Latest news from the stable

Of the trialers at Deagon yesterday, the stable reports the following:
Great Leap Forward went brilliantly. She is a little pocket rocket and will be off to the metropolitan races soon. Unbelievably, there are still a couple of shares available. Contact Tony quickly if you want to be a part of the action when she flys.
I'm A Smarty Pants is well named. She had a great trial and went well right handed. She too will be off to the races soon.
Sir Slipper continues to impress. He is a very talented youngster and he too will now head to the races.
The stable was very pleased with the trial of Rockwest. He will trial again before heading to the racetrack. Wayne's Command trialled well but is still a little green and will have another trial before racing. Take Cover trialled well and will head to the country (non-TAB) races on the 13th of November.
In closing, the stable has announced the retirement of old favorite Jujulio. What a terrific game race horse he was and he will now live out a peaceful retirement in a nice paddock.

The recent monsoonal weather has interrupted some of the plans for the horses in work but nevertheless good recent wins by Gabarlis Girl and Xanthos have provided a welcome boost to the stable.

Of the horses in work, Cool Edition is ready to race again and has been nominated this coming Saturday in a Fillies & Mares Class 6 over 1200m in town. Paul Hammersley will take the ride and after a couple of scratchings recently; she should be doing her best work at the finish. Gabarlis Girl recently broke her maiden status in good style at Lismore and she will return to the track on Friday October 29 in Class 1 event over 1350 metres.

Coming off such a long break, Platinum Touch showed good early dash but his fitness gave out at the finish on a very heavy track at Ipswich last Friday. His was easily the fastest of the 1200 metre maidens that day and although the distance was too short for him, the run has tightened him up well and he is being aimed towards a Sunshine Coast Maiden on November 2 at this stage. The stable was also happy on that day with the effort of Divine Scent considering she had missed a fair bit of track work in the lead up. She is now nominated for a QTIS 1100m at Ipswich on Friday October 22nd although the weather will have a say in the plans at this stage.

Former Melbourne galloper I’m A Smarty Pants had a minor setback and missed some work due to the weather but is now back in full work. She will now trial at Deagon on Tuesday the 26th of October. She may have another trial after that but she is expected at the races all being well fairly soon thereafter.
The stable was delighted with the effort of Xanthos at Eagle Farm on the weekend. He will now head to a Class 5 event on Wednesday 27th in town, whilst Swirling Moss will contest Heat 9 on Tuesday October 19 at the Eagle Farm trials. He has returned well and likes the wet so he should be back at the races again soon.

Unraced youngster, Sir Slipper, will trial on Tuesday 26th at Deagon. He is going along really well and we are excited about getting him to the races very soon. The General Nediym filly will be named soon so we can trial her and then get to the races. She is showing really good speed and will be up and about early. There are still a couple of shares available so get on the phone now if you want to race a really fast horse in the next month or so. The Dansinga Gelding also has two shares remaining and is flying. Will also be named in the next few days and so again, don’t miss out – contact Tony now.

Stable favorite Jujulio is now back in work whilst fellow veteran Nostrum remains out spelling for another month or so.

Wayne’s Command has returned and has started doing ¾ work after 3 weeks in pre-training. Mont D’oro is progressing nicely and is now using pace work to fine down after putting on some good bulk. Rockwest is progressing nicely; she is up to galloping stage and the stable is happy with her work thus far. The King of Danes gelding had a jump out last Thursday and went as expected – he is progressing nicely.

Seriously Ready, Chicago Bound and Take Cover are all in pre-training and will return to full work soon.

In other news, the Monashee Mountain mare from Signagold should soon be named Vanity – watch this space.
Both Celestial Charger and Rebel Spur are really enjoying their extended spells and are maturing nicely in the paddock. Also spelling are Lucky Sound, the Monashee Mountain Gelding (Our Mistress) and the Brave Hawk Gelding (Cinn). The Brave Hawk Colt (Mit Blumen) has also now been gelded and is spelling nicely.

Various others are in the early stages of their careers including youngsters by Secret Savings, Sequalo (Our Mistress), Easy Rocking, Greenwood Lake who are all broken in and spelling nicely as they grow. There is also an unbroken youngster by Not A Single Doubt and more information on him will be available after he finishes the breaking in process.

Look for all of these newcomers to be added to the website as the details are updated.

Jujulio has returned to the paddock for a further 4 weeks. He requires ongoing treatment for his feet and fetlocks and will be better off in the paddock environment.

Fort 'N' Won and Sir Slipper have both returned to the stables today for their next preparation. Both have returned looking well. Fort 'N' Won will be aimed at the Saturday Class staying races and Sir Slipper will be looking to make his racing debut as a 2yo.

Shares are still available in both horses. It represents a good opportunity to get into a horse where all the hard work has been done.

Tuesdays trials will see Yatala, Lucidly, The Real Macaw and Jujulio jump out.

Jujulio has earnt a spell after a good preperation where he has had to carry big weights. The two year olds Lentini Mist and Celestial Charger both are showing signs of needing a rest (growing pains) and will have a break now. Running Bear has gone for a spell also. Swirling Moss has entered our stable for the first time.

Mio Cavallo having her first run for the stable, produced a barnstorming finish to win comfortably yesterday. Jockey Christian Reith rode a sensational ride, hugging the fence and cutting the corner and then guideing Mio Cavallo through the gaps for a great win.
Jujulio produced his usual honest effort under a big weight to go down by a neck in a blanket finish. His 3rd placing keeping his record at nearly 50% place record. He just failed to run down the leaders and the weight pull again was the difference.

Jujulio and Mio Cavallo are nominated for Lismore this Thursday. Jujulio will contest the Lismore Cup over 2100m while Mio Cavallo will race in a 0-72 rating 1200m race. Christian Reith will ride both horses.

Jujulio did his best as usual, only to be run down by the bottom weight, and finish a gallant 2nd at Eagle Farm. He has been very unlucky not to have 3 wins in a row. He will now head to the Lismore Cup in 2 weeks. Beautiful Nicola broke her maiden status with a good win at Beaudesert while Our Imogen Lee missed the start only to fly home for 5th behind Beautiful Nicola.

Jujulio will line up at Eagle farm in Race 3 #2 Christian Reith aboard with 57.5kg from barrier 5. Our Imogen Lee is #10 with 55kg from barrier 14 and Beautiful Nicola is #8 from barrier 12 with 55kg in the same race at Beaudesert on Saturday. Hotel Of The Stars is in race 3 #6 Barrier 8 with Brad Stewart aboard with 55kg at the Sunshine Coast Sunday.

Jujulio is nominated at Eagle Farm on Saturday over 2200m, while Our Imogen Lee and Beautiful Nicola are nominated for Beaudesert on Saturday. Hotel Of The Stars will debut for the stable on Sunday at the Sunshine Coast over1200m.