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Sydney Morning Herald
6 days ago
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Ryan keen for Dumpling to steam forward again and show stakes class
Ryan hoped to test the waters again. 'We always thought she had stakes ability and that's why she had runs in some of those races,' he said. 'With her pedigree and what she's shown, we'd like to chase a bit of black type with her, so we'll just progress and see how she goes on Saturday. 'We've got to get her rating up a bit so we can get her into those races. She's certainly got the ability and is capable of winning one. It will be 1100 or whether you go to 1400 with her. We'll just let her tell the tale on Saturday.' Ryan has Green Shadows ($7.50) in the fifth, a benchmark 88 over 1600m. Green Shadows was fifth in the same grade over 1400m at Randwick last start and is chasing a first win in 11 months. 'The other day he got squeezed out of the gate and he was one pair further back than you would like to be, but he finished the race all right,' Ryan said. Silentsar ($14) and High Blue Sea ($19) are in the seventh, a benchmark 78 over 1300m. Loading 'It's a tough race and he's up in class, but he does drop six kilos,' he said of Silentsar. 'The other horse just needs firm ground, and he probably needed the run the other day. He loomed to win about the 300m mark and just ran out of puff, and he's improved off it.' Ryan, meanwhile, was looking to the spring with confidence about his strong crop of two-year-olds from this season. King Of Pop and Skyhook won their way into the Golden Slipper, while Blitzburg claimed the Canonbury Stakes and Grand Eagle peeled off two wins. 'I'm quite excited about King Of Pop, Skyhook, Sanctified and Grand Eagle,' he said. 'They appear to be coming up quite well. They had a jump-out on Tuesday morning and went really well on the course proper. 'Blitzburg will run in the Rosebud. King Of Pop in the San Domenico, Skyhook the Rosebud or San Domenico. All trial next Tuesday at Rosehill. Grand Eagle is a fortnight behind them so he'll probably go to a benchmark race before heading to something better.' Hoysted hopes filly can deliver breakthrough Sydney win Eagle Farm trainer Matt Hoysted hopes the trip to Randwick this week can be the making of promising filly Break Free, and give him a first NSW city winner in the process. Hoysted, about to enter his second season as a solo trainer, is sending Break Free and Termagant to Randwick after last-start efforts at Eagle Farm on June 28, and it will be the first Sydney runs for the Proven Thoroughbreds pair. Break Free, a three-year-old Capitalist filly, has won three of her five starts and finished second last time out. Her other run was an 11th when stepping up to the group 3 Vo Rogue Plate (1300m). She faces another test on Saturday in the ninth, a benchmark 72 handicap for three- and four-year-olds over 1100m. Hoysted rued a poor draw in 17 but was keen for Break Free to gain valuable experience on the road ahead of more campaigns at stakes grade. Andrew Adkins has the ride on the $10 Sportsbet hope. 'It's really good prizemoney and there's obviously not a great deal for her up here now that we're outside of carnival,' Hoysted said of bringing Break Free south. 'She's a promising filly who still just hasn't quite really put it all together yet. 'She had that race parcelled up at Eagle Farm last start and then had a wander and a bit of a look around late, and that probably cost her. She just got nabbed in the last couple of strides, so coming back 100 metres in trip, we want to ride her a touch quieter, and with something to chase, she can be that bit more dynamic. 'She's a filly who's always had nice natural ability and we've had a high opinion of her, and now we're at that stage where she's really honing her skills, we thought the trip away would do her the world of good. I just wish we could have drawn a bit softer. 'This preparation was all about get her rating up while she's still honing her craft, then maybe in another prep's time, if she keeps progressing, she can aim up into some better races.' Hoysted hopes for softer ground for four-year-old Deep Field mare Termagant, which races in the eighth, an 1100m benchmark 88 handicap. She is also third-up but is coming off a failure at home, when eighth in a 1200m benchmark 85. Dylan Gibbons rides the $23 chance from gate 12. Randwick was a soft 6 with the chance of rain on Saturday. 'She was obviously pretty disappointing last start at Eagle Farm,' Hoysted said. 'She nearly jumped favourite that day and she copped a rock-hard track, which we know she doesn't appreciate. She didn't let go at all on that. 'Last prep she was putting it all together, and we think she's one that's still on an upwards trajectory. Maybe down there we'll get a bit more juice in the track, and the big, open spaces of Randwick will suit her.'
