Winning Horse: Pioneer River (Aus)

4yoG Snitzel (Aus) - Ocean Of Tears (NZ)(Minardi (USA))

19 starts - 3 wins 4 seconds 4 thirds $254675

Black Type Placings

3rd LR Moonee Valley Palentino Valley Pearl 1200m (2020)

Other Wins

1st Cranbourne Dirt Rock Civil (Bm70) 1400m (2020)

1st Flemington 180 Years Racing @ Flemington 1200m (2020)

Other Placings

2nd Kilmore Mc Labour (Bm70) 1200m (2021)

3rd Horsham Locks Constructions (Bm70) 1200m (2021)

3rd Sandown-Lakeside Ladbrokes (Bm70) 1200m (2021)

2nd Flemington Vrc Member William Capell Hcp 1100m (2021)

2nd Flemington Kennedy Plate (Bm78) 1100m (2021)

2nd Flemington Lexus Holiday Plate (Bm70) 1200m (2020)

3rd Moonee Valley Andrew Lemon Am (Bm64) 1200m (2020)

Race Result:

1st: Pioneer River (Josh Richards/Ciaron Maher & David Eustace) - $4.40 EF

2nd: Joltin’ Joe (Jason Maskiell/Paul & Tracey Templeton) - $51
3rd: Kentucky Casanova (Brian Higgins/MIchael Huglin) - $4.40 EF

Winning Time: 1:09.62 Last 600m: NA

Margins: 1-L x long-neck

Winning Trainer: Ciaron Maher & David Eustace (Eustace speaking)

The start of the week: “Hasn’t been great viewing, watching the first ball (Ashes test) and surrounded by Australians but I’m going over to Adelaide so I’m hoping it’s a different story next week.

The win: “He (Josh Richards) sums things up really quickly. We wanted him to ride him quietly but he didn’t get any cover and he just let him slide and got into a good rhythm at mid-race and that allowed him to finish off. Delighted for the owners a lot have been with us since we took over and we;’ve had a frustrating time with a lot of seconds but when we put this horse to them saying we thought we could get some nice results and it’s a shame they’re not here.

Summer Sprint series: “We’ll look for another benchmark race for him next, 1200 looks to be his trip, he’s a genuine Summer horse, he likes fast ground and he should be able to poke through the grades and if things progress then we can look at a nice race. They’re lotteries these races and not easy to win

Winning Jockey: Josh Richards

On the win: “He did want to lay in a little bit toward the finish. He jumped and I was happy to let them go, but he picked the bridle up and came into it really nicely with the blinkers back on. The team has done a super job.”