Saturday, July 28, 2018

Nature Strip Adds Magic


       Some serious spring contenders took to the tracks this Saturday and they didnt let anyone down with Nature Strip blitzing his rivals in the Listed Lightning Stakes at Morphetville. While Vega Magic began his quest for the Everest title with an easy win in the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield. A stallion who regularly keeps producing winners Choisir ended up with three of his stock greeting the judge first at the Morphetville meeting.
  • Nature Strip -- An awesome performance by this son of Nicconi putting the time on the board with a blistering performance in the Listed Lightning Stakes in Adelaide and can now surely secure a spot in the Everest for the Weir camp. There are still doubters about the Darren Weir galloper but should you doubt the man who can turn water into wine as he said earlier this week “this is the fastest horse I’ve ever saddled”.He is now into 11/1 for the Everest with Vega Magic but neither have a spot as yet. Nicconi stands at Widden Stud

  • Vega Magic and Lope De Vega -- Last years runner up in the Everest, Vega Magic has put forward his case for one of the remaining slots for this years event with a dominant return victory in the Bletchingly Stakes. The Hayes sprinter is now unbeaten in three starts at the Caulfield track. Champion jockey Damien Oliver said "Vega Magic over raced in the early stages, which caused concern, but he was too classy for his rivals on top of the ground". Gytrash was another winner for Lope De Vega in Adelaide, ridden by Anna Jordso over 1050m trip. The 2yo gelding is out of the Fastnet Rock mare, Miss Barley.
  • Choisir and Morphetville -- He won 12 group ones in his career and sprinting was his game. The old guy of Coolmore, Choisir's progeny broke through the 100 winner mark for the Australian season for the 7th consecutive season and produced a treble at Morphetville on Saturday. The first was Barbies Boy over the 1600m trip with Kayla Crowther riding. Then three year old Choisborder was one of many winners for Darren Weir yesterday as he had an easy win in the BM70 over 1200m with Damien Lane, in the saddle. While Barood scored his fifth win of his career and his fourth this year over the 1050m trip. One of Choisir''s best sons is the ultra consistent Chamois Road who has a super record and always starts at good odds. The talented galloper after winning the final race on the Caulfield card, now has a record of 12 wins and a further 19 placings from his 39 starts in a stellar career. Choisir stands at Coolmore

  • High Chaparral -- The Chris Waller stable had many winners over the country yesterday and i would like to bring a couple of promising ones to the forefront. At Gosford we saw three year old gelding, High Power successful over the 1600m with the talented jockey Aaron Bullock riding. He is by High Chaparral out of the Encosta De Lago mare,Plumm. He is one for the future staying events in Sydney as are the following two winners from Rosehill, yesterday. The Redoutes Choice  3 year old gelding, Huangshan copped a few bumps in the straight but was too strong at the finish of the 2000m BM 73.  He came storming through the pack with Hugh Bowman putting in another masterclass , to make it two wins in a row. He is out of the Galileo mare, Majestic Girl . Thinkin Big looms as a major spring player for the Waterhouse/ Bott stable as the two year old colt by High Caparral led all the way for a convincing win in the Rosehill opener. Waterhouse said "the colt had the right attributes to deliver the Classic over 2500m at Flemington on November 3. Thinkin' Big is very promising and will stay all day," 
     Other results worth a look at is the win by Run Gypsy Run who kept the Fastnet Rocks in the winners stall as did the Darren Weir trained Mantastic who finally broke through for a win.The four year old gelding is out of the Galileo mare, Foreign Legionary. The seven year old gelding Self Sense added another victory in the Vobis Gold Stayers event over 2400m to his amazing list and now is heading towards the Grand National in a few weeks time.The Street Sense galloper has now earnt connections 1.2 million dollars in his career.
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