leading the apprentices' race. 'I think most of my rides today are right up there.' Nock picked up a two-meeting suspension from his ride on Jumeirah Beach. Former title leader Zac Wadick later went to 20 wins with victory on John O'Shea and Tom Charlton-trained Jamberoo, which survived a late surge from Nash Rawiller-ridden Quantum Cat then a protest from the runner-up.
