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Sydney Morning Herald
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Written In Code primed for valuable farewell in Dark Jewel Classic
Trainers Annabel and Rob Archibald are counting on the spacious, typically even Scone track to give Written In Code every chance to add valuable black type to her CV on Saturday in the group 3 Dark Jewel Classic (1400m) before heading to the sales ring. The five-year-old I Am Invincible mare, a $4.60 Sportsbet favourite for the feature race on Scone's annual standalone program, is set to go to the Magic Millions Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale on May 27-28, making Saturday's run a likely farewell. Written In Code's only black type placing was a second in the listed Denise's Joy Stakes on the same card two years ago, and Rob Archibald hopes she can bow out with an even better result at Scone, where the training operation now has stables. In-form Scone apprentice Braith Nock has the ride from gate three. 'She's drawn well, and we've been really happy with her, so if she goes there in her best order, then she should be hard to beat,' Archibald said. Written In Code had her biggest result when finishing her spring campaign with victory at Moonee Valley in October, and she returned with midweek wins on the Kensington track and at Hawkesbury. She then came with a wide run in the Hawkesbury Crown last start to finish fourth on a day horses struggled to make ground on that section of the wet course. 'She closed off really nicely last time out in the Hawkesbury Crown,' Archibald said. 'They were going through one part of the track, and we ended up a little bit wide.
The Age
15-05-2025
- Sport
- The Age
Written In Code primed for valuable farewell in Dark Jewel Classic
Trainers Annabel and Rob Archibald are counting on the spacious, typically even Scone track to give Written In Code every chance to add valuable black type to her CV on Saturday in the group 3 Dark Jewel Classic (1400m) before heading to the sales ring. The five-year-old I Am Invincible mare, a $4.60 Sportsbet favourite for the feature race on Scone's annual standalone program, is set to go to the Magic Millions Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale on May 27-28, making Saturday's run a likely farewell. Written In Code's only black type placing was a second in the listed Denise's Joy Stakes on the same card two years ago, and Rob Archibald hopes she can bow out with an even better result at Scone, where the training operation now has stables. In-form Scone apprentice Braith Nock has the ride from gate three. 'She's drawn well, and we've been really happy with her, so if she goes there in her best order, then she should be hard to beat,' Archibald said. Written In Code had her biggest result when finishing her spring campaign with victory at Moonee Valley in October, and she returned with midweek wins on the Kensington track and at Hawkesbury. She then came with a wide run in the Hawkesbury Crown last start to finish fourth on a day horses struggled to make ground on that section of the wet course. 'She closed off really nicely last time out in the Hawkesbury Crown,' Archibald said. 'They were going through one part of the track, and we ended up a little bit wide.
