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News.com.au
3 days ago
- Business
- News.com.au
‘What about the Kingsford Smith Cup horses?': Trainer Joe Pride disappointed Group 1 not rescheduled to Wednesday
Trainer Joe Pride admitted he was 'disappointed' the Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup wasn't rescheduled for midweek before ruling his elite sprinter out of the $1 million Eagle Farm race on Saturday. The Kingsford Smith Cup and Queensland Derby were added to the Oaks Day program at Eagle Farm after heavy rain last Saturday resulted in the final five races being washed out. But Pride questioned why only the Group 3 Fred Best Classic was moved to the Doomben meeting on Wednesday and not the Kingsford Smith Cup, too. Pride said Private Eye 's preparation would be compromised if the gelding ran first-up in Saturday's Kingsford Smith Cup and then the Group 1 $3 million Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm on June 14. 'I'm not going to run Private Eye in the Kingsford Smith Cup and then back up a week later in the Stradbroke Handicap,'' Pride said. 'I don't want to give him a compromised preparation and have a half-hearted go at two Group 1 races. 'I'm disappointed he has to miss the Kingsford Smith Cup but this way we can give him his best chance in the Stradbroke.'' Pride revealed Private Eye returned to Sydney over the weekend as the gelding preferred his training and stable routine at Warwick Farm. 'We will trial Private Eye on Friday at Rosehill and that will give him four barrier trials before his first-up run so I'm not worried about his fitness,'' Pride said. Private Eye will bypass the Kingsford Smith @EagleFarmRacing this Saturday to concentrate on the Stradbroke with @nashhot on board @ProvenTbreds star is in great shape and will trial this Friday — Pride Racing (@PrideRacing) June 1, 2025 'But I feel they could have run the Kingsford Smith Cup on Wednesday. They have added the Fred Best Classic to the Doomben meeting to give the three-year-olds their best chance of getting to the Stradbroke. 'But that is only for one horse (Fred Best Classic winner) so what about all the Kingsford Smith Cup horses?' Joliestar 's owner Brendan Lindsay has already suggested his brilliant mare was likely to go for a spell after the Kingsford Smith Cup and not stay in training for the Stradbroke. This is more to do with giving Joliestar a long enough break before the spring carnival comes around rather than having to race her twice in seven days. 'I think she's 50-50 for the 'Straddie', I don't think she'll carry on,'' Lindsay said
News.com.au
5 days ago
- Business
- News.com.au
Private Eye's little brother King's Secret proves his mettle with a stellar performance at Rosehill Gardens
King's Secret, the younger half-brother to top galloper Private Eye, has started his career in a similar winning vein to his illustrious sibling. Like Private Eye, King's Secret is trained by Joe Pride and he scored his maiden city win in the Toyota Forklifts 3&4YO Benchmark 72 Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. While King's Secret took five starts to win in the metropolitan arena, Private Eye did it at start four but he too won his first Saturday city race in his fifth trip to the races. • King's Secret, a three-year-old son of Shalaa (IRE), relished a strongly run race with Power Of The Brave highballing out in front before King's Secret got down to business in the straight, skipping across the heavy surface to score in impressive fashion. 'He travelled sweetly a couple of horses back from the lead and he's really starting to get more professional with every run,' winning jockey Andrew Adkins said. 'He switched right on today, showed good speed, travelled the whole way and when I asked for him, there was plenty there. 'He showed a good turn of foot so that's nice to know that he can handle a wet track like that. It's opens more doors going forward.' King's Secret ($8.50) defeated Codetta ($5.50) by three-quarters-of-a-length with the same margin back to Ellipsis ($4.80) in third. Pride said the win has made him 'have a rethink' initially indicating a spell was most likely for King's Secret but the ease of the win combined with the gelding's ability to handle rain affected ground on the eve of winter has the trainer hedging his bets. It's no secret that King's Secret has a bright future! ðŸ'' He wins at Rosehill for @PrideRacing and Andrew Adkins! @aus_turf_club | @ProvenTbreds â€' SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 31, 2025 • Zebra Finch eyes JJ Atkins glory after Rosehill triumph 'I think we'll get him home and make that decision after we see how he comes through the run,' Pride said. 'Either way he's a nice horse going forward so we'll what's best by the horse but it's good to know he's effective on wet tracks.' The $3.80 favourite, Don't Forget Jack blew his chances at the start, sitting down in the barriers as the starter let them go, missing the jump before finishing ninth. King's Secret is the third horse out of the mare Confidential Queen that Pride has trained and the three-year-old's younger sister Confidentiality is showing early signs of following in her older siblings footsteps. 'She's been a really good mare (Confidential Queen) to our stable,' Pride said. 'The first one I got was a horse called Royal Witness, he won $400,000, Private Eye speaks for himself and now King's Secret is doing everything right and looks to have a bright future. 'I just sent their sister Confidentiality to the paddock after a couple of trials and I really like her too.'
