Caulfield Race Day – January 8th
James Hurley Handicap
(3yo+ BM70 Handicap - 2380m)
Post Race Details & Comments
Winning Horse: Brilliant Venture (NZ)
5yoG Zacinto (GB) - Ignite (NZ)(Yamanin Vital (NZ))
31 starts - 5 wins 5 seconds 4 thirds 4 fourths $244550
Black Type Placings
3rd G3 Caulfield Ladbrokes Classic 2000m (2019)
Other Wins
1st Cranbourne Obrien Real Estate (Bm70) 2600m (2021)
1st Mornington Mcleod Trees (Bm64) 2460m (2021)
1st Echuca Perricoota Station (Bm58) 2124m (2020)
1st Seymour Bet365 Seymour Cup 20/10 Mdn 1600m (2019)
Other Placings
2nd Geelong Apco Service Stations (Bm64) 2460m (2021)
3rd Geelong Rex Gorell (Bm64) 2440m (2021)
2nd Bendigo Bet365 Drift Protector (Bm58) 2400m (2021)
2nd Pakenham Synthetic Schweppes (Bm58) 2200m (2021)
3rd Moonee Valley Ranvet (Bm70) 2500m (2020)
3rd Geelong Coulter Roache (Bm70) 2400m (2020)
2nd Bendigo Mark Elliott Mem. Race Mdn 1400m (2019)
2nd Bendigo Bendigo Marketplace Mdn Plate 1300m (2019)
Race Result:
1st: Brilliant Venture (S Zahra/J Mott) - $10
2nd: Salto Angel (D O’Brien/J Kah) - $8.00
3rd: The Awesome Son (J Sandhu/D Oliver) - $3.60F
Winning Time: 2:32.11 Last 600m: NA
Margins: 2-¾ L x ¾-L
Winning Trainer: Simon Zahra (Anthony Peanall)
On the win: “He’s a real warrior, just loves to be in work and racing. He got a 10 out of 10 ride today and was too good. The ear muffs today helped him relax , normally he gets going but he travelled beautifully behind them with the soft run and when got clear, he went bang and was too good.
Winning Jockey: Jamie Mott
On the win: “It was very comfortable - I’ve watched his last couple (of runs) in the blinkers and he has been over doing it a bit in his races but once I got him into a rhythm he spat the bridle out and I grew more confident as the race went on.
On the run: “I just needed a little bit of luck on the corner to get out but once I did he put a space on them and won really well.
Future options: “Simon has done a fantastic job with him and he presented in great order today, it’s probably the best he’s relaxed in a race and is he can perform like that and switch off in his races over this trip with the turn of foot he’s got he’s in for a good few runs I think