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News.com.au
19-06-2025
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Trainer Rex Lipp aiming to fulfil Cifrado owner's spring carnival dream
Lotto winner Cliff Little has long dreamt of having a runner in the Sydney or Melbourne spring carnival and so trainer Rex Lipp is going to grant him his wish. Cairns owner Little - who collected a monster $40m on lotto from a $26 ticket - owns $1.7m earner and multiple Group 2 winner Cifrado who races in Little's red and white racing colours which tip the hat to St George. Cifrado didn't trouble the scorers in the Queensland winter carnival but Group 1-winning Toowoomba trainer Lipp knows he has a good horse on his hands. It's time to do some travelling with the four-year-old gelding in the spring. 'Cifrado is spelling and will be in the paddock for another 10 days, but he will go to Sydney or Melbourne in the spring,' Lipp said. 'The bloke who owns him would love to have a starter in Sydney or Melbourne. 'He has spent millions on horses and he would really like to see Cifrado racing down south. 'I haven't picked anything out for him yet, I will talk to a few blokes and get an idea of what races would suit him early in the spring. 'We won't be going down there for the big races, we will pick our mark.' • Warnie can honour cricket legend with consolation victory Meanwhile, Lipp thinks he can fire a shot at Ipswich on Saturday with last December's Gold Edition Plate champion Superalloy. It was the only race that Superalloy has won in his 11-start career but Lipp said don't be surprised if Superalloy is in the money when racing in the $150,000 TL Cooney (1350m) at Ipswich on Saturday. Lipp thinks bookmakers are offering a silly price, with Superalloy rated a $13 chance in a betting market headed by Stay Focused ($3.20) who has drawn barrier 17. Superalloy drops in class after running a big race as a $151 shot in the Group 3 Fred Best Classic, being beaten 2½ lengths in a race where Lipp insists he should have finished closer to the winner Spicy Martini who then raced in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap. 'It's a big class drop for him on Saturday, he only got beaten two and a half lengths in the Fred Best and he got held up for a run,' Lipp said. 'I am sure he should have run a place in that race. 'The only time he let me down was in the Queensland Guineas, but it turns out he can't run 1600m. 'He is a horse you can race up on the pace and he has drawn well which is the thing you want to do at Ipswich. 'I do believe he will be right in the money. 'Bailey Wheeler rides him and he rides him well.'
News.com.au
23-05-2025
- Sport
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Trainer Rex Lipp says Cifrado must win BRC Sprint to make Stradbroke Handicap field
Toowoomba trainer Rex Lipp has declared that his stable star Cifrado needs to win Saturday's BRC Sprint to have any hope of making the prestigious Stradbroke Handicap. 'He's got to win it,' Lipp said about the $300,000 Group 3 race, which offers a golden ticket into the feature Stradbroke (1400m) at Eagle Farm on June 14. 'If he doesn't win it, he goes to the paddock.' Cejay Graham returns from suspension to hop on board the four-year-old gelding from barrier two in the BRC Sprint (1350m) after regular rider Kyle Wilson-Taylor decided to instead steer $19 chance Matcha Latte for Wyong trainer Sara Ryan. 'He hasn't had a lot of luck on him so who knows?' Lipp said about Wilson-Taylor declining the ride. 'He's an easy horse to ride, you've just got to use your common sense. He's as good as I can get him, it's just a matter of whether he's good enough.' With a rating of 102, Cifrado sits on the fringe on qualifying for the $3m Stradbroke but he will need to beat a strong field in the BRC Sprint that includes the Ben, Will and JD Hayes-trained $3.70 favourite War Machine, which is coming off a last-start victory over Jimmy The Bear in a Benchmark 100 (1400m) at Caulfield on May 10. The Hayes brothers' Rise At Dawn, which finished fourth in last month's Group 1 Doncaster Mile at Randwick, is also strong in the market at $6.50. Cifrado, who has won $1.7m in prizemoney with five wins from 26 starts, is a $23 chance in the BRC Sprint. Last year's Group 2 BRC Sires' Produce Stakes winner will appreciate the extra distance of 1350m after his flop in the 1200m Group 2 Victory Stakes this month. Topweight Yellow Brick, trained by father-and-daughter combination Tony and Maddy Sears, has a 107 rating, which should be good enough to make the Stradbroke field. The five-year-old gelding, who hasn't raced since finishing fifth in the $1.5m Magic Millions QTIS Open (1300m) in January, has won both his trials this month. 'He's in very good order, I couldn't be any happier with him,' Maddy Sears said. 'His rating looks enough to get him in the Straddie so hopefully we don't have the worry of anything. We'll go for the win-and-your're-in theory and get the job done. 'I just want the sun to keep shining and shining because he's very good on a dry surface. 'Most times he's been beaten it's been caused by a wet track.'
