THE ITALIAN JOB (Race #10)

Thursday 30th March 2006

Otaki-Maori R.C.

Track: 2.2 (Easy)

 

 Race 7 SPEIGHT'S 1600 MDN 1600m

Stake: $5,000 (15 ran)

Winning Time: 1:36.00
Pos No. Fav Horse Wgt Carried Jockey Dec Trad
1 10  1/1  Eclaire  55.5  55.5 Lisa Allpress   1 1/4 L
2 2  2/2  McCahon  57  57 Andrew Calder 1.3 4 1/2 L
3 4  13/14  Sovereign Song  57  57 Keil Collins 5.8 3/4 L
4 11  3/3  On Target  55.5  56 Hayden Tinsley 6.6 Nose 
5 3  5/5  Cap Colombie  57  57 David Walsh 6.7  1 L
6 1  11/12  Gandyboy  57  56 Vanessa Johnston (A) 7.7  Neck
7 6  10/9  Court The Moment  57  57 Sean Collins 7.9 3/4 L 
8 8  6/6  Lockwood  57  57 Bruce Herd 8.7  Neck
9 7  9/10  Feelin' Groovy  57  57 Matthew Cameron (A) 8.9  1 L
10 16  4/4  Cherry Ripe  55  55 Darryl Bradley 9.9  2 1/2 L
11 5  15/15  Baksana  57  57 David Walker 12.4  1 L
12 15  8/8  The Italian Job  55.5  53.5 Kelly Myers (A) 13.4  1 1/4 L
13 14  12/11  I'monmyway  55.5  51.5 Samantha Bambry (A) 14.7  2 1/4 L
14 12  7/7  Brocante  55.5  53.5 Johnathon Parkes (A) 17  12 L
15 13  14/13  Drie Acht  55.5  55.5 Ronald Stam 29  
SCR  Starsign 

1  Eclaire         4m Centaine - Claire

2  McCahon     4g  Colombia - Our Lolita

3  Sovereign Song  6g  He Is Risen - Zippity Rose 

Trainer: Wayne Marshment, Wanganui
Owner:  Eclaire Syndicate

                

     TAB Dividends

Bet Horse Dividend
Win ECLAIRE $ 2.15
Place 1st ECLAIRE $ 1.44
Place 2nd McCAHON $ 1.65
Place 3rd SOVEREIGN SONG $ 20.30
Quinella ECLAIRE, McCAHON $ 5.45

Trifecta

ECLAIRE, McCAHON, SOVEREIGN SONG 

$ 196.20
  THE ITALIAN JOB (12th) Win: $30.00  Place: $4.90

Reports

Stipendiary Steward's Report 

Stipendiary Stewards: M/s L N McCutcheon; N Goodwin; C Harrison and M Barnsley

Penalties: None

 

Race Seven: I’monmyway (S Bambry) was vetted prior to the start and cleared fit to race. Lockwood (B Herd) tended to over-race in the run down the back straight and became unbalanced momentarily as a result.

     

Race Reports

Albert: 

Twiggy is running out of chances very quickly.

Yesterday she drew wide again, raced back, was last on the turn and only ran past 3 or 4 in the straight. At least it was a slight improvement on her first up run.

She now has one, or at the most two chances to show us she can do something. She will step up to 2000m next start and we will hope for a good draw as I think she needs to get involved in a race to get warm. 

We will want a very encouraging run from her next start (or possibly two) to warrant carrying on. If she can't do something in her next 1-2 starts over distance then it will be time to pull the plug and look to sell her.

I will let you know the details of her crunch start as soon as I have them.

Regards
Albert
Mike (view from the box):

Well, I'm sure those that had read my report on race 9 would have been wanting me to be proved wrong, and to be honest so was I... but different fiddle same tune !

She broke well enough and just dropped back to last, although she made a little headway in the straight she was never going to trouble the judge and Kelly certainly gave her enough encouragement. With the exception of the favourite, the field was weak and a placing in the first 6 should have been possible. The track was as close to perfect from all reports and there can be no excuses.. surely.

We have been here before, with a horse we owned in the UK... sometimes they just work it out.. they get fed whether they win or not. 

In the words of a good song, ask yourselves "How long can this keep going on ?"

Summary: Always Behind
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THE ITALIAN JOB (RACE #10)