The Age
6 days ago
- Sport
- The Age
Ryan keen for Dumpling to steam forward again and show stakes class
Ryan hoped to test the waters again. 'We always thought she had stakes ability and that's why she had runs in some of those races,' he said. 'With her pedigree and what she's shown, we'd like to chase a bit of black type with her, so we'll just progress and see how she goes on Saturday. 'We've got to get her rating up a bit so we can get her into those races. She's certainly got the ability and is capable of winning one. It will be 1100 or whether you go to 1400 with her. We'll just let her tell the tale on Saturday.' Ryan has Green Shadows ($7.50) in the fifth, a benchmark 88 over 1600m. Green Shadows was fifth in the same grade over 1400m at Randwick last start and is chasing a first win in 11 months. 'The other day he got squeezed out of the gate and he was one pair further back than you would like to be, but he finished the race all right,' Ryan said. Silentsar ($14) and High Blue Sea ($19) are in the seventh, a benchmark 78 over 1300m. Loading 'It's a tough race and he's up in class, but he does drop six kilos,' he said of Silentsar. 'The other horse just needs firm ground, and he probably needed the run the other day. He loomed to win about the 300m mark and just ran out of puff, and he's improved off it.' Ryan, meanwhile, was looking to the spring with confidence about his strong crop of two-year-olds from this season. King Of Pop and Skyhook won their way into the Golden Slipper, while Blitzburg claimed the Canonbury Stakes and Grand Eagle peeled off two wins. 'I'm quite excited about King Of Pop, Skyhook, Sanctified and Grand Eagle,' he said. 'They appear to be coming up quite well. They had a jump-out on Tuesday morning and went really well on the course proper. 'Blitzburg will run in the Rosebud. King Of Pop in the San Domenico, Skyhook the Rosebud or San Domenico. All trial next Tuesday at Rosehill. Grand Eagle is a fortnight behind them so he'll probably go to a benchmark race before heading to something better.' Hoysted hopes filly can deliver breakthrough Sydney win Eagle Farm trainer Matt Hoysted hopes the trip to Randwick this week can be the making of promising filly Break Free, and give him a first NSW city winner in the process. Hoysted, about to enter his second season as a solo trainer, is sending Break Free and Termagant to Randwick after last-start efforts at Eagle Farm on June 28, and it will be the first Sydney runs for the Proven Thoroughbreds pair. Break Free, a three-year-old Capitalist filly, has won three of her five starts and finished second last time out. Her other run was an 11th when stepping up to the group 3 Vo Rogue Plate (1300m). She faces another test on Saturday in the ninth, a benchmark 72 handicap for three- and four-year-olds over 1100m. Hoysted rued a poor draw in 17 but was keen for Break Free to gain valuable experience on the road ahead of more campaigns at stakes grade. Andrew Adkins has the ride on the $10 Sportsbet hope. 'It's really good prizemoney and there's obviously not a great deal for her up here now that we're outside of carnival,' Hoysted said of bringing Break Free south. 'She's a promising filly who still just hasn't quite really put it all together yet. 'She had that race parcelled up at Eagle Farm last start and then had a wander and a bit of a look around late, and that probably cost her. She just got nabbed in the last couple of strides, so coming back 100 metres in trip, we want to ride her a touch quieter, and with something to chase, she can be that bit more dynamic. 'She's a filly who's always had nice natural ability and we've had a high opinion of her, and now we're at that stage where she's really honing her skills, we thought the trip away would do her the world of good. I just wish we could have drawn a bit softer. 'This preparation was all about get her rating up while she's still honing her craft, then maybe in another prep's time, if she keeps progressing, she can aim up into some better races.' Hoysted hopes for softer ground for four-year-old Deep Field mare Termagant, which races in the eighth, an 1100m benchmark 88 handicap. She is also third-up but is coming off a failure at home, when eighth in a 1200m benchmark 85. Dylan Gibbons rides the $23 chance from gate 12. Randwick was a soft 6 with the chance of rain on Saturday. 'She was obviously pretty disappointing last start at Eagle Farm,' Hoysted said. 'She nearly jumped favourite that day and she copped a rock-hard track, which we know she doesn't appreciate. She didn't let go at all on that. 'Last prep she was putting it all together, and we think she's one that's still on an upwards trajectory. Maybe down there we'll get a bit more juice in the track, and the big, open spaces of Randwick will suit her.'
