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6 days ago
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Aug 9 Perth form analysis of all eight Pinjarra races
RACE 5 (1) CASTLE ROAD will see many shy away from him for the 61kg but it is 1,000m and he is a Stakes winner taking on maidens. He beat subsequent Karrakatta Plate placegetter and Sires Produces Stakes winner Just Too Fly by nearly 3.5L in the Perth Stakes and he is a classy sprinter. (7) COSMIC TREAT is on debut and heads to the races this preparation off only a 400m jumpout, but she has always shown ability. (5) DESERT LIFE was scratched from Aug 7 to save for this. (4) SUNSET SESSION beat a winner in his recent trial. RACE 7 (3) NOBLE CONNECTION was still able to reel them in last start, even if the first 900m was run six lengths slower than average. He is flying and the new season four-year-olds have an outstanding record in Westspeed Platinum grade this time of year. Drawn a bit sticky but expecting a three-deep line to build. (4) CATCH THESE HANDS got to the line well fresh and all eight wins are in blinkers. Important gear change. (6) ROCK IN WONDER is always a winning chance with his free-wheeling racing pattern and should not absorb much pressure. (7) DECISION MAKER has come back bigger and better this time in. RACE 9 (1) LORD GANNICUS was beaten a nose by Famous Dain three starts ago and gets a 4kg swing in the weights to try and turn the tables. Since then, he has led and won beating First Encounter and last weekend led in the 84+ when beaten under 1.5L by Sensessional. He has backed up three times for one win and two minors and is in career-best form. (2) COOL MEMORY will need to be tough to breeze and win. (4) FAMOUS DAIN looked the mapped horse last start and got every favour. This looks a lot trickier but still has claims. (3) SUNNY HONEY is a query at the mile. RACE 11 (1) TRUE PLAYER is the progressive stayer in the race and, with the tongue tie going on, maybe there is an excuse to be made for his last-start failure. Query on the wet tracks but he is worth another chance. (2) ALASKAN is racing below his best. However, he also did not fire a shot last preparation until he was fifth-up over 2,200m when running third in a 66+. Timing is right for a sharp improvement. (3) MANZOR MAGIC was all the rage last weekend but never got into the contest and now loses William Pike. (4) LONG GENES is getting closer. RACE 13 (Best Bet) (10) SUNLIT FRESCO fits the profile of a Belmont 1,000m winner. This is a wet-track proven, high-speed mare who trialled super recently at Lark Hill and resumes with only 54.5kg on her back. (6) HORCRUX maps to get the drop on the speed pair and ran well last start from that position. Looks the danger. (7) EARTH GOD can come across from his wide gate and park up over the speed as well. (2) MADHI GIRL does it tough with 59kg. RACE 15 (3) SOLDANELLE made a brilliant return to racing, however, she does feel like a very risky betting proposition because she has burnt punters a few times over the journey. Trainer Stefan Vahala has now conceded that she does not stay and she is best ridden cold over the shorter trips. (6) ESSENTRIC NATURE was sent out as favourite in a 66+ that contained Want A Winner on his return to racing. Second-up he gets out to a more suitable 1,400m, he drops into a 60+ Graduation. Just barrier 15/15 and where he gets to are a query. (5) CRUISE TO VICTORY has raced well all campaign. (13) WHERE'S MY LUNCH would like it to pour during the meeting. RACE 17 (12) STORMCHASER returned in outstanding order first-up for Luke Fernie last campaign at 1,200m and won against the pattern from the back. This is the campaign that he can stand up and prove himself at this level. Was only two lengths off Luvnwar and Toropa last start and conceded them both weight. That form measures up. (4) WIND AND THE LION beat the older horses in the H.G. Bolton and did not look to handle the track conditions that well either. Super win. (10) PETULA is building in confidence again. (6) PULI gets conditions to suit and bears watching. RACE 18 (4) WANT A WINNER travelled like the winner from start to finish last race, when breezing on top of a genuine tempo and holding off the late challenge of horses who had far more economical runs than him in transit. If he marches forward into a similar stalking position, following up behind King Adviso and Dirty Chai, he will be hard to beat again. (8) SUPERNATURAL had her colours lowered last start in a 72+. Back in grade and will charge late if they overcook it. (1) DESERT NYMPH is a wet-track specialist. If she gets a Soft 6 or worse, she will run well and can even test the first two. (10) DIRTY CHAI has won five on the bounce in the country/provincial area and smashed the clock each time. Comments courtesy of Racing WA
