Outstandingly After Second Randwick Win
- Friday, 04 November 2011 06:16
Outstandingly, a horse who has raced at numerous tracks from Strathalbyn to Birdsville, will be out to claim a second career win at Sydney's racing headquarters on Saturday.
Now in the care of trainer Tracey Wolfgram at Toowoomba, five-year-old Outstandingly will be lining up for his 25th start in the Tony Patramanis Handicap (1100m) at Randwick.
In a career which began in a Strathalbyn maiden in May 2009, Outstandingly has since raced at 15 other racetracks in four states, with seven wins at places as far and wide as Bairnsdale, Donald, Doomben, Eagle Farm, Randwick, Birdsville and Mt.Isa.
Wolfgram, who has only trained Outstandingly for one start, said the current owner is based in Mt. Isa and purchased the horse earlier this year to target the $75,500 Cleveland Bay Handicap (1200m) at Townsville which was run in July.
Outstandingly was then trained by Jay Morris and finished a luckless seventh in the Cleveland Bay.
Two starts later he won at the famous Birdsville races in far western Queensland.
Wolfgram said she was "in the right place at the right time" when given the chance to train the horse.
"The owner was looking to send him down for a break to spell in Toowoomba," Wolfgram said.
"A couple of our horses had been transferred up to the owner in Mt. Isa. There was a race in Brisbane so he asked would I like to take him on."
Wolfgram described Outstandingly as a lovely horse to train.
"Nothing fazes him, I think all the travelling helps with that," Wolfgram said.
"He's been there and done that. He's an old hat at travelling."
The gelding, a son of Exceed And Excel, finished third over 1000m in an Open Handicap at Eagle Farm on October 22 at his first start for his new trainer which pleased Wolfgram.
Wolfgram was looking towards a race in Brisbane next weekend until the owner spotted a lack of nominations in the Benchmark 80 event in Sydney.
"The horse is in work and going nicely, and you never know if you don't go," Wolfgram said.
Outstandingly won a Benchmark 70 on the Kensington track in January when trained by Robert Heathcote.
