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Waterhouse & Bott is a neat and professional 2YO daughter of
Snitzel, she returns from a spell after a winning debut at Newcastle, she’s since won a Wyong jump-out and again too slick for rivals here after a fast beginning, bit keen in the middle stages, better once balanced up in the straight with
Damien Oliver in the saddle. Look for another forward showing over the sprint trip when she resumes.
CRANBOURNE JUMP-OUTS 19/07
Heat 1 – 800m (48.15)
JIGSAW coming off a short freshen he stepped out in blinkers for the first time and after a quick beginning he sat off the rail before quickening at the bend to find the rail and once clear he was able to put a space on his rivals. The time was lightning quick and he’s potentially improved again since his dominant first-up win.
RUE EPIC trained by
Trevor Rogers is an unraced 2YO filly showing promise, she won a trial early in the year and was put out and has returned in great style once more winning a jump-out impressively after travelling sweetly for the majority of the heat and looked to have more to give, she is one to follow on debut.
Heat 5 – 800m (46.34)
MISS ALBANIA we black-booked off a recent synthetic jump-out and she’s raised the bar again with a superb jump-out win in very fast time here, she’s already a two-time city winner in her five starts to date and trainer
Saunter Boy wins the Kevin Lafferty Hurdle (Image: Racing Photos)
Flashy grey Saunter Boy made it back-to-back eye-catching hurdle victories under champion jockey Steven Pateman, defying a significant betting drift to take out Sunday’s Kevin Lafferty Hurdle (3200m).
The son of Myboycharlie continued Pateman’s domination of the Warrnambool meeting on Ciaron Maher & David Eustace-trained jumpers recording their third-straight victory of the day after earlier wins with Norway and Wil John.
On the bottomless Heavy 10 track Pateman once again positioned his mount on the superior ground out wide as Saunter Boy went on to record his fourth jumps win from just six start over the obstacles.