Peter Snowden is a clear-cut favourite to take out this season's Sydney trainers' premiership, according to respondents to the recent poll on this blog. Darley's No. 1 trainer got 60% of the votes ahead of I'll-train-for-anyone Gai Waterhouse with 27%. Patinack's supremo Anthony Cummings and Bob Ingham's find Chris Waller polled 10% between them.
Sheikh Mohammed owns the first three finishers in the 3YO maiden at Gosford yesterday, all smart types making their debut. But it was the Waterhouse-trained The Flame (colt, Dubai Destination-La Flamina, by Selkirk) who sustained a strong all-the-way gallop to defeat the Snowden pair Borderline (Royal Academy) and Mignard (Strategic). By the aggressive manner of the win, from the outside barrier, I felt sure I could hear Gai back in Sydney saying, with a steely mien, "Your Sheikhness, anything Peter can do, I can do ...."
Completing this fairly remarkable Darley result was the fact that they also bred the fourth placegetter, Andretti. He was sold as a yearling for $120,000.
The race prizemoney swelled the Darley coffers by 51,238 UAE dirhams, equivalent to about five nights at the Burj-Al-Arab.
Bike? Check. Glasses? Check.
Tilly, super cool biker chick.
Melbourne Underbelly?
Looks like it, but actually the Main Man at 'Orange' ... if great coffee, fine food, sumptuous wines, funky atmosphere and fab service are your go, 'Orange' at the Windsor end of Chapel St, Melbourne, is the place. Ask for Anthony and tell him his old man sent you.
SOME RECENT PURCHASES and RECOMMENDATIONS
Thousand Guineas Prelude winner Ortensia, trainer Tony Noonan. Love those nostrils and ears (the filly's).
Fastnet Rock/Rare Insight 2YO colt. Tr J O'Shea
Danzero/Global Dance 2YO colt. Tr G Waterhouse
Canadian 2YO stakeswinner and young broodmare Chelsey's Image (Holy Bull-Lucky Chelsey), in foal to Dylan Thomas (Ire)
Golan/Double Owe 2YO colt, named Double Whisky. Tr C Waller
Redoute's Choice/Volted In 2YO filly. Tr G Waterhouse
Hussonet/Portrayal 2YO filly, named Bolocco Miss. Tr C Waller
Anabaa/Regal Fun 2YO colt. Tr C Waller.
High Chaparral, sire of the Kaapentyne 2YO colt. Tr C Little.
More Than Ready/Rachael's Pride 2YO colt, named Our Corsa. Tr C Waller
Charge Forward/Zerlina 2YO filly, named Passing By. Tr Robert Price
A P Indy's successful sire son Malibu Moon, sire of USA stakeswinner and young broodmare Grant's Moon, booked to Show A Heart.
USA stakeswinner and young broodmare Les Ry Leigh (Broken Vow-Azusa), in foal to Rock Of Gibraltar (Ire)
Hussonet's G1 winning 2YO champion filly La Chiflota
Group winner Rockwood (Rock Of Gibraltar-Foxwood, by Centaine). Tr G Waterhouse
Gr 1 winning mare Absolut Glam (Snowland-Pine Away, by Pine Bluff). Tr D O'Brien.
1 comment:
The people who voted in this poll must be on drugs. Gai Waterhiuse has been able to repel all invaders except John Hawkes at the peak of his powers. By that I refer to the time when the Woodlands empire was in its mature, highly successful phase and he had his pick of outside clients as well. Peter Snowden has done a wonderful job to date, but has NO outside clients and the Darley operation is a start-up, albeit a very high powered one.
If Gai's husband Rob were to frame a market on this "event" can you seriously imagine any of the other contenders you nominated being favourite?
Your blog is fully enertaining.
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