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The Australian
2 days ago
- Sport
- The Australian
Mitch Cohen's Blackbook: Five to follow from Winter Challenge day
NSW racing expert Mitch Cohen has run the rule over all the action at Rosehill Gardens and found a few worth following. • 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! FIVE TO FOLLOW REFLECT(3rd, Race 1) She was only getting into her work late after making her run from the back but was good through the line. This is a quality filly in the making and will be worth keeping an eye on as we head into the new season. MR VERSE(3rd, Race 4) This lightly-raced galloper went enormous despite just coming up short of delivering a brilliant last to first win. He's only lightly-raced but looks a progressive type capable of bigger things. TUILERIES(4th, Race 6) Back and wide off a slow tempo, the odds-on favourite was always going to find it hard to bridge the gap. She still ran with plenty of merit and is worth giving another chance next start. CORNICHE(3rd, Race 8) In just his second run in the past 12 months, he gave a glimpse of the talent he's always possessed when finishing off strongly behind Romeo's Choice. Disneck (sixth) was similarly good in his return. KING OF ROSEAU(1st, Race 10) It seems as if trainer Peter Snowden has finally unlocked this three-year-old's full potential following his second consecutive impressive win over the Rosehill 1300m. A return to stakes racing looks on the cards. STEWARDS SAY I Show Speed(Race 1): A late scratching on veterinary advice after he was found to be 2/5 lame in the off-foreleg. Highway Strip(Race 3): Jockey Josh Parr reported the gelding continued to race ungenerously and hang out, resulting in clipping the heels of Pony Soprano, which came down. Will have to trial twice before racing again. Pony Soprano(Race 3): After falling, was found to have swelling over the bridge of the nose, blood present in both nostrils and multiple lacerations to both forelegs. He will be spelled. Maori Chief(Race 4): Found to be slow to recover post-race. Hell To Pay(Race 4): Raced keenly in the lead. Was found to be 1/5 lame in the near foreleg. Gentileschi(Race 7): Was found to be displaying a poor recovery rate post-race. She will now be spelled. Our Kobison(Race 8): Failed to let down under pressure and finished a long last. Will undergo a full veterinary examination in the coming days. CRUNCH TIME Without Peer(Race 1): The winner made his run with Spice Prawn from the back of the field and the pair fought the finish out, running the last 600m of 34.41 and 34.33 seconds respectively. Mr Verse(Race 4): Made up a stack of ground from the back in the field with a race-best last 600m of 33.66 seconds to finish a close third. It stacked up favourable against winner Amusing (34.04) and runner-up Sister Daae (33.89). Tulleries(Race 6): She had it all to do back and wide off a slow tempo before surging home one of the fastest last 600m of the meeting in 32.99 seconds. She had slick closing splits of 10.67 and 11.03. Disneck (Race 8): Rattled home first-up with the fastest last 600m of the meeting of 32.57 seconds, half a second quicker than the winner Romeo's Choice (33.07). His three final furlongs of 10.86, 10.66 and 11.05 were race best. TRACK TALK 'I had in the back of my mind all day, when Tim Clark won The Ingham on him, the fight he showed in the battle. I was relying on that but thank God we got him to win.' Josh Parr after Robusto's Winter Challenge win. 'He surprised us a bit. He has a lot of talent but is still very raw.' Johann Gerard-Dubord discusses debut winner Without Peer. 'I slightly put my neck on the line because he went online and I persuaded OTI (Racing) to try and buy him and quite a few of the owners retained ownership in him as well. He was always a bit of a quirky colt, but we knew he had good ability.' Trainer Annabel Archibald on Yoshinobu. 'I would never think I was going to end up here so it's amazing.' Swedish-born apprentice Rebecca Bronett Prag after her maiden Saturday city winner. 'He's not one of these million-dollar horses, he's just a home-bred in the back paddock with his owners and it's so wonderful for them and it shows these great racing stories can happen.' Trainer Richard Litt after Romeo's Choice scored. THIS WEEK IN NSW RACING Monday: Bathurst, Moruya Tuesday: Moree, Taree Wednesday: Canterbury Park Thursday: Wyong, Corowa Friday: Lismore Saturday: Royal Randwick, Kembla Grange, Trangie, Inverell Sunday: Muswellbrook, Sapphire Coast
News.com.au
2 days ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
Mitch Cohen's Blackbook: Five to follow from Winter Challenge day
