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Jimmy Recard comes out on top after tough battle in Group 3 Vain Stakes at Caulfield
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'J.R., Jimmy Recard. Raise your glass for the king of the bar.'
Art again proved prophetic after Jimmy Recard's latest win in Saturday's Group 3 Vain Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield.
Jimmy Recard, named after a 2008 song by Perth hip hop artist Drapht, gave his large band of owners a third opportunity to celebrate a win when he denied Tycoon Star in a physical finish to the Vain Stakes.
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Tycoon Star looked set to post a first-up win when he got into the clear early in the straight but laid in over the last 200m while Jamie Melham drove Jimmy Recard along the inside section of the track.
Tycoon Star bumped Jimmy Recard but the Ciaron Maher-trained colt had a half-head to spare on the line, posting his third win in four starts.
'I just think he's improving every time he runs,' Maher said of the Bennett Racing-syndicated three-year-old.
'We had notions of taking him for a stakes race in Adelaide but we thought we'd reset for the spring.
'He's certainly started the spring the right way.'
Maher combined with Bennett Racing to race Southport Tycoon, who won two Group 1 races before heading to stand at Widden Stud.
Maher hoped Jimmy Recard could improve sufficiently to follow Southport Tycoon to stud.
'I was at the stallion parades for Southport Tycoon yesterday when Widden were introducing him. Hopefully this can be the next one,' Maher said.
'He's certainly a very well-bred colt and he's a great type.
'He's got a bright future.'
Tycoon Star's jockey Mark Zahra said the Lindsay Park-trained colt had his opportunity to win at his first start since the Group 1 Golden Slipper.
'He was going to win but he was first-up and the winner's come along the fence where nothing has come all day,' Zahra said.
'He was strong enough to the line but I think he had his chance, he's still green though.'
R5
Caulfield
(VIC)
1100m
Prize: $200,000
Soft 6 View Form
1st
5. Jimmy Recard
(1)
T: Ciaron Maher
J: Jamie Melham
Margin
-
W
SP
$3.6
STAB
$3.5
NSWTAB
$3.5
QLDTAB
$3.5
SB
$3.4
2nd
1. Tycoon Star
(2)
T: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes
J: Mark Zahra
Margin
0.25L
W
SP
$5
STAB
$5
NSWTAB
$5
QLDTAB
$5
SB
$5.5
3rd
7. Express Class
(4)
T: Gerard Moloney
J: Patrick Moloney
Margin
1.75L
W
SP
$13
STAB
$12
NSWTAB
$12
QLDTAB
$12
SB
$13
4th
6. Sonofkirk
(7)
T: A & S Freedman
J: Jye McNeil
Margin
1.77L
W
SP
$5.5
STAB
$6
NSWTAB
$6
QLDTAB
$6
SB
$6
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Originally published as Jimmy Recard comes out on top after tough battle in Group 3 Vain Stakes at Caulfield
