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After so often threatening to be best suited over longer trips as was his famous relation Tie The Knot, Cherry Tortoni has finally found his distance after breaking through for a deserved win in the Listed Adelaide Guineas (1600m) at Morphettville on Saturday.
Trainer Patrick Payne said the Australian Guineas runner-up was, in his mind, a 1600-metre horse of quality and so he will be set on a path for such a horse that could possibly take him to the Group 1 Cantala Stakes over that trip during the Melbourne Cup carnival. The Cantala is the cream but in this game, we ll have plan B and C, he said after Saturday s win. But I think the mile is his distance.
Race caller Brett Davis summed up the Listed Adelaide Guineas the best when he said as CHERRY TORTONI (Night Of thunder – Tortoni) eased down near home, “he is a different class.”
Todd Pannell rode the Victorian who was a $2 chance with Sportsbet and he rode him as if he was Winx.
After jumping out well Pannell then allowed him to just find his rhythm without any urgings at all.
He stayed out of trouble in the three wide lane all the way and when the confident hoop kicked him up, he circled the field with consummate ease then just exploded away.
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BOOL BURSTS BACK TO LIFE WITH EPIC ANNUAL
May 6, 2021 4:26 pm
By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor
Where do you start? The horse – or horses? Two of them, epic rivals, perennials.
The race? Remarkable; greybeard heroes flog the upstarts, all horses home safe. Phew.
The trainer? “The ultimate horseman,” according to his father.
The jockey? He wasn’t Mr Kah, not today.
The event? Last year
Warrnambool was empty. Today, half of Victoria appeared to have marched up that hill to watch legends
Gold Medals and
Grand Annual Steeplechases ever run.
WARRNAMBOOL, AUSTRALIA – MAY 06: Clayton Douglas riding Gold Medals defeating Aaron Kuru riding Zed Em in Race 7, the Grand Annual Steeplechase, on Grand Annual Day during the Warrnambool Jumps Carnival at Warrnambool Racing Club on May 06, 2021 in Warrnambool, Australia. (Photo by Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images)
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AARON’S LEAP INTO HISTORY
May 5, 2021 3:05 pm
By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor
As jumps hero
Steve Pateman was being bumped around back in the field and
Clayton Douglas was on the ground with ripped britches after being bumped off, it was up to a first-timer to perfectly navigate the steeplechase course at
Warrnambool today.
Aaron Mitchell had never ridden the tricky course because he’d never ridden in a steeplechase, or a hurdle race, before today.
The 24-year-old’s impeccable display aboard the
Patrick Payne-trained
Can anyone recall a first-timer winning a jumps race at the Bool?
Five of the 12 starters either failed to finish the course or fell. Douglas (Ascot Red, lost rider) and
Cherry Tortoni, back in trip, heads the Sportsbet.com.au market for the Adelaide Guineas (1600m) this Saturday at Morphettville. The Patrick Payne trained three