NSW racing expert Mitch Cohen has run the rule over all the action at Rosehill Gardens and found a few worth following. • 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! REFLECT (3rd, Race 1) She was only getting into her work late after making her run from the back but was good through the line. This is a quality filly in the making and will be worth keeping an eye on as we head into the new season. MR VERSE (3rd, Race 4) This lightly-raced galloper went enormous despite just coming up short of delivering a brilliant last to first win. He's only lightly-raced but looks a progressive type capable of bigger things. An Amusing finish! 🤩 Amusing wins in a thrilling photo finish in race 4 at Rosehill! @AlyshaCollett @godolphin @JamesCummings88 — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) July 19, 2025 TUILERIES (4th, Race 6) Back and wide off a slow tempo, the odds-on favourite was always going to find it hard to bridge the gap. She still ran with plenty of merit and is worth giving another chance next start. Useapin digs deep to take the win at Rosehill for @cwallerracing and @ZacLloydx! ðŸ'¥ @aus_turf_club — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) July 19, 2025 CORNICHE (3rd, Race 8) In just his second run in the past 12 months, he gave a glimpse of the talent he's always possessed when finishing off strongly behind Romeo's Choice. Disneck (sixth) was similarly good in his return. KING OF ROSEAU (1st, Race 10) It seems as if trainer Peter Snowden has finally unlocked this three-year-old's full potential following his second consecutive impressive win over the Rosehill 1300m. A return to stakes racing looks on the cards. King Of Roseau wins again! A treble for @tomo_sherry on a day to remember at Rosehill 🥇🥇🥇 @SnowdenRacing1 — 7HorseRacing ðŸ�Ž (@7horseracing) July 19, 2025 STEWARDS SAY I Show Speed (Race 1): A late scratching on veterinary advice after he was found to be 2/5 lame in the off-foreleg. Highway Strip (Race 3): Jockey Josh Parr reported the gelding continued to race ungenerously and hang out, resulting in clipping the heels of Pony Soprano, which came down. Will have to trial twice before racing again. Pony Soprano (Race 3): After falling, was found to have swelling over the bridge of the nose, blood present in both nostrils and multiple lacerations to both forelegs. He will be spelled. Maori Chief (Race 4): Found to be slow to recover post-race. Hell To Pay (Race 4): Raced keenly in the lead. Was found to be 1/5 lame in the near foreleg. Gentileschi (Race 7): Was found to be displaying a poor recovery rate post-race. She will now be spelled. Our Kobison (Race 8): Failed to let down under pressure and finished a long last. Will undergo a full veterinary examination in the coming days. Without Peer and Harry's Bar the first two winners at Rosehill, Race 3 about to be run on 7! — 7HorseRacing ðŸ�Ž (@7horseracing) July 19, 2025 CRUNCH TIME Without Peer (Race 1): The winner made his run with Spice Prawn from the back of the field and the pair fought the finish out, running the last 600m of 34.41 and 34.33 seconds respectively. Mr Verse (Race 4): Made up a stack of ground from the back in the field with a race-best last 600m of 33.66 seconds to finish a close third. It stacked up favourable against winner Amusing (34.04) and runner-up Sister Daae (33.89). Tulleries (Race 6): She had it all to do back and wide off a slow tempo before surging home one of the fastest last 600m of the meeting in 32.99 seconds. She had slick closing splits of 10.67 and 11.03. Disneck (Race 8 ): Rattled home first-up with the fastest last 600m of the meeting of 32.57 seconds, half a second quicker than the winner Romeo's Choice (33.07). His three final furlongs of 10.86, 10.66 and 11.05 were race best. Useapin digs deep to take the win at Rosehill for @cwallerracing and @ZacLloydx! ðŸ'¥ @aus_turf_club — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) July 19, 2025 TRACK TALK 'I had in the back of my mind all day, when Tim Clark won The Ingham on him, the fight he showed in the battle. I was relying on that but thank God we got him to win.' Josh Parr after Robusto's Winter Challenge win. 'He surprised us a bit. He has a lot of talent but is still very raw.' Johann Gerard-Dubord discusses debut winner Without Peer. 'I slightly put my neck on the line because he went online and I persuaded OTI (Racing) to try and buy him and quite a few of the owners retained ownership in him as well. He was always a bit of a quirky colt, but we knew he had good ability.' Trainer Annabel Archibald on Yoshinobu. 'I would never think I was going to end up here so it's amazing.' Swedish-born apprentice Rebecca Bronett Prag after her maiden Saturday city winner. 'He's not one of these million-dollar horses, he's just a home-bred in the back paddock with his owners and it's so wonderful for them and it shows these great racing stories can happen.' Trainer Richard Litt after Romeo's Choice scored. Romeo's Choice in a thriller! Three in a row for the Richard Litt trained galloper and a double for @tomo_sherry 🥇🥇🥇 — 7HorseRacing ðŸ�Ž (@7horseracing) July 19, 2025 THIS WEEK IN NSW RACING Monday: Bathurst, Moruya Tuesday: Moree, Taree Wednesday: Canterbury Park Thursday: Wyong, Corowa
The Australian
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Australian
Home-bred cheapie Romeo's Choice scores knockout victory in July Sprint at Rosehill