The Australian
19-07-2025
- Sport
- The Australian
Kyle Wilson-Taylor steps up for double with trainer Chris Waller at Eagle Farm
The big boys have left town, now it's Kyle Wilson-Taylor's time to shine. With the Queensland winter carnival well and truly over and the star southern jockeys either back home or on holidays, Wilson-Taylor collected a double with a couple of textbook rides on the Chris Waller-trained $11 chances Yet He Moves and Caboche. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Wilson-Taylor steered gelding Yet He Moves to victory in a Benchmark 78 Handicap over a mile before winning on Caboche in an open handicap at the same distance in the next race. 'The carnival is gone and the city jocks have gone home so that gives us a crack now,' Wilson-Taylor said. 'Chris (Waller) had a chat to me during the carnival and said once it goes, I'll be straight back in there. 'It's great to get these opportunities and even better to make the most of them. 'It helps when you draw good gates and have really well-prepared horses. 'I galloped him (Caboche) on Tuesday and he's one of my favourite horses.' Five-year-old gelding Yet He Moves flew down the outside in the straight to beat home Just Flying ($6) and $81 outsider Connecticut. Asked about the son of Adelaide going into the race without a trial after last running in early May over 1835m at Eagle Farm, Wilson-Taylor said: 'You never discount Mr Waller, he's the best trainer in the country for a reason. 'This horse is forward and just needs that sort of variety. He loves to switch off early and present at the right time and it all worked out for me today. 'I probably got there a bit soon and he switched off late but it's good signs going forward. 'Chris has been a really good supporter of mine in recent times and I've been doing a bit of work there and getting the results.' Caboche defeated $2.50 favourite Chica Mojito for a Waller quinella, with the Jack Bruce-trained This'llbetheone ($9.50) in third. There was a sad postscript to Caboche's victory, with the Chris and Corey-Munce-trained gelding Brookhaven being humanely euthanised on the track after breaking down entering the straight.
