WYONG: Autumn Plans For Miss Darcey
Story By Grahame Timbrell
Friday, 17 October 2008:  | | Peter Robl |
Miss Darcey was expected to win as a long odds on favourite but had to work harder than jockey Peter Robl anticipated to score by a length over 2100m.
Trainer Anthony Cummings was in Melbourne but Robl told Harold Light, deputising for the trainer, that the filly had raced flat.
“She needs the paddock,” Robl said.
“The only reason she beat them was because of her class.”
Light said the intention is to spell the daughter of Hussonet then prepare her for the autumn.
Miss Darcey started at $1.20 and raced outside the leader, Pastoral Pursuits, until well into the straight.
It was only in the last 100 metres she got the upper hand to move away and win by a length in class record time.
Robl completed a double on the Paul Perry trained Our Corey, who showed his appreciation for a good track with an easy all the way win in the Stephen Farley Racing Stable Rating 65 (1200m).
However the horse was showing signs of distress after the race and went down once in the parade yard before vets and race day staff were able to get him back to the stalls and re-hydrate him.
The horse made a full recovery.
Foreman Keyren Forbes said Our Corey had struck a succession of rain affected tracks and they did not suit him.
* TYE Angland also landed a double with winning rides for Allan Denham and Darren Smith.
Explicit riding instructions from Denham resulted in a runaway win by Angland on Superreact in the Last Frontier Alaskan Adventure Class 2 (1600m).
Denham told Angland to drop Superreact out early and let him find his feet then take off around the field and challenge the leader.
Angland did just that, making his move at the 1000m to take up the running from the early pace maker Obvious Choice.
Soon after straightening Angland kicked Superreact away and he opened up a big break, winning by four and three quarter lengths.
The top weight and favourite Umpire Bird missed the start but never looked a hope and finished second last.
Angland completed his double on brave front runner Domidor, who showed fighting quality to win the Prime Trust Experts in Retirement Rating 71 (1350m).
“He is a very genuine horse,” Smith said.
“I might take him to Randwick on Melbourne Cup day and let him have a crack at city company. I think he deserves it.”
* WARWICK Farm trainer Joe Pride rates Lilli Bank, a half sister to his talented galloper Shannon Bank, as the most stylish horse in his stable.
“I wish she was as good as she looks and half as good as Shannon Bank,” Pride said after Lilli Bank recorded her first win in the Women In Racing Central Coast Maiden (1350m).
“She is a funny filly,” Pride said.
“She hates other horses around her. It suited her to be where she was on her own.”
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