There's nothing flashy about Romeo's Choice, but his fighting qualities were on show for all to see when refusing to surrender in the July Sprint at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. At a time in Australian racing where horses purchased for $500,000 or more are a common occurrence every Saturday in Sydney, Romeo's Choice was conceived at Cangon Stud in Dungog from a $2200 service fee. 'He's not one of these million-dollar horses, he's just a home-bred in the back paddock with his owners and it's so wonderful for them and it shows these great racing stories can happen,' trainer Richard Litt said. • 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! 'I'm just very happy for his owners and to get the job done is great. 'The owners are actually sending the mare to Perth to put her back in foal to his sire Choistar. 'Another little Romeo would be lovely.' The win was Romeo's Choice's seventh from 36 starts and his second from as many starts this preparation. 'He's come up great, he's a real gem,' Litt said. 'He just never gives up, a lovely honest horse. 'We had this race ear marked for him and it's worked out perfectly.' Romeo's Choice was put into a midfield position by Tom Sherry and when the leaders rolled away from the inside at the top of the straight, he snuck up the inside and set about chasing down the inform winter sensation Storm The Ramparts. The pair settled down to fight out the contest over the last 200m with Romeo's Choice getting the upper hand over the concluding stages. The win was Sherry's second for the day. 'He'll go on with this and I'm hoping he can keep improving because there some nice races coming up for him, maybe in Listed grade that he can be competitive in,' Litt said. • 'Put my neck on the line': Yoshinobu repays Archibald gamble 'There's a suitable Listed race coming up for him in Brisbane in a month and I think that's where he'd be best placed. 'He's a horse and he's just getting better with age.' Storm The Ramparts second placing for took his preparation haul to three wins and three runner-up finishes and post-race his rider Reece Jones was lamenting the defeat. 'He just ducked in on me,' he said. 'He's tough, going really well. It sucks to get beaten right on the line but you can't question his effort, if anything he might have been trying a bit hard.' Rounding out the placings in third was Godolphin's galloper Corniche which made a great start to the preparation but stable rep Darren Beadman is unsure who will take over the gelding's training when James Cummings finishes up at the end of the season. 'That was very good,' Beadman said. 'He's never run that well here at Rosehill before. 'He loomed to win but they just moved out under him, and it baulked him for a stride and then being first-up off such a long time, he just couldn't pick himself up quickly enough again. 'I'm not sure where he's going but the Missile (Stakes) looks perfect for him in two weeks.'
News.com.au
3 days ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
Trainer Bjorn Baker considering Group 1 target for Robusto after his fighting win in the Winter Challenge at Rosehill
Trainer Bjorn Baker is considering giving Robusto another Group 1 crack in early spring after his tough galloper came out on top in a dogfight with Accredited at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Robusto and Accredited went nose-and-nose for much of the straight as Baker 's gelding got the nod in a photo finish to the Listed $200,000 Winter Challenge (1500m). The tough performance had Baker ready to raise the bar higher again with a fit horse in the early spring. • 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! 'We might even go to the (Group 2) Missile Stakes back to 1200m and then look at a race like the (Group 1) Winx Stakes if he was to run well there,' Baker said. 'He is up and going and fit and well.' Baker caused a boilover to win the Winx Stakes in 2019 with Samadoubt, who also wore the white and navy blue colours of Darby Racing. Robusto has already been valuable horse since joining Baker's stable after Darby purchased the gelding online for $160,000. The son of Churchill won the $2m The Ingham in his first preparation for Baker last December and banked another $109,000 for his win in the Winter Challenge. 'He has been a bit of a revelation,' Baker said. 'Another horse Darby Racing have purchased and they just find them at all levels and found another two (online) during the week. 'I am lucky enough to get both of those and I am excited about that but he has been a really good horse and was unlucky last time. 'Of course he won The Ingham and it was good to see him back today with the big weight. A robust win to Robusto! A thrilling battle in the Listed Winter Challenge, with the @BBakerRacing galloper victorious! â›'ï¸� @JoshuaParr8 @Darby_Racing @aus_turf_club â€' SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) July 19, 2025 • 'We can definitely try to hit the spring with a bit of fitness on our side. 'I am glad he fell in because I tipped him to the world.' Robusto put the writing on the wall second-up when a luckless second in the Listed Winter Stakes after returning to Sydney looking to bounce back from a failed Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap run. But the five-year-old was set a weighty task in his third-up assignment. No horse had carried more than 58kg to victory in the Winter Challenge in its short 15-year history but Robusto was set the task of lugging 60kg on Saturday. He was afforded an energy conserving run after jockey Josh Parr settled on the fence, in behind the leader Accredited. Parr launched off Accredited's back early in the straight and the duo paired off to fight it out with Robusto ($3.10) doing enough to score by a half-head. Chris Waller 's Saltcoats ($5.50) was one-and-a-quarter lengths back in third. 