This Saturday we saw signs of what's to come as the Spring carnival, closes in. Hugh Bowman had a big day out with four winners but lost one on protest . The best jockey in Australia, Hugh .We need to remember that. Street Cry the sire of the brilliant mare Winx, got a double at the end of the Rosehill card, with his progeny. He left us some promising three year olds in his final days, ignore at your peril. The Snitzel's continue to dominate with another big day at Rosehill and there is no reason why with the sheer numbers and quality of this breed they may easily walk away with a treasure trove of Spring Carnival riches.
Hugh Bowman -- A Bowman banquet on Saturday at Rosehill with Hugh riding four to victory only to see his best ride of the day end up in the stewards room and taken off him with Fast'n'Famous. He is the best jockey in this country and its good to see the stewards giving him only a fortnights suspension, which gets him back in time to partner the great mare Winx . He opened the day with a win on DÁrgento.The Waller trained So You Think colt. He is regally bred, being out of a Redoutes Choice mare. The 1500m event was perfect for him and there is plenty of future wins on the horizon for this colt. In the other 1500m race, Hugh won on the Northern Meteor mare Prada Miss. She is out of a Pins mare and i wanted to note the Snippets female line shining through here and in a few other races on the weekend.
Street Cry -- A warning from the Street Cry's in the last two races at Rosehill on Saturday with the Spring carnival, nearly upon us. They could be ready to dominate with their headline act the great mare Winx trialing brilliantly during the week. No way she is on her own as there are some very promising three year olds left by Street Cry after his untimely death.The 4 year old gelding, Most Exalted who is out of that good Danehill mare Queen of the Hill who won 4 of her 15 career starts was the first winner, scoring in the 1350m event after his jockey Andrew Adkins filed in a protest against Bowman on Fast'n'Famous and the stewards ruling in his favour. In the last we saw Philosophy ridden by Corey Brown for the James Cummings camp win the 1500m event. The Godolphin stable have a couple of good Street Cry progeny with this four year old mare being out of a Lonrho mare.
Here is Street Cry's
awesome daughter Zenyatta winning her 19 starts
Snitzel -- What a stallion he is ! At Rosehill on Saturday it was not only a double for the breed but his progeny produced the quinela. First in the Spring Carnival Hcp then in the benchmark 72. This is a regular occurrence for the Snitzel's. The win of the 3 year old gelding Arbeitsam got the day rolling when he led all the way in the 1400m event. He is trained by Waterhouse/Bott and was ridden by Tim Clarke.He defeated another Snitzel in The Pharoah who battled on into second place. This was followed by the mare Suspenders winning the BM 72. Her jockey Christian Reith sent her down the outside to grab Slumber Party near the line . They are both by Snitzel with Suspenders being out of a General Nedyim mare. At Gosford in the Class 2 over 1200m we saw Irithea ridden by Chad Lever top off, another great day for the breed.
Snippets winning the 1988 Challenge Stakes
Kiwia -- The emerging 3yo staying prospect Kiwia ridden by Damian Lane continued on his winning way at Caulfield in the 150,00 Vobis Gold Stayers race over 2400m. Darren Weir had targeted this race for him and now says he is going for a little freshen up and their new target is the Bendigo Cup in October. The Reset gelding got the win in before the meeting was called off due to strong winds.The Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes will now be held next Sunday at Sandown.
Kiwia winning Vobis Gold Stayers race
with Damian Lane aboard.
Bandipur and Commands -- The last listed race of the season was won by the Commands two year old colt, Bandipur against the older horses in the 1050m Lightning Hcp at Morphetville with Paul Gatt in the saddle for James Cummings. It was a positive finish to the season for the Godolphin team.. Bandipur is most likely to head to the Vain Stakes on August 19th. The 3yo gelding Denbern in the 1600m event at Doomben made it a good finish for the Commands as well adding another win to their tally. Denbern is out of a Pins mare.
Another Commands listed winner
his two year old colt Bandipur
Balf's Choice and Written Tycoon -- Balf's Choice continued on his winning way through the grades with Jamie Kah on Saturday winning the Schweppes BM 82 at Morphetville. The Written Tycoon gelding has been in hot form over the past 6 weeks. The breed have been getting plenty of winners as well with Sexy Eyes ridden by Chad Lever for Chris Waller winning the 1100m maiden at Gosford as well.
Honourable Mentions -- Craig Williams won the Melbourne jockey premiership over Beau Mertens and finish the season off with a win on Shamport in the open 1400m event. Shamport by Shamardyl out of a Red Ransom mare swooped down the outside to secure a good win.
Pierro -- This young stallion continues to produce winners and Poseidon''s Pool the 2 year old gelding trained by Darren Weir won the benchmark 64 at Morphetville . He could be one to watch in the future ridden by John Allen.
Galileo -- In the staying races, need to be wary of the Galileo's especially when rain affected. The well backed Kellstorm was another winner for Paul Gatt on Saturday in the 2500m event at Morphetville.
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