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Herald Sun
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Herald Sun
Know Thyself sneaks into Scone Cup field
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Hometown hero Know Thyself will get his chance to capture his second feature in less than a week after sneaking into Friday's Listed $200,000 Scone Cup (1600m) field. The Paul Messara and Leah Gavranich-trained galloper was touch-and-go to make Scone's Big Dance qualifier on Monday but gained a start after acceptances with a capacity field of 16 runners and four emergencies. • 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! Know Thyself is hunting a fifth consecutive victory in the feature event and will be on the six-day back-up following his victory last Saturday in Gosford's $500,000 The Coast (1600m). He is attempting to emulate the feats of 2022 The Coast winner Rustic Steel, which backed up successfully to prevail in the Scone Cup while also scoring in the Big Dance later the following year. Ashley Morgan, set to ride at 54kg, will retain the steer on this year's Country Championships winner with Messara looking to add another Scone Cup 15 years after he won the race on his home track with Obvious Choice. Know Thyself opened as a clear $3.50 favourite with the bookies. • Doomben 10,000 Day fields full of quality The Scone Cup field is dominated by the Annabel and Rob Archibald yard with the stable a chance to saddle up as many as five starters. The stable didn't accept with My Oberon but have a strong hand with the likes of West Of Africa ($11) and Group 1 winner Port Lockroy ($11) is among them. Newcastle trainer Kris Lees has both Tavi Time ($6) and Loch Eagle ($26). All five stakes races on Saturday's feature card have drawn capacity fields with emergencies in what is a huge for the Scone carnival's second day of racing. Messara and Gavranich will go in search of a stakes double across the weekend with Clear Thinking in line to make her return from a short freshen-up in the Listed $200,000 Ortensia Stakes (1100m). The Archibalds could be set for a massive weekend with Written In Code the horse to beat in the Group 3 $250,000 Dark Jewel Classic (1400m). The mare landed among the emergencies in the Listed $200,000 Luskin Star Stakes (1300m) where a competitive field of 16 runners will line up, likewise the Listed $200,000 Woodlands Stakes (1100m). Unbeaten filly Soft Love, trained by Matt Laurie, will attempt to start her career with a fourth consecutive victory in a full field of 16 runners in the Listed $200,000 Denise's Joy Stakes (1100m). ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ The Scone track was rated a soft (5) at acceptance time. The rail will be in the true position on Friday and then moved out to the 2-metre position from the 800 to the 400m for Saturday's meeting. The Bureau Of Meteorology forecast for Scone is. Wednesday – Partly cloudy. 23. Thursday – Mostly cloudy (70% chance of 0-7mm of rain). 20. Friday – Partly cloudy. 21. Saturday – Partly cloudy. 22. CLICK HERE to get the fields and free formguide for the Scone meeting on Friday. CLICK HERE to get the fields and free formguide for the Scone meeting on Saturday. Originally published as Country star Know Thyself to get chance in Listed Scone Cup
News.com.au
14-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Country star Know Thyself to get chance in Listed Scone Cup
Hometown hero Know Thyself will get his chance to capture his second feature in less than a week after sneaking into Friday's Listed $200,000 Scone Cup (1600m) field. The Paul Messara and Leah Gavranich -trained galloper was touch-and-go to make Scone 's Big Dance qualifier on Monday but gained a start after acceptances with a capacity field of 16 runners and four emergencies. Know Thyself is hunting a fifth consecutive victory in the feature event and will be on the six-day back-up following his victory last Saturday in Gosford 's $500,000 The Coast (1600m). He is attempting to emulate the feats of 2022 The Coast winner Rustic Steel, which backed up successfully to prevail in the Scone Cup while also scoring in the Big Dance later the following year. Ashley Morgan, set to ride at 54kg, will retain the steer on this year's