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Courier-Mail
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Courier-Mail
Canterbury preview: Signor Tortoni to add to long partnership
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. A working relationship stretching back six decades is still fruitful for Ron Quinton and the Tait family that can land further success with the promising Signor Tortoni. Quinton career as a jockey netted winners for the Tait's including a Canterbury win on two-year-old Baguette against open age sprinters before he won the Golden Slipper in 1970. 'I certainly go back a long way with the Tait family,' said Quinton. 'I rode for Sandy and Kathy Tait and his sister, Jill Nivison. I also rode for their parents (Griff and Daisy). 'They are great racing people and it is a pleasure to train for them.' Sandy Tait and Jill Nivison bred and race Signor Tortoni who is from a half-sister to their champion galloper, Tie The Knot. Trainer Ron Quinton saddles up two favourites at Canterbury on Wednesday. Picture: Getty Images Signor Tortoni is also a half-brother to the stakes winner Cherry Tortoni and Wings Of Song. The gelding has shown Quinton that he possess his share of ability, placing runner-up in three of his first four starts before breaking his maiden at Gosford with a four length win from Justice Warrior. 'It was a very good win. The only thing that surprised me is that I thought he would have broken through before that,' Quinton said. 'Anyway, he has done it now and let's hope he can go on with it.' The son of Too Darn Hot is favourite to make it back-to-back win in the Asahi Super Dry Handicap (1200m) with Jason Collett aboard. 'His gallops at home have always been good and we thought he might develop into a really nice horse. Hopefully that might still be the case,' he said. 'He is still lightly-raced and the family does get better with time. I certainly hope the best is still to come with him.' Quinton's other runner is Bryant who is favourite in the TAB Handicap (1200m). The two-year-old son of Brutal resumed with a handy fourth to Miss Freelove at Canterbury in April before aa second to the progressive Raging Force on the Kensington on June 25. 'He is a horse who has got a bit of talent as well,' Quinton said. 'It was a handy effort last start behind a horse who came out and won again impressively at Rosehill last Saturday. 'I have said all along he will be a much better three-year-old so it's nice to see him showing what he is at this stage.'
Herald Sun
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Herald Sun
Canterbury best bets, inside mail for Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. The Daily Telegraph and Racenet form analyst Adam Sherry provides his best bets and race-by-race analysis for Canterbury on Wednesday. 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! ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ CANTERBURY TIPS BEST BET Race 5 No.3: CASSIEL Very good winning both starts this time in and can bring up the hat-trick. NEXT BEST Race 4 No.10: CELTIC SIN Won two from three this preparation and had excuses in the other. VALUE BET Race 2 No.10: ISSY'S STAR Runner-up to a very promising horse on debut before a big win second-up. BEST EXOTIC Quinella Race 5: 1, 3 QUADDIE Race 4: 4, 9, 10 Race 5: 1, 3 Race 6: 3, 5, 7 Race 7: 6, 7, 11, 12 JOCKEY TO FOLLOW TOMMY BERRY has some nice rides and looks a good chance in the TAB Jockey Challenge. LAY OF THE DAY Race 4 No.4: NARBOLD First start in Sydney and up 7kg on his last run at Flemington. CANTERBURY INSIDE MAIL RACE 1: MAIDEN HANDICAP (1100m) FROM THE PEAK (4) started an odds-on favourite on debut at Newcastle in March where she was left to lead and run down late by Maybe Moet. Led and held out Sovereign Hill in her latest trial at Randwick. MISS JONES (6) was bumped on the turn when fourth to Regimental Colours here first-up before a second behind Glorious Moments at