News.com.au
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Matt Dunn three-year-old Neil has potential to sparkle like a diamond
Part-owner Dr Rob Sheahan has revealed the intriguing story of how the Matt Dunn -trained Neil got his name. Sheahan said the name was derived from a mixture of Dunn's respected bloodstock agent Neil Jenkinson and famous American singer Neil Diamond. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! The gelding's dam happens to be Diamond Fund, whose son is Red Red Wine, a song written and recorded by Diamond in 1967. UB40 recorded a cover version of the song in 1983 that reached No.1 in the UK and No.7 in Australia. Neil, the son of Headwater, will compete in a 3YO Handicap for colts, geldings and entires over 1200m at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The gelding started at $5 in betting markets but had drifted to $10 on Friday, with the Billy Healey -trained Benzou ($2.80) and Chris Anderson's Lead Me On ($4.20) the favourites. 'I named him,' Lennox Head general practitioner Sheahan said about Neil. 'Because he's out of Diamond Fund, Red Red Wine was originally a Neil Diamond song, even though nearly everybody thinks it's a UB40 song. 'I always wanted to call a horse by a stupid name and Neil was from Neil Diamond. 'Matt Dunn's bloodstock agent is Neil Jenkinson so it was quite funny, it was a double entendre. 'I've even got a T-shirt made up for Neil that says 'Neil's doing Neil things'.' Murwillumbah trainer Dunn, who returns home from a business trip to Sapporo in Japan on Sunday, is excited about Neil's potential given the galloper has won two out of his four races and finished runner-up at Eagle Farm this month in a Class 2 over 1000m. 'He's got a bit of talent but he's typical of the Headwaters in that things don't come easy for him,' Dunn said. 'He's still figuring out things properly. He wants to go quick, then slow down, and wants to go left when we need him to go right. 'But he's getting there and doing a pretty good job of it. He's certainly a talented horse and he's lobbed in the right race.' Dr Sheahan described Neil as a 'total goof' in his last start because the gelding 'did everything possibly wrong' but still finished second under Jake Bayliss, who will ride him again on Saturday from barrier two. 'I reckon if he'd won that race then someone from Hong Kong would've been interested in him,' Dr Sheahan said. 'I've actually been debating whether I want to sell him. It's like selling your grandchildren for money, it feels a bit funny.'
News.com.au
18-07-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Seven-year-old gelding Galifianakis can continue his remarkable form at Eagle Farm
It's becoming increasingly clear why Deagon trainer Jack Bruce 's foreman calls Galifianakis the 'Benjamin Button' of Queensland racing. The seven-year-old has been in sizzling form since the autumn, winning two and placing in three of his past five races. Galifianakis will run in a Benchmark 78 over 1600m on Saturday at Eagle Farm as an $8 chance, with apprentice Cobi Vitler able to claim 3kg to reduce the weight to 59kg. The Grant Allard -trained gelding Merchant Flyer is the $3.60 favourite in a fairly open race. Galifianakis is coming off a narrow runner-up finish to the Kelly Schweida -trained Deep Respect in a Benchmark 85 (1400m) at odds of $71 on Caloundra Cup day. 'He is the stable's most winningest horse,' said Bruce, who has trained the gelding to all his seven wins from 37 races after taking over from Chris Waller in late 2022. 'I presume he's named after the movie star Zach Galifianakis (from The Hangover films). 'We bought him as a maiden from Sydney. He's just thriving, despite his age. 'My foreman (Ryan O'Connor) calls him Benjamin Button because he feels younger every week. 'He's getting better and he's maturing. He's stronger and happier than he's ever been. 'That's partly me learning how to keep him in the right zone because I've trained him for a while now.' Bruce said he was confident that Galifianakis would run strongly fresh last start at the Sunshine Coast but 'pleasantly surprised' when he almost snatched victory. 'He should've won – he drew barrier seven and had to go back to almost last,' the trainer said. '(Jockey) Ash Morgan said if he'd drawn five instead of seven, he would've won the race which would've been quite something.' • Galifianakis started his racing career at Newcastle in February 2022 under Sydney's premier trainer Waller and while he was consistent, he failed to break his maiden status. Under Bruce, he went on a tear in February and March in 2023, winning four straight races, at the Gold Coast polytrack and Ipswich, to stamp his claims as a rising talent. Galifianakis, who has won just under $335,000 in prizemoney, briefly went up to north Queensland under trainer Tom Button for three races during last year's winter before being transferred back to Bruce's stable. 'Ideally he races well this weekend and it's another stepping stone for his prep and getting him out in distance eventually,' Bruce said. 'Last prep he enjoyed having more runs in the shorter trips and he actually won at the mile (on March 16 at the Sunshine Coast) and ran really well at 1400m. 'I'm going to keep quite an open mind about how I proceed through this preparation but he ran a super race first-up and he's in good health and good order. 'That run didn't knock him around so I expect to go well second-up on Saturday. 'I still think he'll end up getting out in trip but I'm happy to take it run by run.'
