Saturday's Morphettville Parks Races Report
- Monday, 07 June 2010 01:17
The combination of trainer Eric Musgrove and jockey Aaron Lynch saw success when Mybigfatgreekhorse $3 was the short half head winner of the 3200 metre hurdle which opened the programme and was run on the main track at Morphettville on Saturday.
A Zabeel eight year gelding from the Alleged sired Miss Vita, Mybigfatgreekhorse was well placed and beat Sallum $5.50 for horse carer John A O’Connor and rider Adam Trinder.
Another Eric Musgrove runner Champion Chestnut $13 with Michelle Hagley in the saddle was a farther eight and three quarter lengths away third.
Apprentice Libby Hopwood steered the Mick Huxtable cared for $2 favourite Condelago to his third straight success when the gelding had a one and three quarter length win in the 1400 metre second race, the first of seven races to be run on the Parks track.
From the Kenny’s Best Pal matron Concluding and fathered by Delago Brom, Condelago was in the first two for the entire journey and defeated the $10 chance Milestone for mentor Lee Freedman and rider Simon Price.
Our Iridum $6 was a half neck away filling the minor placing for David Balfour and Matthew Neilson.
Trainer Mark Kavanagh scored the first leg of a three state trio of wins when Outlandish Lad recorded a two length win in the third race which was contested over 1550 metres.
Starting the $2.80 favourite and having the services of Paul Gatt the Fantastic Light four year old grey gelding, from the Regal Classic mare Quantum Leap, Outlandish Lad led all the way and recorded a win over the Dennis O’Leary prepared Chad Lever piloted Big Slick $3.80.
The $15 chance Akatak was another three and a quarter lengths away filling the minor placing for Karen Byrnes and Simon Price.
It was an all Jolly affair when the judge semaphored the placings after the running of 1000 metre fourth race.
The David Jolly cared for Streetcar Magic won the event by one and a quarter lengths over his brother Richard’s charge Deneb, giving the brothers a training quinella.
From the Filante matron Stellar Fille and sired by Blevic the Justin Potter ridden $2.60 public elect Streetcar Magic was well placed and beat the Libby Hopwood mount Deneb $6.50.
After winning two races and running two thirds and a second at her previous five starts Very Edgy $7 was a farther one and three quarter lengths away third for Ken Sweeney and his apprentice Tillie Neve.
Trainer John Hickmott and apprentice Jordon Frew, who are both based at Murray Bridge, were well pleased with the half length victory of Musty Springs $7 in the 2250 metre fifth event.
The progeny of Taos from the Mustin Lake mare Mustin Magic, Musty Springs was in a good position throughout the event and beat the $2.80 favourite Jervois for mentor Richard Jolly and his stable apprentice Libby Hopwood.
Sayah $5 was a farther two lengths away third for Gary Sherer and Matthew Neilson.
After riding the third placegetter in the previous race jockey Matthew Neilson combined his efforts with mentor David Balfour in the one and a quarter length win of Dubai Dawn in the sixth event which was run over 1550 metres.
A $5.50 chance at barrier rise and sired by the United States bred Dubai from the King Of Kings matron Kay O’plenty, Dubai Dawn held down a good position throughout the event and beat the John Thompson trained Simon Price steered Rollins $5.50.
Any Plum, the $3.30 punter’s choice, was a farther one and a half lengths away third for Jake Stephens and Dominic Tourneur.
Sired by the Canadian bred entire Saratoga Springs from Sally Rose, a Jeune mare, Rowdy Rocker $15 gave his mentor Ron Vile and jockey Jeffrey Maund a half length win in race seven which was run over 1400 metres.
Being well placed Rowdy Rocker beat the Lloyd Kennewell mentored Shane Cahill mount Bold Giggle the $3.60 favourite. Vinegar Hill $5 was another half neck away filling the minor placing for Phillip Stokes apprentice Claudia Lions.
A winning margin of a long neck before having to withstand a protest Golden Snip gave Millicent based trainer Gavin Watts and jockey Dominic Tourneur victory in the final event which was contested over 1250 metres.
A $26 chance when the starter released the field the Made Of Gold sired Golden Snip, from the Snippets mare Crystal Snip, came from a mid field position and beat the Phillip Stokes mentored Chad Lever mount Bondarchuk $5.
The $10 chance Zedawind was a farther short half head away filling the minor placing for Ricky Bruhn and apprentice Kate Dyson.
Pictures: Jenny Barnes
