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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
The Age
01-05-2025
- Sport
- The Age
Lees eyes another Clarendon Stakes win with promising gelding Damien
'He's a bit green and did a bit wrong, but he did sit outside the leader and raced without cover,' Lees said. 'He'll need a bit of luck on Saturday from a touch tricky gate, but the horse is going well. 'If he runs well, Queensland will be under consideration, and a race like the Sires.' Should everything go to script with Damien, a fourth and final run in the group 1 JJ Atkins would be the obvious path. Stablemate Rivellino won the Skyline Stakes before a fourth in the Golden Slipper in March. Michael Freedman's Aerodrome won on debut at Warwick Farm, while Scone gelding Fortissimo, which saluted on a heavy 10 in the bush, are the only rivals to have already won in the 12-horse Clarendon field. Lees also produces the ultra-consistent Tavi Time in the feature group 3 Hawkesbury Cup (1600m). Tavi Time resumed with an eye-catching long and sustained run to finish second behind Sandpaper at Randwick. 'He couldn't run down the leader, but he's getting out to a more suitable distance,' Lees said. 'He's got an outside gate, but with the soft track and [with the Cup] being late in the day, hard up on the fence might not be ideal. He'll run well. He's very consistent. If [all goes to plan], he'll go to the Scone Cup in a fortnight's time.' Tavi Time is an $8 chance behind Punch Lane, the five-year-old gelding on the quick back-up from his dominant win at Randwick last Saturday. Victorian visitor Regal Zeus, which loves the wet, will not come to Hawkesbury, trainer John McArdle confirming his horse will race in Melbourne. Sara Ryan's Matcha Latte is the only other horse below double-figure odds, and chasing a third straight victory. Pride confident wet-trackers can reign Joe Pride is one trainer hoping Sydney's big wet hangs around as he heads to Hawkesbury with at least one horse that improves 'three to four lengths' in the wet. While Pride keeps one eye on Coal Crusher and the stakes race in Brisbane, he has a huge opinion of pint-sized mare In Flight in the $200,000 listed Gold Rush (1100m). Dragonstone will contest the same feature, while City Of Lights, Winx's half-sister, contests the Hawkesbury Crown. 'I'm going there with good wet-trackers,' Pride said. 'I do like In Flight. She's only little, but she's tenacious. She's a good mare who improves three or four lengths in the wet. She's a very good chance. 'She ran well on a dry, quick track first up, and I think the form in that race will hold up. 'I brought her back at this time of year for the wet tracks, and I'm happy we've found one this early. 'Dragonstone is always thereabouts, and won't be too far away. He's drawn a poor gate [14], but when it is wet at Hawkesbury, generally they're no good on the fence, so the [wide] gate might not be as bad as it looks.' Dragonstone ran home behind stablemates Mazu and Coal Crusher at Randwick recently, with the latter given little hope by the bookies – again – in Brisbane. 'When he hits form, he tends to hold it,' Pride said of Coal Crusher. 'He'll run a cheeky race up there. He's not a particularly popular horse with punters – he never has been – but he's always thereabouts. I think he'll be suited up there. 'His pet distance is 1300m. But he's drawn well and will give a good kick in front. Loading 'I'll be up there over the next few weeks with one sprinter. Mazu runs up there, then Estadio Mestalla [BRC Sprint], followed by Private Eye [Kingsford Smith Cup].' Meanwhile, fellow Warwick Farm trainer Bjorn Baker was weighing up what to do with his own runners in the likelihood of a heavy track, including front-running mare Belclare, which was likely to be scratched, he said, if it remained a bog. Stablemate Alegron was also a chance to be withdrawn, and was only ever using the Hawkesbury Cup to kick-start his campaign, which he did last year before going on to win the Brisbane Cup. The Cup remains his winter goal this time around.