The Australian
26-05-2025
- Sport
- The Australian
2025 Kingsford Smith Cup: Private Eye thrills trainer Joe Pride
Trainer Joe Pride maintains Private Eye is 'going as well as ever' after the $11.9 million prizemoney earner cruised through a crucial barrier trial at Warwick Farm on Monday. Private Eye, who was trialling without blinkers, was kept wide and under a tight hold by jockey Nash Rawiller as he finished fifth behind Glenbower in his 800m heat. Pride was using the Warwick Farm hitout – the gelding's third barrier trial this preparation – to ready his evergreen sprinter for a comeback in Saturday's Group 1 $1 million Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m) at Eagle Farm. • 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! 'Private Eye is going super and was only out to have a quiet trial,'' Pride said. 'He is thriving. I said to Jamie (Walter, part-owner) the other day, 'I'm going to say something outlandish here but I think he is going better than he has ever gone'. 'I realise that is a stupid statement to make about a horse of his age but Nash came in after riding him and said something similar. 'Private Eye's an amazing horse, he has more than done his job, but to still have him around at his age is great – and he's not around to make up the numbers, he is going really well.'' In early TAB Fixed Odds betting for the Kingsford Smith Cup, Private Eye is at $11 behind brilliant mare Joliestar at $3.50. • Richard Callander: C'mon Queenslanders, settle down about Antino in the Cox Plate Private Eye hasn't raced since finishing fourth to the Bjorn Baker-trained Robusto in the Group 2 The Ingham last December but he does have a very good first-up record and Pride has specifically prepared the sprinter for Saturday's race. Robusto, who was in career-best form last summer with his win in The Ingham and second placings in the Festival Stakes (to Private Eye), The Buffering and The Lakes, impressed winning the first heat over 1208m of the Warwick Farm trials session by nearly three lengths.
News.com.au
26-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
‘He's going better than he's ever gone': Private Eye thrills trainer Joe Pride ahead of 2025 Kingsford Smith Cup at Eagle Farm
Trainer Joe Pride maintains Private Eye is 'going as well as ever' after the $11.9 million prizemoney earner cruised through a crucial barrier trial at Warwick Farm on Monday. Private Eye, who was trialling without blinkers, was kept wide and under a tight hold by jockey Nash Rawiller as he finished fifth behind Glenbower in his 800m heat. Pride was using the Warwick Farm hitout – the gelding's third barrier trial this preparation – to ready his evergreen sprinter for a comeback in Saturday's Group 1 $1 million Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m) at Eagle Farm. 'Private Eye is going super and was only out to have a quiet trial,'' Pride said. 'He is thriving. I said to Jamie (Walter, part-owner) the other day, 'I'm going to say something outlandish here but I think he is going better than he has ever gone'. 'I realise that is a stupid statement to make about a horse of his age but Nash came in after riding him and said something similar. 'Private Eye's an amazing horse, he has more than done his job, but to still have him around at his age is great – and he's not around to make up the numbers, he is going really well.'' In early TAB Fixed Odds betting for the Kingsford Smith Cup, Private Eye is at $11 behind brilliant mare Joliestar at $3.50. Private Eye hasn't raced since finishing fourth to the Bjorn Baker -trained Robusto in the Group 2 The Ingham last December but he does have a very good first-up record and Pride has specifically prepared the sprinter for Saturday's race. Robusto, who was in career-best form last summer with his win in The Ingham and second placings in the Festival Stakes (to Private Eye), The Buffering and The Lakes, impressed winning the first heat over 1208m of the Warwick Farm trials session by nearly three lengths.
News.com.au
24-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Joe Pride-trained sprinter Storm The Ramparts laps up heavy conditions in Randwick victory
Storm The Ramparts enhanced his reputation as a superior mudlark with his all-the-way win at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Top jockey Adam Hyeronimus produced another tactically perfect frontrunning ride on Storm The Ramparts in the Taylor Construction Handicap (1000m) to complement his earlier winning effort on unbeaten two-year-old filly Agarwood. For trainer Joe Pride, it was more a case of maximising what was a gilt-edged opportunity for Storm The Ramparts given the heavy track conditions. • 'This horse is a very good wet-tracker, that was the big ace up his sleeve today,'' Pride said. 'I was pleasantly surprised to get here to see how wet the track was and the times they were running as it gave Storm The Ramparts his chance to win. 'With a horse like him, we have got to take advantage of these opportunities because they might only get one or two each preparation. 'We probably won't get a track this wet again for him this campaign but we will keep chasing the wet tracks with him.'' Storm The Ramparts leads from start to finish and wins at Randwick! ðŸ'Œ Hippo gets his double! ✌ï¸� @PrideRacing — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 24, 2025 Storm The Ramparts ($7.50) held off the late charge of Grand Larceny ($5) to win by a neck with Hi Dubai ($8.50) a half-length away third. Winning Proposal was backed into $4.20 favouritism but after going wide on the turn, she failed to run on as well as expected and laboured to finish only seventh, beaten about four lengths. The winner stopped the clock at 1m 01.33s which was nearly six seconds outside the course record set by another Pride sprinter, Eduardo, and reflective of the extremely heavy track conditions. There was also more than 16 lengths between Storm The Ramparts and the last-placed finisher, Big Me, which is a huge disparity in a 1000m race but also an indication of the testing track surface. Storm The Ramparts is a half-brother to stablemate Dragonstone, a last-start winner of the Listed Hawkesbury Rush. Although Storm The Ramparts might not be quite as good as his older sibling, the four-year-old is proving a great moneyspinner and is building a good race record. Storm The Ramparts scored his third career win (and eight minor placings) from just 14 starts and took his overall prizemoney to nearly $300,000 – a considerable return on the $85,000 connections paid to purchase the horse at the 2022 Magic Millions Yearling Sale. Pride was also more than satisfied with the closing effort of Testator Silens to finish sixth, beaten just over two lengths by Storm The Ramparts. 'Testsator Silens has run really well and he will be back here at Randwick for a 1300m race in two weeks,'' Pride said.