Country Championships winner with Messara looking to add another Scone Cup 15 years after he won the race on his home track with Obvious Choice. Know Thyself opened as a clear $3.50 favourite with the bookies. Know Thyself makes it four on the trot and wins The Coast! ðŸ'¥ @AshMorgan6 | @Paulmessara | @LGavranich — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 10, 2025 The Scone Cup field is dominated by the Annabel and Rob Archibald yard with the stable a chance to saddle up as many as five starters. The stable didn't accept with My Oberon but have a strong hand with the likes of West Of Africa ($11) and Group 1 winner Port Lockroy ($11) is among them. Newcastle trainer Kris Lees has both Tavi Time ($6) and Loch Eagle ($26). All five stakes races on Saturday's feature card have drawn capacity fields with emergencies in what is a huge for the Scone carnival's second day of racing. Messara and Gavranich will go in search of a stakes double across the weekend with Clear Thinking in line to make her return from a short freshen-up in the Listed $200,000 Ortensia Stakes (1100m). The Archibalds could be set for a massive weekend with Written In Code the horse to beat in the Group 3 $250,000 Dark Jewel Classic (1400m). The mare landed among the emergencies in the Listed $200,000 Luskin Star Stakes (1300m) where a competitive field of 16 runners will line up, likewise the Listed $200,000 Woodlands Stakes (1100m). Unbeaten filly Soft Love, trained by Matt Laurie, will attempt to start her career with a fourth consecutive victory in a full field of 16 runners in the Listed $200,000 Denise's Joy Stakes (1100m). â– â– â– â– â– The Scone track was rated a soft (5) at acceptance time. The rail will be in the true position on Friday and then moved out to the 2-metre position from the 800 to the 400m for Saturday's meeting. The Bureau Of Meteorology forecast for Scone is. Wednesday – Partly cloudy. 23. Thursday – Mostly cloudy (70% chance of 0-7mm of rain). 20. Friday – Partly cloudy. 21. Saturday – Partly cloudy. 22.
News.com.au
11-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Mitch Cohen's Blackbook: Five to follow from The Coast day
Daily Telegraph racing expert Mitch Cohen has run the rule over Saturday's The Coast meeting and found a few he reckons are worth following. FIVE TO FOLLOW SARAPO (2nd, race 2) Stablemate Hidden Achievement certainly deserves following after winning the 2YO event but you'd have to expect this bloke has even more improvement given he was on debut. Trainer Chris Waller has two nice colts on his hands. Hidden Achievement makes it look effortless at Gosford! Adam Hyeronimus gets an early race-to-race double! ✌ï¸� @cwallerracing — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 10, 2025 HURSTVILLE ZAGREB (2nd, race 3) His unbeaten record was blemished but trainers John O'Shea and Tom Charlton would have loved what they saw from him first-up. He's got a Queensland Derby nomination and is going to appreciate getting up in trip. DUVANA (3rd, race 3) Jockey Adam Hyeronimus was forced to go back to the inferior ground on the inside with the Chris Waller-trained galloper doing his best work late. This colt is building towards a big performance. ðŸ�‰ Enter The Dragon just holds on and wins in a fiery finish at Gosford! @GaiWaterhouse1 — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 10, 2025 ACCREDITED (5th, race 9) He didn't race with a lot of room late in the race on unsuitable soft conditions but was only beaten by half a length. It was a great return and tipping he can go close on firmer ground next time. KING OF ROSEAU (2nd, race 10) He was doing his best work late behind Raikkonen. Runner-up at his past two starts now, a win for this Peter Snowden-trained galloper isn't far away. Raikkonen makes it look easy in the last at Gosford! ðŸ'� @SchofieldChad | @BBakerRacing — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 10, 2025 STEWARDS SAY Sequista (race 2): Sustaining multiple lacerations to its off-hind leg in transit. Will require veterinary clearance before racing or trialling again. Tiberius (race 2): Failed to close off in the straight gave the impression that the horse may have come to the end of its preparation. A post-race veterinary examination did not