Canterbury. THE STARS (7) was good in her first campaign including a nose second to Scalable at Canterbury and a third to Kilonova at Rosehill. Has been good in both recent Randwick trials. BET: FROM THE PEAK to win. RACE 2: 2YO MAIDEN HANDICAP (1200m) ISSY'S STAR (10) lost three plates when a two-length second to Raging Force on debut at Muswellbrook. Was very impressive second-up leading all the way by nearly six lengths on a heavy track at Coffs Harbour. BRYANT (3) was held up passing the 300m when runner-up to Raging Force on the Kensington last start. Was fourth to Miss Freelove when resuming on a heavy track here. BESIDE THE OCEAN (16) is a half-sister to Farnan by Zoustar. Sat outside the leader to win her first Rosehill trial. Closed nicely late when second to Magical Star in her second heat. BET: ISSY'S STAR each-way. RACE 3: BENCHMARK 64 HANDICAP (1200m) SIGNOR TORTONI (3) was beaten as a short-priced favourite by Octa De Lago when resuming on a heavy track at Goulburn. Bounced back with a big all-the-way win from Justice Warrior at Gosford on June 12. Runner-up in both runs here. HAWKER HALL (2) led all the way to beat Mal Coupe at Gosford the same day. Better than his last start seventh to Getafix over 1300m on the Kensington. Drops in grade and distance. KILONOVA (5) score a handy debut win at Rosehill in February. Was strong through the line without pressure when just behind the placegetters in both recent trials. BET: SIGNOR TORTONI to win. RACE 4: BENCHMARK 64 HANDICAP (1550m) CELTIC SIN (10) resumed with an impressive win on a heavy track at Wyong and again put a margin on her rivals over 1500m at Hawkesbury last start. Had a wide run and pulled up lame in her run in between. STARPHISTOCATED (9) took improvement from her first-up third at Newcastle over 1200m. Stepped up to 1400m when she returned and was too good for Crimson Miss on a Heavy 8. Looks suited stepping up in trip again. NARBOLD (4) is better than his last run at Flemington. Placed his previous two in similar grade to this. BET: CELTIC SIN to win. RACE 5: BENCHMARK 72 HANDICAP (1100m) CASSIEL (3) raced well in his first two campaigns but has come back even better this time in. Led all the way to beat Apex over this track and distance before a big win at Hawkesbury. Can make it a hat-trick. MAFIA (1) ran a couple of handy placings in town before ending his campaign with a deserved win from Agenda Setter over 1250m here. Resumes for a new stable and has a couple of first-up wins. Nice trial win in his Nowra heat. OPAL FIELDS (6) will take improvement from her first-up sixth on the Kensington. Placed runner-up in both second-up runs. BET: CASSIEL to win. RACE 6: BENCHMARK 72 HANDICAP (1250m) BRAVEHEART (7) settled back in the field before closing strongly late when beaten under a length in third behind Axius when resuming over 1100m on the Kensington. Is a second-up and will appreciate a step up to 1250m. BARTOLF (5) scored a good win second-up last campaign and was a close second her two starts later. Returns as a gelding and has been good winning both Randwick trials this time in. HANAU (3) was held up passing the 200m when second to Denman Star first-up. Is a second-up winner and has won at this track and distance. BET: BRAVEHEART to win. RACE 7: BENCHMARK 72 HANDICAP (1900m) HOVLAND (12) was beaten a nose by Okami Star over 1600m on a heavy track second-up at Gosford before stepping up to 1800m and scoring a smart win from Magicon over 1800m at Hawkesbury. NATURAL DEDUCTION (7) raced wide throughout when down the track behind Kenmare Bay here two starts ago. Got a nice run in fourth spot and held off the strong closing Fioprospero over this track and distance last time out. Gets in well with the 3kg claim. KAZALARK (6) made ground from near last when fifth to Nana's Wish over 1550m here two runs back. Worked home for fifth to Misterkipchoge over 1800m at Rosehill last start. Back in grade and drawn well. BET: HOVLAND to win.
