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West Australian
23-06-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
Final Siren sounds out warning to winter sprint rivals with speedy showing at Monday's Belmont trials
Flying sprinter Final Siren sounded out a warning to his winter sprint rivals with a narrow but stylish 1000m success at Monday's Belmont trials. On the rail and immediately tagging speedster Puli, Lucy Fiore had Final Siren in a comfortable rhythm and ready to strike when a gap appeared at the 500m. With Puli - last season's Beaufine Stakes winner - leaning off the fence, Fiore fired the four-year-old up the 'sprint lane' to race within a half-length off the pacesetter on straightening. With 200m remaining, the son of I'm All The Talk wrested the ascendancy away while Ghost Who Walks, who had traveled alongside Final Siren through the contest, began to let down. Despite a late lunge from the 1000m specialist, Rebecca Bayliss' charge had enough to spare and scored by a half-head. 'I was very happy with it. You always go into it thinking, 'have I got him right?'' Bayliss said. 'He probably needed it, but he's pulled up well. He'll get a lot of benefit and take a lot of confidence from it.' Beginning his career in Albany with Bayliss, Final Siren was a noted speedball who would run his short-course races at a breakneck speed upfront. But with maturity, he has shown the versatility to win from behind. 'A couple of times he missed the start, and it was always talked about that he had to lead to win,' Bayliss said. 'It happened one day, and he still won, which showed that he has more strings to his bow and that we can settle him. When you lead all the time, you become a sitting duck. 'He continued stepping up in distance and racing well. It's hard to say what his best distance is. 'He raced well over the 1400m, and we were going to go one run after the (Bunbury) Stakes and have a go at the 1600m. 'But we were just concerned that he would run himself into the ground trying to settle him over the longer trip.' Bayliss has penned down Pinjarra's Beaufine Stakes (1000m) as the first port of call for Final Siren on July 5 followed by the H G Bolton Sprint (1200m) a fortnight later. The Bolton Sprint will be held at the gelding's new home track of Bunbury, with Bayliss shifting to Capel four months ago to what was formerly the De Campo pacing residency. 'It's been an adjustment. I've lived in Albany my whole life and we've had a few hiccups and a virus go through our stable since we moved but it looks like things are starting to turn around,' Bayliss said. 'Location wise, it's perfect. I still go to the track a couple of times a week and Forrest Beach has been brilliant, although it's been out of service in winter. 'We've got a soft-sand track and can still swim them as well.'
West Australian
03-06-2025
- Business
- West Australian
History repeats at Lark Hill trials as star mare Clairvoyance's little brother excites in 400m hit-out
Memories of speed machine Clairvoyance were reignited at Tuesday's Lark Hill trials with her half-brother, Dance On Son, appearing to have inherited plenty of his big sister's ability. Having his first public appearance, the son of Snippetson lazed in the barriers and missed the kick by more than a length. This gave his rivals a useful advantage over the 400m dash, including Ryan Hill's London's Rascal who raced to an early lead. But after being at least two lengths behind London's Rascal, Dance On Son was encouraged into stride by Jessica Valas and the imposing colt began to gain momentum. 200m in, the bay's big traction engine had hit top gear and now under his own steam, he breezed alongside the pacesetter to capture the front. With a sense of authority, Dance On Son eased away from two-start veteran London's Rascal to score by a length in a time of 24.34 seconds. It was clearly quicker than the other two-year-old 400m heat on the morning and equalled the run of four-time-winning three-year-old This'll Show Ya in the following trial. It was a similar effort to older sibling Clairvoyance's first trial as a two-year-old when she was also slowly into action over 400m but hit the line with gusto. Clairvoyance won her only race start as a two-year-old before banging home her initial three-year-old outings by five lengths each. Despite her career being curtailed by problems, the daughter of Nostradamus sparkled racing fans through wins at 7 of just 11 starts and amassed $530,000 in prizemoney. After running her last race in March 2022, she was sold for $330,000 in July 2023 and is now owned by local breeding powerhouse Peters Investments. Dance On Son was offered for sale comparatively cheaply at the 2024 Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale where he was passed in at $32,500 and failed to meet his $40,000 reserve. Darren McAuliffe, who prepared Clairvoyance through her career, trains Dance On Son and also produced earlier victor Cape Leeuwin. After brushing with Buster Biff - the half-brother to ill-fated 2023 Perth Cup winner Buster Bash – upon barrier exit, Cape Leeuwin balanced up to share the lead with stablemate Reconnaissance. The two went together for the duration of the hit-out and under slightly more pressure, the baldy nose of Cape Leeuwin chinned Reconnaissance on the post. It was the son of I'm All The Talk's third trial after scoring a 600m Pinjarra Scarpside trial on January 28 this year before finishing runner-up to Playin'it Sweet in a 400m heat on the Bunbury fibresand circuit. Playin'it Sweet has since gone on to run consecutive thirds in metropolitan-class two-year-old events in the last month. + After breathtaking wins over the last two weeks, untapped chaser West On Sidney heads nominations for Saturday's Winter Cup (520m) series at Cannington.
