Price Makes His Mark With Das Machen
- Saturday, 22 May 2010 12:01
Das Machen showed her rivals a clean pair of heels in winning the $70,000 BWS Handicap (1200m) for mares at Caulfield this afternoon.
Her victory provided trainer Mick Price with a treble for the day after Dubleanny and Royal Charades both prevailed in their respective events.
Meaning “to make” in German, Das Machen made all the running from the outside barrier with Dale Smith in the saddle.
Obtaining the lead easy and then allowed to dictate terms, Das Machen quickened nicely at the top of the straight to open up a winning break ahead of the chasing pack which included last start Flemington winner Two Hills.
In the run to the line, Das Machen ($7) defeated Two Hills by ($4.60 fav) by a long neck with Delyara ($21) returning to form making up some ground from her midfield position to finish a further three quarters of a length away.
Describing Smith’s tactics from the outside alley as “Plan D”, Price was pleased with the imitative shown by Smith to roll forward.
“We trainers think we’re the only ones to know but honestly we were thinking to ride her cold, there was good speed in the race for her to roll forward and be midfield somewhere,” Price said.
“But she flew the gates, he made his decision and got away with it and good luck to Dale.”
Smith also suggested his winning move was far from premeditated.
“It’s one of those things, there seemed to be a lot of speed on the formguide and I had a couple of plans – A, B, C and maybe a D,” Smith said.
“A couple of times in the straight I thought I was gone but she really dug deep in the straight and it was just a great effort.
“It all worked out well,” Smith added.
After undergoing arthroscopic surgery on her knees at the end of last preparation, Price expects Das Machen to become a regular starter in Saturday-class mares’ races.
“She’s come up well this time in,” Price said before adding, “She’s probably a little horse to follow in these mares’ races.”
“If she was to fluke a little bit of black type somewhere in Adelaide, that’d be about her.
“I don’t have enormous opinion of her but she’s doing a good job.”
Boasting a record of four wins and three placings from eleven starts, Das Machen has won in excess of $85,000.
Pictures: Colin Bull