Sydney Morning Herald
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Pride, Gibbons lead the way as Estadio Mestalla scores stakes boilover
'He's going better than me, so I'll have to keep him around.' Pride earlier relished the win of Storm The Ramparts and looked to the July Sprint at Rosehill in two weeks after the four-year-old defied a betting drift and big weight on the track. Chasing a third benchmark 78 handicap win across his past four starts, the gelding known as 'Thunder' at the Pride stables led under Josh Parr and easily held off his rivals over 1100m carrying 62.5 kilograms. Pride said Storm The Ramparts, which has come back from a shoulder fracture, was getting better with age and thrived on wet tracks. He said the July Sprint 'wouldn't be out of the question' before quipping, 'or we might take him back to Randwick next week and run him in another 78 race and cop the couple of extra kilos'. 'Everyone was telling me weight was going to stop him today,' Pride said. 'Punters' obsession with weight is ridiculous. My horse is a better horse than [$1.80 favourite] Tarpaulin. I don't care, throw another couple of kilos on his back, he's just a better horse.' Storm The Ramparts is out of the same mare, Quick's The Word, as Pride-trained Dragonstone. Pride also has a filly, by Captivant, out of Quick's The Word. The win was part of a double for Parr, who piloted $21 shot Cloudland to a first-up victory for Newcastle trainer Kris Lees in the eighth, a 1200m benchmark 88. Force to be reckoned with Jockey Tommy Berry believed Raging Force could catch his rivals napping in spring features after the Peter Snowden-trained gelding was dominant in the two-year-old (1100m) handicap at Rosehill. The son of Cosmic Force made it three from three this preparation after taking a sit behind Lull on Saturday before racing through a gap late and powering to a two-length win. Berry believed Raging Force, which was spelled after an injury on debut in the Breeders Plate, was a preparation away from his best but could test the top three-year-olds in the spring. 'He's up and running now, heading to the Run to The Rose, Rosebud, Golden Rose, where the horses who have already proven themselves at the top level are still getting fit,' Berry said. 'He's the fit horse on the scene and he might be able to catch them napping hopefully,' Berry said. He was proud of how Raging Force handled the changing race tactics, after they initially went for the lead. 'It just shows his versatility, how smart he is now and how much he's willing to work with us,' he said. The Snowden stable plan to give Raging Force a short let-up before plotting a spring campaign. Diddle Dumpling sweet for spring goal Trainer Gerald Ryan was eyeing early spring stakes races for Diddle Dumpling after she broke through in town with a front-running ride from Tim Clark on her home track. The three-year-old Deep Field filly, a $325,000 Magic Millions buy for John Singleton, led and kicked well late for a one-length victory over Matt Smith-trained, Gerry Harvey-owned Golden Straand. Ryan said Diddle Dumpling overraced early in her career but had been racing better this time in. She won well at Gosford the start previous with a front-running ride from Nash Rawiller and connections opted to try the tactic again from a wide gate on Saturday. 'We'll probably try to win another one of these, but we're hoping to get black type with her,' Ryan said. 'She handles wet ground, so maybe a couple of those early mares races in August-September might be all right for her.' African Daisy finally blossoms Jockey Tim Clark believed the quick back-up, addition of blinkers, the inside draw and a soft surface were key factors in Jason Deamer-trained African Daisy winning for the first time in 889 days at Rosehill on Saturday. The six-year-old, a $9.50 Sportsbet chance, won the Midway 1200m benchmark 72 handicap on a soft 7, a week after finishing last in a 1300m edition of the grade on good going at the track. Loading Clark gave the Dynamic Syndications mare a sit behind the leader from gate one before pushing out to make clear running at the 300m on the way to a half-length victory over Equilibrist. 'She was plain the other day, so they went quick-up, blinkers on, for something different and it worked,' said Clark, who rode African Daisy at the end of her last preparation. Ciaron Maher-trained Hi Dubai made it a double for Dynamic Syndications with a gritty front-running effort in the 1100m benchmark 78 for fillies and mares. Yes Yes Yes to Gooree Park
The Age
05-07-2025
- Sport
- The Age
Pride, Gibbons lead the way as Estadio Mestalla scores stakes boilover
