Mitch Cohen's Blackbook: Five to follow from Royal Randwick on Saturday
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FIVE TO FOLLOW
CROSSBOW (0.03-length 2nd of 8, race 1): Another stride and he runs down Tomato Toastie in the two-year-old opener after making a late dash along the inside. He's still a maiden but doubt that will be for much longer.
TOMATO TOASTIE (2 f Too Darn Hot - Al Naifa) makes it two in a row with a tenacious win at Royal Randwick � @GaiWaterhouse1
The filly was a $140k @CunninghamTbred & @ClarkeBstock buy from @SegenhoeGroup at the 2023 @mmsnippets National Weanling Sale ðŸ'¥
🎥 @racing_nsw pic.twitter.com/iZOKPFUN1t
— ANZ News (@anz_news) July 12, 2025
IN SUMMER (1.5-length 3rd of 13, race 2): This The Autumn Sun mare was building nicely second-up and did her best work late in the Highway event. If she heads towards the 1800m Highway in two weeks, she will be hard to beat.
KINGSTON CHARM (0.84-length 2nd of 15, race 3): She was excellent second-up after getting buried back in the pack and surging home along the fence. There is another Midway over a mile in a fortnight that has her name written all over it.
WAR RIBBON (4.39-length 7th of 15, race 3): He was caught three-deep in the run while resuming at a mile and was still doing his best work through the line. He's come back in good order and reckon he will be worth backing out to a trip.
Walking Painting leads the journey to win race 3 at Randwick! ðŸ'� @R1CHARDFREEDMAN @willfreedman pic.twitter.com/AczfDBjhst
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) July 12, 2025
PUNTIN (0.83-length 2nd of 12, race 8): His slow start proved costly but this Bjorn Baker-trained galloper should have lost no admirers working home nicely behind Oh Diamond Lil. You can continue to back him with confidence.
She's back on the winners list! ðŸ'�
Jason Collett lifts Oh Diamond Lil over the line to take out race 8 at Randwick! @DavidPfieffer pic.twitter.com/IzhFK0xK2C
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) July 12, 2025
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STEWARDS SAY
Pillow Fight (race 1): Eased down for the final 200m and was found to be displaying cardiac arrhythmia for the first time. She will now be spelled.
Zenadeel (race 1): Jockey Reece Jones felt the gelding was short in its action pulling up. He was found to have cardiac arrhythmia and will be spelled.
Satness (race 3): Laid In throughout the race and jockey Dylan Gibbons did not feel comfortable in its action. Was found to be 2/5 lame in the near-foreleg and off-hind leg post-race.
Fiddlers Green (race 8): Showed no turn of foot when placed under pressure and gave ground. No abnormalities were found post-race but stewards will follow up on his condition.
Changing Colours (race 10): Did not quicken as jockey Jason Collett had expected. Found to be coughing post-race but no other abnormalities were found. She will require vets clearance before racing again.
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CRUNCH TIME
King's Secret (race 4): An effort of sustained speed with topweight of 60.5kg saw the gelding win with last 600m of 34.05 seconds. It was enough to hold off Stardeel (33.98) and Celerity (33.94).
Bundeena (race 7): Perfectly poised midfield he rocketed home to win in 33.16 seconds for his last 600m. Only third placegetter Lulumon (33.04) ran the final three furlongs faster across the meeting.
Bundeena too strong ðŸ'°
Josh Parr and John Thompson combine to win the seventh at Randwick! @JoshuaParr8 @JTRacingRwik pic.twitter.com/r6Ncvlg2MM
— 7HorseRacing ðŸ�Ž (@7horseracing) July 12, 2025
Getafix (race 9): A perfectly timed Jason Collett steer and this gelding's explosive turn of foot late saw him finish off from back in the field in 34.23 seconds for his last 600m to win. It included race best closing splits of 11.12 and 11.56.
Extraordinaire (race 10): The only horse to break 35 seconds for the last 600m got up in the nick of time, finishing off in 34.81 seconds. Her last furlong of 11.74 was a clear race best.
EXTRAORDINAIRE 😱😱
Tom Sherry takes the short way home and gets up on the 80-1 shot to finish the day at Randwick!
Anyone get the quaddie? 😅😅 @tomo_sherry @ANeashamRacing pic.twitter.com/U53QbKApVP
— 7HorseRacing ðŸ�Ž (@7horseracing) July 12, 2025
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TRACK TALK
'Joe (Pride) and the team keep raising the bar and he keeps saying how high. He is going super this preparation.' — Andrew Adkins on emerging star King's Secret.
Get the post-race wrap on King's Secret! @PrideRacing | @aus_turf_club | @ProvenTbreds pic.twitter.com/vHo2QS9Ya1
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 31, 2025
'At the end of his two-year-old season and as a three-year-old, him and Linebacker were the ones we thought could shape up pretty well and he has just taken a bit more time to work towards that.' — Tom Charlton on Getafix.
'Rushing her around for the spring is probably not the right sort of thing to do just yet so that might set us up nicely for a good autumn campaign in time.' — Adrian Bott on Tomato Toastie.
'I think the ride today was just perfection.' — Johann Gerard-Dubord on Braith Nock's steer on Royal Supremacy.
'You get up his rating and a bit of confidence and there are races like The Metropolitan if he's not up to better.' — Gerard-Dubord again, discussing Royal Supremacy's spring prospects.
'Things are starting to kick along. I'm happy with how things are going so, head down, keep working hard and hopefully the opportunities keep growing over the coming months.' — Apprentice William Stanley following his second Saturday winner on Walking Painting.
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