Winning Horse: Strategic Phil (Aus)

5yoG Strategic (Aus) - Northern Rose (Aus)(Mookta (Aus))

30 starts - 6 wins 5 seconds 7 thirds 5 fourths $295135

Other Wins

1st Sandown-Lakeside Ladbrokes Odds Boost (Bm78) 1400m (2020)

1st Cranbourne Hertz (Bm70) 1600m (2019)

1st Mornington Jack Dow Memorial (Bm70) 1500m (2019)

1st Pakenham Superior Food Services (Bm64) 1400m (2019)

1st Pakenham Synthetic Racing.Com Mdn Plate 1200m (2018)

Other Placings

2nd Warrnambool Magic Millions Nat. Sale Hcp 1700m (2021)

3rd Wangaratta Winsec Wangaratta Cup 2000m (2021)

2nd Colac Aust Lamb Co. Colac Gold Cup 2000m (2021)

2nd Moonee Valley Dynamic Print Group (Bm78) 1600m (2020)

3rd Mornington Ladbrokes Peninsula Cup (Bm90) 1600m (2019)

2nd Geelong Iga Liquor Vallis Highton-Bm64 1200m (2019)

3rd Pakenham Sportsbet Bs Responsibly-Bm64 1400m (2019)

3rd Pakenham Tasmanian M M Voucher Hcp-C1 1200m (2019)

2nd Pakenham Synthetic Racing.Com Mdn Plate 1400m (2018)

3rd Sale Laurels Function Centre Mdn 1206m (2018)

3rd Sale Maffra Business & Tourism Mdn 1200m (2018)

3rd Bendigo Jockeys Honour Roll Mdn Plate 1100m (2018) (Debut Run)

Race Result:

1st: Strategic Phil (Bill Egan/David Brideoake) - $9

2nd: Relucent (Damien Thornton/Chris Waller) - $7
3rd: Surreal Image (Josh Richards/Kevin Corstens) - $16

Winning Time: 1:35.00 Last 600m: N/A

Margins: 1 x Short Neck

Winning Trainer: David Brideoake (rep by Matt Jenkins)

“It’d been a little while between drinks with him but he had been racing really well without winning and the way the race was run seemed to suit.

“We freshened him up to bring him back for wet tracks. The Swan Hill Cup might be on the cards and David picked this race out along the way as a stepping stone. Whatever he’s done today has been a bonus.

“He won’t want (it too) firm. There is a race the day before over 1800 metres at Sandown which could be wet so we’ll just pick whatever is wetter and weaker.”

Winning Jockey: Billy Egan

“I just got a beautiful cart off Surreal Image. I thought we went a nice hollow gallop but really in rhythm and they were just in a good zone and travelled well. When I peeled off his back I let him build his momentum and he hit his top gear and really held on to it.”

Being closer to the rail: “The way the races have been run and the way that one has been run, I think it does suit but he’s a horse that likes to do it tough. The only times I have won on him he’s done it the tough way. He’s run his best races like that as well.”