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News.com.au
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Warwick Farm best bets, inside mail for Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Racenet and The Daily Telegraph form analyst Adam Sherry provides his best bets and quaddie analysis at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. â– â– â– â– â– WARWICK FARM TIPS BEST BET Race 5 No.5: SIGIRIYA ROCK Just behind the placegetters in Group company his past two starts. Gets his chance to break through. NEXT BEST Will be improved by her first-up sixth in stakes company. Is a second-up winner. VALUE BET Race 8 No.4: HELLBENT ON YOU Consistent mare who was just pipped by a smart one last start. QUADDIE Race 5: 3, 5, 7 Race 6: 7, 9 Race 7: 10, 11, 13 Race 8: 4, 5, 6, 9 JOCKEY TO FOLLOW Hard to go past JAMES McDONALD in the TAB Jockey Challenge. â– â– â– â– â– WARWICK FARM INSIDE MAIL REGULATED AFFAIR (6) went back to last from the outside gate before coming wide from the 700m and closing strongly to finishing a nose second to Farnicle on debut on the Kensington. Can settle closer from the inside gate. EQUERRY (4) is a debutant by Snitzel. Closed well for second to Rainbow Glow in his Apr 24 Randwick trial. FERNWEH (5) is a first starter by Turn Me Loose. Pushed up after a slow start to share lead and beat Rosa Incanta in his Apr 17 Warwick Farm trial. BET: REGULATED AFFAIR to win. AGARWOOD (1) is a first starter by Wootton Bassett and a half-sister to recent stakes winner, Lilac. Jumped to the front and raced away to score by nearly eight lengths ion her Apr 24 Randwick trial. LIPSTICK (5) was third to stablemate Tempted on debut in December. Returned with a second Impact Zone on a heavy track at Newcastle. SYLPH (13) raced keenly back in the field before making ground out wide when fourth on debut at Hawkesbury on Apr 9 behind Grand Eagle who has won at Randwick since. BET: AGARWOOD to win. FRANKLY SUBLIME (5) is a daughter of Snitzel and stakes-winning mare Frankely Awesome. Well backed on debut but raced greenly in the straight when a head second to Roman Forum at Gosford. WALK THE PIER (4) was a neck second to Correon on debut at Kembla when seven to Tomba at the same track last December. Returns as a gelding and has trialled nicely with two close seconds at Randwick. WINNER OF KOWLOON (8) will take improvement from her debit third behind Silver Wedding over 1100m here on Apr 21. BET: FRANKELY SUBLIME to win. STRUCK GOLD (5) improved off his first-up sixth when a length fourth to Tuned at Warwick Farm. Loves sting out of the track and should get an ideal run from the pole. NEGOTIATIONS (2) kicked off last preparation with a head second to Tanglewood over 1000m on the Kensington. Won his previous two first-up runs on soft ground over 1100m and 1000m. EXTRAVAGANT LAD (3) drop sin grade from his seventh to Miss Icelandic at Randwick. Nice win in the Cup Day Sprint at Orange first-up. BET: STRUCK GOLD to win. SIGIRIYA ROCK (7) was fifth to Evoporate in the Group 3 Carbine Club over 1600m at Randwick second-up then became unbalanced near the 150m when bumped in the Group 3 Packer Plate over 2000m. Drops in grade and back to 1600m. SEAFALL (5) has been unplaced in three first-up runs but battled away for fourth to Our Empress Zoe at Canterbury. Is a second-up winner and has won two from three on the soft. CORMAC T (3) resumed with a nice third behind Our Empress Zoe when resuming. Drawn out but won't be far away again. BET: SIGIRIYA ROCK to win. DAME COMMANDER (9) did a nice job in her first campaign with a maiden win second-up over 1600m before a sixth in the Callander-Presnell and a third in the Spring Stakes at Newcastle. Will be improved by her first-up sixth to Lilac in the Group 3 James Carr. VILLASAURUS (5) raced wide without cover when a length third in the SDRA Qualifier at Wagga on Mar 1. Bounced back with a good win at Albury. MISTERKIPCHOGE (7) ran on well for fourth to Enter The Dragon at Hawkesbury first-up. Settled closer when second to Collect Your Cash on the Kensington last start. BET: DAME COMMANDER to win. PINK SHALALA (10) placed in five of his first six starts before breaking through with a tough win from Up To Mischief at Canterbury on Feb 21. Resumes here and can go on with it. SECURE (11) returned from a spell with a smart win by over two lengths from Donwon at Canterbury on Apr 21. Looks the hardest to beat. KYEEMA (13) raced well in Australia two years ago with placings in a couple of Midways before going to Hong Kong but he didn't fire there. Has been good in his two recent trials including a win in his Apr 24 Wyong heat. BET: PINK SHALALA to win. HELLBENT ON YOU (4) resumed with a narrow but handy win from Formal at Hawkesbury before a long head third to Seascape on the Kensington and a nose second to Candlewick over 1200m here. Will run a big race again. JUST FEELIN' LUCKY (5) kicked off this campaign with a handy win at Newcastle from a wide gate. Drawn to get a nice run. MISS KIM KAR (6) ended last preparation with a hat-trick. Resumed with a strong closing third to Candlewick.