New Paper
07-08-2025
- Sport
- New Paper
Aug 9 Perth form analysis of all eight Belmont races
RACE 5 (1) CASTLE ROAD will see many shy away from him for the 61kg but it is 1,000m and he is a Stakes winner taking on maidens. He beat subsequent Karrakatta Plate placegetter and Sires Produces Stakes winner Just Too Fly by nearly 3.5L in the Perth Stakes and he is a classy sprinter. (7) COSMIC TREAT is on debut and heads to the races this preparation off only a 400m jumpout, but she has always shown ability. (5) DESERT LIFE was scratched from Aug 7 to save for this. (4) SUNSET SESSION beat a winner in his recent trial. RACE 7 (3) NOBLE CONNECTION was still able to reel them in last start, even if the first 900m was run six lengths slower than average. He is flying and the new season four-year-olds have an outstanding record in Westspeed Platinum grade this time of year. Drawn a bit sticky but expecting a three-deep line to build. (4) CATCH THESE HANDS got to the line well fresh and all eight wins are in blinkers. Important gear change. (6) ROCK IN WONDER is always a winning chance with his free-wheeling racing pattern and should not absorb much pressure. (7) DECISION MAKER has come back bigger and better this time in. RACE 9 (1) LORD GANNICUS was beaten a nose by Famous Dain three starts ago and gets a 4kg swing in the weights to try and turn the tables. Since then, he has led and won beating First Encounter and last weekend led in the 84+ when beaten under 1.5L by Sensessional. He has backed up three times for one win and two minors and is in career-best form. (2) COOL MEMORY will need to be tough to breeze and win. (4) FAMOUS DAIN looked the mapped horse last start and got every favour. This looks a lot trickier but still has claims. (3) SUNNY HONEY is a query at the mile. RACE 11 (1) TRUE PLAYER is the progressive stayer in the race and, with the tongue tie going on, maybe there is an excuse to be made for his last-start failure. Query on the wet tracks but he is worth another chance. (2) ALASKAN is racing below his best. However, he also did not fire a shot last preparation until he was fifth-up over 2,200m when running third in a 66+. Timing is right for a sharp improvement. (3) MANZOR MAGIC was all the rage last weekend but never got into the contest and now loses William Pike. (4) LONG GENES is getting closer. RACE 13 (Best Bet) (10) SUNLIT FRESCO fits the profile of a Belmont 1,000m winner. This is a wet-track proven, high-speed mare who trialled super recently at Lark Hill and resumes with only 54.5kg on her back. (6) HORCRUX maps to get the drop on the speed pair and ran well last start from that position. Looks the danger. (7) EARTH GOD can come across from his wide gate and park up over the speed as well. (2) MADHI GIRL does it tough with 59kg. RACE 15 (3) SOLDANELLE made a brilliant return to racing, however, she does feel like a very risky betting proposition because she has burnt punters a few times over the journey. Trainer Stefan Vahala has now conceded that she does not stay and she is best ridden cold over the shorter trips. (6) ESSENTRIC NATURE was sent out as favourite in a 66+ that contained Want A Winner on his return to racing. Second-up he gets out to a more suitable 1,400m, he drops into a 60+ Graduation. Just barrier 15/15 and where he gets to are a query. (5) CRUISE TO VICTORY has raced well all campaign. (13) WHERE'S MY LUNCH would like it to pour during the meeting. RACE 17 (12) STORMCHASER returned in outstanding order first-up for Luke Fernie last campaign at 1,200m and won against the pattern from the back. This is the campaign that he can stand up and prove himself at this level. Was only two lengths off Luvnwar and Toropa last start and conceded them both weight. That form measures up. (4) WIND AND THE LION beat the older horses in the H.G. Bolton and did not look to handle the track conditions that well either. Super win. (10) PETULA is building in confidence again. (6) PULI gets conditions to suit and bears watching. RACE 18 (4) WANT A WINNER travelled like the winner from start to finish last race, when breezing on top of a genuine tempo and holding off the late challenge of horses who had far more economical runs than him in transit. If he marches forward into a similar stalking position, following up behind King Adviso and Dirty Chai, he will be hard to beat again. (8) SUPERNATURAL had her colours lowered last start in a 72+. Back in grade and will charge late if they overcook it. (1) DESERT NYMPH is a wet-track specialist. If she gets a Soft 6 or worse, she will run well and can even test the first two. (10) DIRTY CHAI has won five on the bounce in the country/provincial area and smashed the clock each time. Comments courtesy of Racing WA
