Impressive Adelaide Winner's Price Slashed for Slipper
- Tuesday, 25 February 2003 00:00
Bookmakers and betting firms have responded to the sizzling debut win of the Tony McEvoy trained San Simeon in Adelaide on Saturday by slashing his price for the Group One Golden Slipper in Sydney.
And any punters who had already snapped up the triple figure odds before his Cheltenham slaughter would be delighted to understand plans have been announced to send the colt north to Sydney.
San Simeon, who was one of four winners at Cheltenham on Saturday for Tony McEvoy, could not have been more impressive.
Sporting a nose roll, the young son of King of Kings showed incredible natural ability when he cruised away from Kingston Sea to win by five and a quarter lengths. The colt had his ears pricked crossing the line in a performance that impressed connections.
"It was a very strong win," McEvoy reported. "He couldn't really have been more impressive than that."
The NSW TAB fixed odds service reacted quickly to the performance slashing the colts price from $126 to $51 for the world's richest juvenile event.
McEvoy said that provided San Simeon pulls up well during this week he would press on to Sydney.
"If all is well (with the horse) his next start would be in the Kindergarten Stakes," McEvoy reported. "From there we will get a better idea of where he's at."
Part owned by Lindsay Park principal and leading Hong Kong based trainer David Hayes, San Simeon is a $130,000 graduate of the Magic Millions Yearling Sale after being knocked down to leading bloodstock agent Mark Pilkington on the Gold Coast last year.
PIC - Fiona Tomlin.