'He's going better than me, so I'll have to keep him around.' Pride earlier relished the win of Storm The Ramparts and looked to the July Sprint at Rosehill in two weeks after the four-year-old defied a betting drift and big weight on the track. Chasing a third benchmark 78 handicap win across his past four starts, the gelding known as 'Thunder' at the Pride stables led under Josh Parr and easily held off his rivals over 1100m carrying 62.5 kilograms. Pride said Storm The Ramparts, which has come back from a shoulder fracture, was getting better with age and thrived on wet tracks. He said the July Sprint 'wouldn't be out of the question' before quipping, 'or we might take him back to Randwick next week and run him in another 78 race and cop the couple of extra kilos'. 'Everyone was telling me weight was going to stop him today,' Pride said. 'Punters' obsession with weight is ridiculous. My horse is a better horse than [$1.80 favourite] Tarpaulin. I don't care, throw another couple of kilos on his back, he's just a better horse.' Storm The Ramparts is out of the same mare, Quick's The Word, as Pride-trained Dragonstone. Pride also has a filly, by Captivant, out of Quick's The Word. The win was part of a double for Parr, who piloted $21 shot Cloudland to a first-up victory for Newcastle trainer Kris Lees in the eighth, a 1200m benchmark 88. Force to be reckoned with Jockey Tommy Berry believed Raging Force could catch his rivals napping in spring features after the Peter Snowden-trained gelding was dominant in the two-year-old (1100m) handicap at Rosehill. The son of Cosmic Force made it three from three this preparation after taking a sit behind Lull on Saturday before racing through a gap late and powering to a two-length win. Berry believed Raging Force, which was spelled after an injury on debut in the Breeders Plate, was a preparation away from his best but could test the top three-year-olds in the spring. 'He's up and running now, heading to the Run to The Rose, Rosebud, Golden Rose, where the horses who have already proven themselves at the top level are still getting fit,' Berry said. 'He's the fit horse on the scene and he might be able to catch them napping hopefully,' Berry said. He was proud of how Raging Force handled the changing race tactics, after they initially went for the lead. 'It just shows his versatility, how smart he is now and how much he's willing to work with us,' he said. The Snowden stable plan to give Raging Force a short let-up before plotting a spring campaign. Diddle Dumpling sweet for spring goal Trainer Gerald Ryan was eyeing early spring stakes races for Diddle Dumpling after she broke through in town with a front-running ride from Tim Clark on her home track. The three-year-old Deep Field filly, a $325,000 Magic Millions buy for John Singleton, led and kicked well late for a one-length victory over Matt Smith-trained, Gerry Harvey-owned Golden Straand. Ryan said Diddle Dumpling overraced early in her career but had been racing better this time in. She won well at Gosford the start previous with a front-running ride from Nash Rawiller and connections opted to try the tactic again from a wide gate on Saturday. 'We'll probably try to win another one of these, but we're hoping to get black type with her,' Ryan said. 'She handles wet ground, so maybe a couple of those early mares races in August-September might be all right for her.' African Daisy finally blossoms Jockey Tim Clark believed the quick back-up, addition of blinkers, the inside draw and a soft surface were key factors in Jason Deamer-trained African Daisy winning for the first time in 889 days at Rosehill on Saturday. The six-year-old, a $9.50 Sportsbet chance, won the Midway 1200m benchmark 72 handicap on a soft 7, a week after finishing last in a 1300m edition of the grade on good going at the track. Loading Clark gave the Dynamic Syndications mare a sit behind the leader from gate one before pushing out to make clear running at the 300m on the way to a half-length victory over Equilibrist. 'She was plain the other day, so they went quick-up, blinkers on, for something different and it worked,' said Clark, who rode African Daisy at the end of her last preparation. Ciaron Maher-trained Hi Dubai made it a double for Dynamic Syndications with a gritty front-running effort in the 1100m benchmark 78 for fillies and mares. Yes Yes Yes to Gooree Park
Courier-Mail
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Courier-Mail
Peter Snowden unearths spring contender with Raging Force bringing up hat-trick at Rosehill