News.com.au
26-04-2025
- Sport
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Victorian trainer Matt Laurie bags fourth consecutive win in Sydney with Miss Icelandic at Randwick
Mornington trainer Matt Laurie has forgotten how to lose on Sydney racetracks. After plundering the Sydney autumn carnival with three Group 1 wins from as many starters, Laurie struck again with Miss Icelandic in the Jeff Pendlebury Handicap (1000m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Miss Icelandic's jockey Chad Schofield summed it up best when he said, 'Matt goes good in Sydney.' Laurie wasn't on track for Miss Icelandic's win but Schofield said after talking tactics with the trainer on Saturday morning, he was more confident about the mare's chances. 'When I spoke to Matt he said the mare was going really well,'' Schofield said. 'The race looked to map well for us on paper and it worked out exactly as we though with the favourite (Zealously) three-wide and Miss Icelandic settling on the outside of the leader, Passeggiata. 'I knew where Zealously was, I was happy he was three-wide, and I thought at the 300m we had the race pretty well sewn up. 'But credit to the leader, she gave a good kick and my mare had to dig deep but she always felt like the winner.'' Miss Icelandic ($10) wore down Passeggiata ($3.10) to win by a half-neck with Zealously ($2.20 favourite) fading late for third, beaten two lengths. Laurie has had a remarkable run of success in Sydney this autumn with his wonder filly bagging a Group 1 double in the Vinery Stud Stakes and ATC Australian Oaks. Miss Icelandic wears down a game Passeggiata to win Race 4 at Randwick! @SchofieldChad @mattlaurierace â€' SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) April 26, 2025 The trainer's top two-year-old Vinrock capped an unbeaten debut season when he won the Group 1 Champagne Stakes. Miss Icelandic also kept Laurie's perfect Sydney autumn race record intact with the trainer preparing four winners from as many starters. Laurie is considering setting Miss Icelandic for the likely to aim Miss Icelandic at the Listed $200,000 Ortensia Stakes (1100m) at Scone on May 17. Scone is also a likely next start for Les Vampires after his resolute win in the Tom Bingle Handicap (1800m). A clever Adam Hyeronimus ride paved the way for Les Vampires ($6) to edge out Zaphod ($7) by a neck with Miracle Spin ($10) one-and-a-quarter lengths away third. Favoured duo Flying Bandit ($3.20 favourite) and Saganti ($3.60) seemed to have their chance before finishing fourth and fifth respectively. Les Vampires relishes the 1800m and wins Race 5 at Randwick! ðŸ'° @GaiWaterhouse1 â€' SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) April 26, 2025 Flying Bandit ran on without really threatening the placegetters while the heavily-backed Saganti settled on speed but faded under pressure. With trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott overseas, Tulloch Lodge stable representative Neil Paine said Les Vampires is a chance to line up in the Listed $200,000 Scone Cup (1600m) next month. 'The worry was the 1800m, there was a question mark if he would get the trip but Adam Hyeronimu rode him a treat – the ride won the race,'' Paine said. 'He's a nice, little horse, he tries every race and he's a good money-spinner. I think Gai and Adrian might even look at testing the horse over 2000m now.'' Les Vampires, a four-year-old son of champion Pierro, has proven an astute investment since being purchased for $200,000 at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale three years ago. His Randwick win was his fourth win from 12 starts, taking his career earnings to nearly $340,000. â– â– â– â– â– Sunrise first then daylight Sunrise, the topical tip for the Anzac Day long weekend, put daylight between herself and the chasing pack with a stunning display of sustained speed at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Trainer Mitchell Beer is considering setting Sunrise for a stakes race next start after her runaway win in the Midway Handicap (1100m). Beer said Sunrise is one of the fastest horses he has trained but the filly has needed to learn how to harness her sheer speed. 'Last preparation, we knew how fast she was and how good she was but she just wasn't physically or mentally ready,'' Beer explained. 'All she wanted to do in her trackwork and races was bolt so we had to teach her to settle.'' Sunrise goes whooshka! Way too good in Race 2 at Randwick. @MitchBeerRacing @RachelK11 â€' SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) April 26, 2025 Sunrise has obviously learned her 'lessons' well as she resumed with a brilliant all-the-way win at Kembla Grange by more than seven lengths, dashing over the 1000m in 55.58sec, a new course record. Jockey Rachel King used similar frontrunning tactics on Sunrise ($1.80 favourite) and gave her backers no cause for concern winning by a widening margin of nearly three lengths form Oakfield Badger ($8.50) with Everyone's A Star ($5.50) close up in third placing. 'Sunrise is very fast but it's funny, she doesn't feel like she is going at a silly speed because she has such a naturally big stride,'' King said. 'They have done a good job to teach her to race sensibly. I gave her a squeeze early then she came back underneath me and gave a good kick in the straight.'' Sunrise, who is by Charm Spirit out of Daily At Dawn, had a head start in life of being born and raised at Windsor Park in New Zealand in the same paddocks as past alumni including champions Might And Power and So You Think. Originally sold for $30,000 at Karaka as a yearling, she was secured by Beer at the 2024 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale for $45,000. Beer said he will consider aiming Sunrise at the Listed $200,000 Denise's Joy Stakes (1100m) at Scone on May 17.