New Paper
08-05-2025
- Sport
- New Paper
Sires to reward luckless Deltason
PERTH It has not been the smoothest of preparations for Deltason, but trainer Meryl Hayley thinks it can end on a positive note when her promising juvenile tackles the final big race of the two-year-old season at Ascot on May 10. After a late scratching in the Perth Stakes (1,100m), Deltason missed out on a run in the Group 2 Karrakatta Plate (1,200m) on April 26 by narrowly missing the cut for prize money criteria. But the talented two-year-old can regroup in the A$200,000 (S$167,000) Group 3 WA Sires Produce Stakes (1,400m). Deltason goes into the final run of his campaign in winning form after breaking his maiden status in dominant fashion on April 30, kicking clear and drawing away to win by 3¼ lengths when stepping up over 1,400m. Since making his debut in March, the son of I'm All The Talk always appeared to be a horse looking for more ground than 1,000m, and ticking the 1,400m box last start has given Hayley a sharp confidence boost. "We were really looking forward to the 1,400m," said Hayley in an interview to TABradio. "Like everyone else, we knew he would get the trip and it was good to get him across the line to be honest. "We were just praying there were no more barrier disasters with the horse. "He's been to the races a couple of times and not managed to get around. "Every time he goes in the gates and comes out of them, we're happy. "Obviously we earmarked the Karrakatta and Sires with him but we just dipped out not having that run in the Perth Stakes. "We'll never know and it's upwards and onwards. We just had to change tack through the prep and take a different route, and we still made it." Deltason has drawn wide in the Sires, barrier seven of nine, but Hayley is not fussed. "He'll obviously settle a couple of pairs back like he did last start and hopefully he'll be hitting the line," said the trainer from Gingin, a town 65km north of Perth. "He's fit as a fiddle, it's a matter of keeping him mentally happy." Laqdar Ramoly, who finished third on Kosta's Crown in the 2022 Sires, has ridden Deltason at all his four starts and maintains the association. The Perth-based Mauritian jockey has yet to boast any Group silverware among his haul of 341 wins in seven years of riding in Western Australia. He does have four Listed wins to his resume, three of them coming in the Beaufine Sprint, including two aboard Nerodio (2021 and 2022), arguably the best horse he has ridden thus far. It remains to be seen whether Deltason can knock Nerodio off that status on May 10, but Ramoly certainly sees no foibles in Hayley's ward. "He's a very mature horse, very intelligent. You can do whatever you want with him, put him on pace, put him back," Ramoly said. "He's still a bit green when he hits the front, but he's definitely a good horse for the future." If Deltason wins, Ramoly would become the second Mauritian jockey in 33 years to win the Sires. Bellal Wachill pulled off the feat in 1993 with Starbaleta. Incidentally, the lime green, white spots, yellow sleeves and caps would not be at their first hurrah in the Perth 2YO classic either. Motion Pictures saluted for the Northern Thoroughbreds outfit run by Don Hammarquist in the 2010 renewal, and was trained by the now-retired David Casey, younger brother of Sean, who helms a leading training partnership with son Jake these days. Hayley, who herself is chasing a first Sires, says win, lose or draw, Deltason will enjoy a good break following the Sires, but is looking forward to his return later in the year as a three-year-old. Backed by Ramoly's assessment, she is confident he will measure up in major races including the Group 2 WA Guineas (1,600m) on Nov 22. "Absolutely, even Laqdar says the further the better," said Hayley when asked about the tougher assignments down the road. "He's such a quiet horse that settles really well. He's never been flighty or over-races. "After Saturday he'll go for a long break, and we'll bring him back for some of the feature races as a three-year-old." If there are any threats to Deltason in the Sires, Hayley said that they are the Luke Fernie-trained Just Too Fly, runner-up in the Perth Stakes and Karrakatta Plate, and Fila Mia for trainer Jayce Buckley. RACING WA