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Raging Force, Sydney's winter two-year-old sprint find, seems destined for stardom after another exciting win at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Champion jockey Tommy Berry is the number one ticketholder in Raging Force's growing fan club after a dominant win in the Thank You ATC Members Handicap (1100m). Berry said the promising young sprinter is simply 'too good' to be racing at this stage of the season. • 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! 'Raging Force definitely has stakes potential,' Berry said. 'He is still learning his craft but I loved the way he took that gap in the straight. 'He still has to make more improvement which I think he will. He's improving with every start and you don't see how good they are until they race against the better quality of horses because that brings the best out of them.' Trained by the maestro Peter Snowden, Raging Force was confidently backed into $1.70 favouritism and completed a hat-trick of wins when he scored easily by 2¼ lengths from Horseshoe Hill ($7) with nearly three lengths to Lull ($21) third. Raging Force showed promise at the early season barrier trials but pulled up sore when unplaced on debut in the Breeders Plate. Snowden gave the two-year-old plenty of time to recover and waited until winter to take the gelding back to the races, winning the Red Crown at Muswellbrook first-up, then winning by a big margin at the Kensington midweeks before making the rise to Sydney Saturday grade look routine. 'Raging Force was very good today,' Berry said. 'I was very proud of the way he reacted to the situation that unfolded in the first furlong and a half. 'When he jumped so well I was a bit positive to try and hold that lead but they went quick and I let them cross. 'He got his head up for two or three strides but then came back under me. It just shows his versatility, how 'smart' he is now and how much he is willing to work with us. 'I could have sent him to the line without the stick today but I did that last time and I thought I would help him find the line as he has tougher tasks ahead. 'I still feel he will be better at 1200m and 1400m when he can get into a rhythm, relax, and it is not all 100 miles an hour. He is simply too good for them at the moment.' Raging Force continues the outstanding season of leading syndicator Scott Darby of Darby Racing which has already yielded more than 100 winners including the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes, Group 2 wins in The Ingham, Shannon Stakes, and Ajax Stakes, Group 3 wins in the Sydney Stakes, Brisbane Cup, Sweet Embrace Stakes, Newcastle Stakes, Parramatta Cup, Queen Elizabeth II Cup and Liverpool City Cup, plus a host of Listed races. 'I purchased Raging Force at the Classic Sale for $150,000. We bought him purely on type, he is a lovely horse,' Darby said. 'He will have two weeks off then we will plan a spring campaign for him.' The promising rising three-year-old is a son of Snowden's former crack sprinter Cosmic Force, winner of the 2019 Pago Pago Stakes by seven lengths before finishing unplaced as favourite to Kiamichi in the Golden Slipper. Snowden wasn't on track at Rosehill but his stable representative Aaron Lau confirmed there are plans to set Raging Force for some of the better three-year-old races in spring. 'We're going to tip him out for a couple of weeks. Obviously, the spring isn't far, it will be on our doorstep very shortly,' Lau said. 'We just wanted to get today over and done with and see where he stood. He was up against a few last start winners and Bjorn's horse (Baker, trainer of Horseshoe Hill) goes very well, as does Blake Ryan's, he rates his horse (Just Awesome) as well so it was nice to see Raging Force do it today. 'He's got a great attitude, a lovely, big action and he's probably better on top of the ground as well. He's very progressive and it's exciting going forward.' Raging Force's hat-trick of winter wins means he is 'officially in the black' with nearly $170,000 prizemoney – and the promise of a lot more to come. Berry said Raging Force's improvement from race to race was evident in the first 200m of his Rosehill Win. 'All he wants to do is relax and when he jumped he put his head straight on his chest but I thought we will end up three pairs back on the fence so I had to push him along to hold the lead,' he said. 'Then they wanted to go too quick so I asked him to come back and after a couple of strides he was sweet. 'I stayed about a length and a half back so I had options to go around them if I needed but I could see Regan's horse (Bayliss on Just Awesome) runs around a bit. I thought he is going to give us some room at some point and he did. 'But I think Pete's masterstroke was to take him away to Muswellbrook and then even after that another trip away to Wyong for the trials as education. 'He may have still won those two races anyway but I don't think he would have executed as well today if he had not had those trips away.' Originally published as Tommy Berry declares Raging Force a stakes contender as gelding brings up hat-trick with impressive win at Rosehill
