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19 hours ago
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Stuart Kendrick confident Redford can bowl out Warnie in Glasshouse Handicap at Sunshine Coast
He's the $1m gelding who must bowl over warm favourite Warnie to win the $300,000 Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1400m), although trainer Stuart Kendrick is quietly confident Redford can put his rivals in a spin on his home track on Saturday. Bookmakers have rated four-year-old gelding Redford as a $16 chance in the Glasshouse, with the Ciaron Maher -trained Warnie the $2.90 favourite ahead of cult gelding The Inflictor ($4.80) and soft-track specialist Far Too Easy ($7.50). • 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! 'If he can find his feet, get a little bit of space and then wind up, that's when he's at his best,' Sunshine Coast trainer Kendrick said on Friday about Redford. 'He's got a good record here (3:2-1-0) and I think the track suits him. He's not an overly big horse so a drop in the weights is definitely going to help us. 'With the awkward gate (11 of 13) he'll probably go back and with a light weight, it gives him a chance to really hit the line strongly.' Kendrick is wary about quality import Warnie, a Listed winner in Ireland, who he thinks will also be suited to the spacious Sunshine Coast track, which is likely to be in the Soft 6 range on Saturday. 'He looked out of his comfort zone at Ipswich the other day (fifth in the Listed Eye Liner Stakes over 1350m) and this track will suit him where he can find his feet, wind up and have the last crack at them,' Kendrick said. 'Going on his run two races ago (third in the Group 2 Moreton Cup over 1200m at Eagle Farm), he's probably the one to beat.' TFI Racing paid just over $1m for Redford, part of the Arrowfield Stud draft, at the 2022 Magic Millions Yearling Sale on the Gold Coast and he was initially trained by Annabel Neasham. Kendrick and several others, including his wife Trudy, took over the ownership last year and Redford won his first race for his new trainer last September in a Benchmark 60 (1300m) at Corbould Park. The highlight so far came in January this year when Redford upset odds-on favourite Moravia to win the $250,000 Magic Millions Rising Stars (3YO, 4YO colts and geldings division) at the Sunshine Coast. 'He was quite an expensive yearling but he's been good for us since we've had him,' Kendrick said. 'Hopefully he can do something big for us tomorrow (Saturday), that'd be nice.'
News.com.au
3 days ago
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Jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor is Hopeful of winning feature race success at Sunshine Coast on Saturday
He captured the Glasshouse last year and gun jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor is hopeful of adding the Caloundra Cup and Winx Guineas to his trophy cabinet on Saturday. Wilson-Taylor was in a race of his own in last year's Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1400m), with the Anthony and Sam Freedman -trained Punch Lane revelling in heavy conditions to win by almost three lengths. This year, Wilson-Taylor will team with his good mate, trainer Stuart Kendrick, aboard Italian Riviera in the $300,000 Group 3 Winx Guineas (1600m) and Redford in the Glasshouse. He has also answered the call from Annabel and Rob Archibald to ride imported stayer Hopeful in the $300,000 Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m). Despite not having won since capturing the Group 3 Hawkesbury Gold Cup (1600m) back in April 2022, Hopeful showed last start a return to the winner's stall wasn't far away with a fast-finishing third behind Sir Lucan and Bear On The Loose in the Listed Winter Cup (2400m) at Rosehill on June 14. 'I was fortunate enough to win the Glasshouse last year, so I'd like to either win that again or hopefully a Cup,' Wilson-Taylor said at Tuesday morning's Caloundra Cup day Breakfast With The Stars. 'It should run really well, Hopeful … he was really good in stakes company last start in Sydney. 'Obviously the favourite Bear On The Loose is $4 and we're something like 15-1, so we're good value and you're certainly going to get a good run for your money if you follow that horse, that's for sure.' What a finish at Rosehill! Sir Lucan fights off Bear On The Loose to win the Listed Winter Cup! â�'ï¸� — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) June 14, 2025 • Italian Riviera has been backed from $51 into $26 in TAB's fixed odds market for the Winx Guineas and Wilson-Taylor was brimming with confidence in the lightly-raced galloper after riding him in work at the Sunshine Coast on Tuesday. 'Stu is obviously my biggest supporter so it would be good to win a Winx Guineas for him – and I think he's got the right horse to do it,' Wilson-Taylor said. 'His horses excel here on this track and Italian Riviera, he's been going terrific. On quality, it's probably not the best edition of the Winx Guineas so it certainly puts us right there I think.' A canny $60,000 purchase at the 2023 Inglis Classic Sale, Italian Riviera has already returned more than $80,000 in prizemoney for his connections with four wins from just eight starts. After winning the Glasshouse last year, jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor is aiming to add the Caloundra Cup and Winx Guineas at Sunshine Coast on Saturday. 🎥 via @eddiefranklin47 — Racenet (@RacenetTweets) July 1, 2025 He was most impressive under 60.5kg when powering home to win a Benchmark 68 at Doomben on June 24 and Kendrick said the Shalaa gelding had 'trained on terrific' since. 'I really like this horse (Italian Riviera). He's won four from eight, he was very impressive with a big weight last start in Brisbane, had to come from the tail and got over the top of them and won well,' Kendrick said. 'He's got to improve obviously up to this level but on what he's shown us in his work since, he has. 'We worked in well with Kyle so he'll ride – he was on him there this morning in his work and was very impressed with him. 'We gave him a little tick-over trial there last week and he won that impressively as well, so everything has sort of ticked over well … we just need a little bit of luck on the day.' Sunshine Coast trainer Stuart Kendrick has a big team heading to the Caloundra Cup meeting on Saturday, headlined by Italian Riviera and Redford. 🎥 via @eddiefranklin47 — Racenet (@RacenetTweets) July 1, 2025 While Redford is a $34 outsider in early betting for the Glasshouse, Kendrick warned punters not to write off the Snitzel gelding, who's won five of his 11 starts. 'He (Redford) is definitely a lightweight chance in the Glasshouse. He won here really well in one of the big Magic Millions races – he just had no luck around Ipswich last start,' he said. 'He loves the sting out of the track, he loves this big long straight so with no weight on his back I think he's a really good each-way chance in it.' Kendrick is also expecting strong runs on Saturday from Defiant Spirit and Bews in the Provincial Sprinters Series (1200m) as well as Bonded Affair in a Benchmark 70 over 1200m. @kendrickracing1! @BrisRacingClub — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) April 17, 2024 • 'Defiant Spirit – his first-up run off a long break was excellent in Brisbane. He had to do all the hard work in front and held on really well. (The) Form out of that's good and he should have improved form that. 'We've got him as well as Bews, he's also in the provincial sprint series, so they're both really good chances. 'And Bonded Affair, I couldn't have been more impressed with his first-up win the other day. We've just worked out that this horse needs to be ridden really quiet and that's how we'll ride him again on Saturday. If he gets the breaks I think he'll run really well.'