reveal any abnormalities but he will now be spelled. Engine Room (race 4): Continued to hang out in the middle stages and made the turn very wide from the 600m before hanging out in the home straight. He will be required to trial before racing again. Cormac T (race 5): A late scratching after becoming fractious in the gates, resulting in its near-hind leg becoming cast over the back gate. Was found to be 1/5 lame with abrasions to his near-hind leg. You Wahng (race 8): Jockey Andrew Gibbons reported she made an abnormal respiratory noise passing the 600m and from this point began to weaken. The filly undergo a full veterinary assessment, including an endoscopic examination. CRUNCH TIME Sarapo (race 2): Only had one runner behind him at the 600m before surging home to run the fastest final three furlongs of the race while covering more ground than any runner. His final 600m was 35.04 seconds. Miss Jennifer (race 6): She was close to 10 lengths off the leader when flashing home from last with a clear race best last 600m of 33.48 seconds. With clear running in the straight, she could have gone faster. Know Thyself (race 8): Ran a race best 11.76 split between the 1400m to the 1200m was decisive in allowing Ash Morgan settle outside the lead. He got home with a last 600m of 35.87 to win the race. Asgoodassobergets (race 5): The most dominant winner on the card made his move from just off the speed at the 600m, clocking the best final three furlongs. He was the only horse to break 35 seconds on the run home, finishing off in 34.97. Asgoodassobergets charges home and wins at Gosford! ðŸ'¨ @NockBraith | @ANeashamRacing — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 10, 2025 TRACK TALK 'Every preparation he's improved as a racehorse and there's no reason why that won't be the case again when he starts off his Everest campaign.' Michael Hawkes on Briasa. 'I felt a little bit vulnerable a furlong and a half out but he dug in late and strongest late.' Ash Morgan on Know Thyself. 'We might have a wet week this week in Scone so if it's a heavy track we might be tempted to go around.' Trainer Paul Messara on the prospect of a Scone Cup for Know Thyself. 'He's never won by big margins but today he was able to put them away well over this trip so it has opened up more options for him going forward.'' Adrian Bott on Les Vampires. 'He is a very nice horse. Six furlong probably isn't his distance but he was just too good for them and is only on the way up.' Adam Hyeronimus on Hidden Achievement. 'I saw the money coming for him, it's definitely not mine.' Richard Litt after Barber's win. Barber with a gutsy win in a tight finish in the Takeover Target Stakes! @G1TySchil — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 10, 2025 YOU CAN BET ON IT The Coast Know Thyself was well supported from an opening price of $4.60 and was $3.50 to $2.80 on race day. Big bets were taken of $5000 @ $2.90, $3000 @ $3.10 and $2.90, $2250 @ $2.80 and multiple of $2000 @ $2.80. Gosford Gold Cup Punters got it right with Les Vampires backed from $4.40 into $3 when winning the Gosford Gold Cup. A $2000 bet @ $3 landed with multiple $1000 bets @ $3.30 and $3.20. Takeover Target Stakes A plunge was landed when Barber scored in the Takeover Target after opening at $26 during the week. He was $11 into $8 on race day. THE SCHEDULE Monday: Murwillumbah, Quirindi Tuesday: Taree, Wellington Wednesday: Kensington Thursday: Hawkesbury Friday: Albury, Scone. Saturday: Scone, Kembla Grange, Tuncurry Sunday: Parkes, Sapphire Coast RON DUFFICY'S GOSFORD SNAPSHOT RUN OF THE DAY Les Vampires lifted the bar again winning the Cup with a gritty win. Not only is he looking a nice prospect for the Big Dance in the Spring he might even be more exciting stepping up in distance again. FORGET THEY RAN Plenitude hit a snag on the home turn and should have got a whole lot closer in the Highway while Winning Proposal bombed the start and did a great job to get as close as she did having her first run for the new stable. THE BLACK BOOK Duvana and Hurstville Zagreb are both early in their campaigns and are worth following out of the mile 3yo race. The others to catch the eye were Warnie who went well with improvement to come and Raikkonen who is a good type.