Sydney Morning Herald
01-05-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Lees eyes another Clarendon Stakes win with promising gelding Damien
'He's a bit green and did a bit wrong, but he did sit outside the leader and raced without cover,' Lees said. 'He'll need a bit of luck on Saturday from a touch tricky gate, but the horse is going well. 'If he runs well, Queensland will be under consideration, and a race like the Sires.' Should everything go to script with Damien, a fourth and final run in the group 1 JJ Atkins would be the obvious path. Stablemate Rivellino won the Skyline Stakes before a fourth in the Golden Slipper in March. Michael Freedman's Aerodrome won on debut at Warwick Farm, while Scone gelding Fortissimo, which saluted on a heavy 10 in the bush, are the only rivals to have already won in the 12-horse Clarendon field. Lees also produces the ultra-consistent Tavi Time in the feature group 3 Hawkesbury Cup (1600m). Tavi Time resumed with an eye-catching long and sustained run to finish second behind Sandpaper at Randwick. 'He couldn't run down the leader, but he's getting out to a more suitable distance,' Lees said. 'He's got an outside gate, but with the soft track and [with the Cup] being late in the day, hard up on the fence might not be ideal. He'll run well. He's very consistent. If [all goes to plan], he'll go to the Scone Cup in a fortnight's time.' Tavi Time is an $8 chance behind Punch Lane, the five-year-old gelding on the quick back-up from his dominant win at Randwick last Saturday. Victorian visitor Regal Zeus, which loves the wet, will not come to Hawkesbury, trainer John McArdle confirming his horse will race in Melbourne. Sara Ryan's Matcha Latte is the only other horse below double-figure odds, and chasing a third straight victory. Pride confident wet-trackers can reign Joe Pride is one trainer hoping Sydney's big wet hangs around as he heads to Hawkesbury with at least one horse that improves 'three to four lengths' in the wet. While Pride keeps one eye on Coal Crusher and the stakes race in Brisbane, he has a huge opinion of pint-sized mare In Flight in the $200,000 listed Gold Rush (1100m). Dragonstone will contest the same feature, while City Of Lights, Winx's half-sister, contests the Hawkesbury Crown. 'I'm going there with good wet-trackers,' Pride said. 'I do like In Flight. She's only little, but she's tenacious. She's a good mare who improves three or four lengths in the wet. She's a very good chance. 'She ran well on a dry, quick track first up, and I think the form in that race will hold up. 'I brought her back at this time of year for the wet tracks, and I'm happy we've found one this early. 'Dragonstone is always thereabouts, and won't be too far away. He's drawn a poor gate [14], but when it is wet at Hawkesbury, generally they're no good on the fence, so the [wide] gate might not be as bad as it looks.' Dragonstone ran home behind stablemates Mazu and Coal Crusher at Randwick recently, with the latter given little hope by the bookies – again – in Brisbane. 'When he hits form, he tends to hold it,' Pride said of Coal Crusher. 'He'll run a cheeky race up there. He's not a particularly popular horse with punters – he never has been – but he's always thereabouts. I think he'll be suited up there. 'His pet distance is 1300m. But he's drawn well and will give a good kick in front. Loading 'I'll be up there over the next few weeks with one sprinter. Mazu runs up there, then Estadio Mestalla [BRC Sprint], followed by Private Eye [Kingsford Smith Cup].' Meanwhile, fellow Warwick Farm trainer Bjorn Baker was weighing up what to do with his own runners in the likelihood of a heavy track, including front-running mare Belclare, which was likely to be scratched, he said, if it remained a bog. Stablemate Alegron was also a chance to be withdrawn, and was only ever using the Hawkesbury Cup to kick-start his campaign, which he did last year before going on to win the Brisbane Cup. The Cup remains his winter goal this time around.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Senate adopts measure for boat docks with roofs
A bill advanced from the Senate that would regulate the construction of roofs on docks in Iowa. (Photo by Perry Beeman/Iowa Capital Dispatch)) Senators advanced a bill Wednesday to create regulations and insurance requirements for adding roofs on boat docks, slips or lifts in Iowa. Senate File 710 allows individuals to build roofs over boat slips or lifts so long as they are less than 30 feet wide, no more than 20 feet above the water and made from rust-resistant materials. The roofs may be constructed with the intent of protecting a boat slip or hoist. Sen. Annette Sweeney, R-Iowa Falls, added an amendment to the bill, which was adopted, to swap the bill's original language regulating an 'enclosed structure' on a dock to 'roof.' The bill stipulates the dock owners must maintain dock liability insurance of at least $1 million per occurrence, and that owners will be responsible for any damages caused during construction of the roof. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX Sen. Dave Sires, R-Cedar Falls, said he had 'a lot of issues' with the bill, which he said would allow large docks to be built when there is 'limited oversight or background regulation' on the construction and removal of existing docks. 'Improperly constructed or maintained docks can break loose and cause significant damage to neighboring properties and public infrastructure during floods and high winds,' Sires said. Sires said flooding events in 2024 highlighted the issue when 'improperly anchored' docks caused 'widespread damage' in Iowa waterways. Sires held that roofs on the docks would cause even more damage. He additionally took issue that the bill would allow plumbing and electricity to the roofed docks, which he said could be used for a bed and breakfast. The bill states that the roofed docks may not be used for 'sleeping purposes or habitation by a person,' but Sires was unconvinced that would stop people from sleeping on the docks. 'Like nobody's ever slept on their own boat or their own house boat,' he said. 'And they'll be doing that in the docks too,' Sires said. Sires said the bill would allow docks that are a 'huge conglomerate' to sit on the lakes. 'We all together own these lakes,' he said. 'When you start to put these monstrosities out there, it's going to make it bad for everybody.' The bill passed 44-4 from the Senate. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