'He has had to carry the weight and has earned that weight but we got through there and it turned out to be somewhat of a dogfight,' Parr said. "He's been a revelation!" Hear from @BBakerRacing and @JoshuaParr8 after Robusto's win in the Listed Winter Challenge ðŸ'� @Darby_Racing @aus_turf_club â€' SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) July 19, 2025 • 'Put my neck on the line': Yoshinobu repays Archibald gamble 'I had in the back of my mind all day, when Tim Clark won The Ingham on him, the fight he showed in the battle. 'I was relying on that but thank God we got him to win.' Robusto's victory gave Baker a personal best ninth Listed winner of the season and 24th stakes triumph in a career best season that has delivered 154 winners. It denied trainer Joe Pride a cleansweep of Sydney's sprinting-middle distance winter stakes races after he won the AO Bob Charley Stakes (In Flight), Civic Stakes (Headley Grange) and Winter Stakes (Estadio Mestalla). However, Accredited, who finished third in the Winter Stakes at his last start, lost no admirers in defeat with Pride more than happy with his performance. 'He was good,' he said. 'It just highlights the difference with this fella on a wet track and a dry track. 'He is at least a two or three lengths better horse. 'There is a 1500m here in a couple of weeks' time so we will have a think about it and see how he pulls up.' Pride's Winter Stakes winner Estadio Mestalla couldn't replicate his last start success after being caught deep in the run and battling on for fifth.
News.com.au
3 days ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
Richard Litt's Romeo's Choice continues his winning streak with a gutsy performance to score at Rosehill
There's nothing flashy about Romeo's Choice, but his fighting qualities were on show for all to see when refusing to surrender in the Schweppes Open Sprint at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. At a time in Australian racing where horses purchased for $500,000 or more are a common occurrence every Saturday in Sydney, Romeo's Choice was conceived at Cangon Stud in Dungog from a $2200 service fee. 'He's not one of these million-dollar horses, he's just a home-bred in the back paddock with his owners and it's so wonderful for them and it shows these great racing stories can happen,' trainer Richard Litt said. 'I'm just very happy for his owners and to get the job done is great. 'The owners are actually sending the mare to Perth to put her back in foal to his sire Choistar. 'Another little Romeo would be lovely.' The win was Romeo's Choice's seventh from 36 starts and his second from as many starts this preparation. 'He's come up great, he's a real gem,' Litt said. 'He just never gives up, a lovely honest horse. 'We had this race ear marked for him and it's worked out perfectly.' Romeo's Choice was put into a midfield position by Tom Sherry and when the leaders rolled away from the inside at the top of the straight, he snuck up the inside and set about chasing down the inform winter sensation Storm The Ramparts. The pair settled down to fight out the contest over the last 200m with Romeo's Choice getting the upper hand over the concluding stages. The win was Sherry's second for the day. 'He'll go on with this and I'm hoping he can keep improving because there some nice races coming up for him, maybe in Listed grade that he can be competitive in,' Litt said. No tragedy here! Romeo’s Choice wins first-up, as class tells the tale. 🙌 @littracing @aus_turf_club â€' SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) July 2, 2025 • 'Put my neck on the line': Yoshinobu repays Archibald gamble 'There's a suitable Listed race coming up for him in Brisbane in a month and I think that's where he'd be best placed. 'He's a horse and he's just getting better with age.' Storm The Ramparts second placing for took his preparation haul to three wins and three runner-up finishes and post-race his rider Reece Jones was lamenting the defeat. 'He just ducked in on me,' he said. 'He's tough, going really well. It sucks to get beaten right on the line but you can't question his effort, if anything he might have been trying a bit hard.' Rounding out the placings in third was Godolphin's galloper Corniche which made a great start to the preparation but stable rep Darren Beadman is unsure who will take over the gelding's training when James Cummings finishes up at the end of the season. 'That was very good,' Beadman said. 'He's never run that well here at Rosehill before. 'He loomed to win but they just moved out under him, and it baulked him for a stride and then being first-up off such a long time, he just couldn't pick himself up quickly enough again. 'I'm not sure where he's going but the Missile (Stakes) looks perfect for him in two weeks.'