News.com.au
11-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Trainer Paul Messara keen to get Big Dance winner Know Thyself into the Big Dance
Trainer Paul Messara believes Know Thyself is an ideal $3 million Big Dance contender and plans to decide early in the week if The Coast winner will get his chance to qualify via Friday's Listed $200,000 Scone Cup (1600m). Know Thyself scored his fourth straight victory and second feature success this preparation with a sustained performance to prevail in the $500,000 The Coast at Gosford on Saturday. The son of The Autumn Son also captured the $1 million Country Championships Final at Royal Randwick last month. Messara, who trains alongside Leah Gavranich, is open to backing him up six days after his The Coast win on home turf at Scone. 'We will know a bit more midweek and see if there is much bounce in his legs and take it from there,' Messara said. 'That (The Big Dance) would be a lovely race for him to run in, it's perfect for him really. 'It might not be this preparation because he has done a great job already with four wins in a row but we will just see how he comes through.' Know Thyself makes it four on the trot and wins The Coast! ðŸ'¥ @AshMorgan6 | @Paulmessara | @LGavranich — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 10, 2025 The Kris Lees-trained Rustic Steel successfully backed up from his The Coast victory in 2022 and captured the Scone Cup before going on to salute in the inaugural Big Dance later in the same year. Know Thyself's victory in The Coast provided the ratings boost needed to guarantee him a start in the Scone Cup. Messara plans to nominate Know Thyself for Scone on Monday before making a decision. Meanwhile, trainer Mack Griffith will set his sets on the second leg of a country feature hat-trick when his speedster Compelling Truth contests Saturday's Listed $200,000 Ortensia Stakes (1100m). Compelling Truth took out the $200,000 Wagga Town Plate earlier this month for the biggest victory of his career and will be hunting a winning hat-trick at Scone's two-day carnival. Both the Listed $200,000 Luskin Star Stakes (1300m) and Ortensia Stakes were options at Scone. 'He is going to be nominated for both races but I am thinking the 1100m on the big long Scone straight will be the better race for him,' Griffith said. ' Braith Nock will ride. 'He went back to the farm for a few days after his win at Wagga which is his normal routine and he's done really well. 'We will see where he ends up (in terms of a Kosciuszko) but more short term we are looking at this and then a Ramornie with him.' The Listed Ramornie Handicap is held at Grafton in July.
Herald Sun
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Herald Sun
Barber cuts it fine to post first win for new connections in Takeover Target Stakes
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Ex-Godolphin sprinter Barber quickly proved he was a very wise investment with a stakes victory at just his second start for new trainer Richard Litt at Gosford on Saturday. Purchased for $215,000 at an Inglis Digital auction late last year, Barber paid off a significant portion of that price tag with a narrow win in the Listed $250,000 Takeover Target Stakes (1200m). It came at just his second start for Litt and delivered his owners a $140,000 windfall. • 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! 'They are maybe a little bit short (of the investment) but today would be a good payday,' Litt said. 'He is a wonderful horse, he ran extremely well first-up at Canterbury, probably a little bit unlucky. 'Today I couldn't watch when he was three-wide, I just bowed my head and thought oh well, what will be will be, and it was good to see him tough it out.' Jockey Tyler Schiller was unable to find cover and remained in the three-deep line throughout, making his run inside the final 600m alongside the Kris Lees-trained Brudenell ($11). The paired off to fight it and went toe-to-toe over the length of the home straight. Barber ($8) got his nose down when it counted to get the measure of Brudenell to score in a photo finish with the James Cummings-trained Spacewalk ($18) surging home for third. Barber's win ensured punters landed a significant plunge after he opened as much as $26 with bookies during the week. • Know Thyself continues stellar form to win The Coast 'I saw the money coming for him, it's definitely not mine,' Litt said. 'But massive congratulations to Jason and the Monarch Racing boys. 'They put their money on the line to buy this horse and we've got a massive result.' Litt has been made a habit of winning with Godolphin cast-offs with the likes of Balkans, Huon, Sedition, Destination and Morton's Fork all successful for the trainer. 'They are wonderful to buy off,' Litt said. 'You know what you're getting. They're great horses. 'James is a wonderful trainer and they have a great team. 'They are very transparent and from my point of view, I am very lucky to be able to buy them.' Litt is open to heading to Queensland for a Brisbane winter carnival assault with Barber. The gelding holds nominations for the Group 1 Doomben 10,000 and Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap in the Sunshine State. Originally published as Barber overcomes tough run to post first win for new connections in Takeover Target Stakes
