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Chris Scholtz reviews the Sydney and provincial barrier trials at Warwick Farm and Wyong on July 26.
WARWICK FARM July 26
Good 4; Course Proper/Inside Grass/Pro Ride
16 Heats – Course Proper 1 x 900m (Group/Listed); Inside Grass 2 x 1200m (2 Open); 5 x 807m (2 Open; 3 2YO); 4 x 803m (4 2YO); 3 x 800m (1 3YO; 2 Maiden); Pro Ride 1 x 740m (Open)
The Group and Listed heat on the course proper was dominated by the classy youngster Time To Reign as he strode well clear in the first 200m and was full of running all the way to score by a soft 6.3 lengths. It was his second big trial after an equally impressive heat win that we noted as a standout at Randwick on July 12 and stamps him as being ready to win wherever Gary Portelli elects to produce him first-up.
Behind him there was plenty to like about the way another high class prospect Vegadaze went about his work in his first trial since the autumn where his form was first class. Further back a host of G1 stars had easy conditioning trials including Nakeeta Jane, Unforgotten and Verry Elleegant. They will no doubt trial again before they are ready to resume.
Rebel Miss (Matthew Smith): Honest mare looks primed for another good campaign after her sharp 807m heat win where she sprinted quickly over the top of the leaders in the last 100m after being held up behind a line of three from the turn. She put the time on the board, running a fast closing sectional to record the quickest of the five heats over the distance (447.37; 33.35).
Super Oasis (Mark Newnham): He was beaten in his first two starts in February and March but there is no doubt this rising 3YO by Exceed And Excel is above average and highly regarded by the stable. Travelled sweetly behind the leaders in his 807m heat before he was eased to the outside in the last 150m where he showed class and strength to easily run past them under a cold ride from Nash Rawiller.
NOTED TRIALS
XX Time To Reign; Vedagaze; Rebel Miss; Super Oasis
X Cyber Intervention; All In Rhythm; Baanone; Bellarine; Estrado; Tears Are Falling; For Love; Diamond Affair; Superium; Charles Seven; Mo's Crown; Hit The Rim; Cardiff; Katona; Camp Rifle; Full Recognition; Unimpeded.
REIGN SUPREME – Time To Reign for Jason Collett has blitzed his rivals in this Group and Listed trial @ Warwick Farm @atc_races this morning. Vegadaze, Nakeeta Jane, Verry Ellegant and Unforgotten all had a hit out, but @GaryPortelli's colt was never challenged. pic.twitter.com/FDaf4Azeb5
— Sky Racing (@SkyRacingAU) July 25, 2019
WYONG July 26
Soft 5; Course Proper
18 Heats – 8 x 1000m (3 Open; 4 2YO; 1 Maiden); 10 x 845m (4 Open; 5 2YO; 1 Maiden)
Several Group winners brought the class to the open heats with no knock on the placings by the Kris Lees pair Le Romain and Invincible Gem while Kim Waugh would have been equally pleased by the wins of Calabasas, Goathland and the import Venezuela in their open company heats.
There were some handy 2YO heat winners including Just Cosmos, Bovalino and Royal Eclipse.
NOTED TRIALS
X Calabasas; Invincible Gem; Goathland; Le Romain; Kiarra Rose; Venezuela; Wounded Soldier; Just Cosmos; Hidden Declaration; No Doubt Acracker; Venture Capital; Gumshoe; Trust Me; Bovalino; Royal Eclipse; Trajection; Raay Of Dreams; Madam Ilythia.
