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Trial Watch Review: 6th August 2024

by By Chris Scholtz , one month ago

3 minute read

Chris Scholtz reviews Sydney trials at Rosehill on August 6.

AFT CABIN
AFT CABIN Picture: Martin King / Sportpix

ROSEHILL August 6

16 Heats - Course Proper/Inside Grass

Course Proper (Good 4): 2 x 1000m (Group/Listed); 2 x 900m (Group/Listed)

Inside Grass (Good 4): 4 x 1030m (1 Open; 3 Maiden); 8 x 900m (2 Open; 1 3YO; 5 Maiden)

Godolphin rolled out a classy squad of Group stars in the four black type heats.

HEAT 1 (1000m): TROPICAL SQUALL led from start to finish (61.26; 33.93) under no pressure but it was the strong work of PERICLES to finish second that took the eye. RIFF ROCKET was allowed to find his legs out the back before working nicely to the line.

HEAT 2 (1000m): Much slower than the first heat (63.48; 34.27) with ZARDOZI taking it up at her leisure. TOM KITTEN settled fourth but was eager to run with his strong late work confirming the excellent impression he made in his first-up trial. Set for a big spring on what we've seen in his two trials as a gelding. Easy conditioning work for FANGIRL. She held her position from start to finish under no pressure and was less than two lengths off the winner at the finish.

HEAT 3 (900m): AFT CABIN is an enigma but he's been gelded and you couldn't ask for a better first-up trial as he worked home easily over the top of his stablemate KALLOS for a soft win (55.34; 34.03) with plenty in reserve. ZOUGOTCHA and SWITZERLAND will benefit from their easy trials.

HEAT 4 (900m): There is rarely any pressure applied in these black type heats with horses landing in a position and holding their place from start to finish. WINNING PROPOSAL led at her own speed (55.55; 33.60) with JOLIESTAR settling third behind RED CARD with ATISHU working past HINGED late to finish fourth. Slow time overall but they did sprint up the last 200m for the quickest closing sectional of the four heats.

The inside grass heats were full of rising talents with a couple of standout winners.

AUTUMN GLOW (Chris Waller): You can't ignore times with this impressive unraced filly by The Autumn Sun clocking easily the fastest 900m heat win (53.96; 34.47), some 1.29 second quicker than the next best winner over the distance. She's now won two of her three trials with the manner of her work to surge past good colt EMBASSY under a quiet ride from off the pace stamping her as a filly with a bright future.

GATSBY'S (Chris Waller): Super fresh trial by this good looking Snitzel colt to win a deep open 3YO heat over 900m (55.60; 34.43), sitting off the leader BRAVE ONE before a sharp burst over the last 50 metres saw him charge through the line for a quality win. Could be top class as he ran favourite in the G2 Pago Pago at his second start off a midweek maiden win that underlined the opinion held of his ability.

MOUNT EVEREST (Annabel Neasham/Rob Archibald): Eager to see what this unraced gelding by Exceed And Excel can produce under race conditions. He's a big bodied boy and it's obvious giving him time has been the key as this was his second successive trial win, working strongly to the line in to win the fastest 1030m heat (62.38; 35.08) with plenty up his sleeve.

NOTED TRIALS

XX Autumn Glow; Gatsby's; Mount Everest

X Aft Cabin; Agenda Setter; Brave One; Chorlton Lane; Embassy; Joliestar; Lilac; Nostalgia; Pericles; Terra Mater; Tom Kitten 


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Gallops Trials Rosehill Godolphin Tom Kitten Zardozi Aft Cabin

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