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The success of New Zealand-bred horses in the Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) continued last Saturday with Explosive Jack taking out the Sydney Classic.
The son of the ill-fated stallion Jakkalberry got up to win in the last stride of the 2400m feature, closing from the rear of the field to prevail from fellow New Zealand-bred runners Young Werther (Tavistock) and Lion’s Roar (Contributer).
Trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, Explosive Jack followed a less traditional path into the Derby, traversing Australian states at will.
He won on debut over 1600m in late November, before running fifth over 2100m at his next start. A month later he stepped up over 2400m when he won at Kembla Grange against older horses before heading to Tasmania to take out the Listed Tasmanian Derby (2200m) in February.
Racing: Waisake takes perfect preparation into $250,000 Wellington Cup
28 Jan, 2021 09:55 AM
3 minutes to read
NZ Herald
By: Michael Guerin
Allan Sharrock had a welcome travelling companion as he clocked up thousands of kilometres up and down the North Island this week: a smile.
Sharrock was left beaming by Waisake s final serious piece of trackwork on Tuesday morning heading into the $250,000 Wellington Cup for which he is the $3.20 favourite.
That sounds remarkably short for a horse in an 18-horse 3200m Cup race but Waisake has dominated betting since he smashed a intermediate field carrying topweight at Trentham two weeks ago.
He drops to 53kg with two-time Auckland Cup winner Samantha Collett aboard and even has the added bonus of drawing barrier four so the preparation could hardly have gone better.