Gippsland News: Stable Continues On Winning Way
- Monday, 07 June 2010 01:11
Peter Gelagotis continued his great season at Sale on Sunday when The Phoenician scored a strong victory.
The four year-old appreciated the heavy 8 track, his only previous success coming on a heavy 10 at Stony Creek.
“He had it all in his favor today. He is definitely a big track horse and he likes it wet. Then when the pace was on it fell into his hands,” Gelagotis said.
“The horse is still learning and although he hadn’t won here before, he likes Sale and has run a few good races here.
“I was fairly confident after his work on Tuesday morning on the grass at Moe. He galloped with Solander, who is no slouch on the track and he accounted for her easily and backed it up with his performance today.
SAVQUAW SOLID
Gelagotis was very happy with the run at Flemington the day prior of his promising stayer, Savquaw, which finished third in the $101,000 David Bourke Provincial Plate, while he was happy to overlook the run of Belgietto (also at Flemington).
“Given the circumstances of how the race unfolded I thought it was a super effort from Savquaw - he is racing very well at the moment,” the trainer said.
“Belgietto got a good bump when they came out of the barriers and I think that put him off his game. The other factor is that they couldn’t make up any ground from back in the field, so the pattern was against him.
“I am not going to mull over the run because there were excuses, so it is just a case of putting it aside and pressing on with him.”
Gelagotis also reported his Listed sprint winning mare, Floramour, came back into work this week with an early spring preparation in mind.
“We will target some of the early carnival sprints with her and then see how things pan out from there,” he said.
COUPLE TO FOLLOW
There were a couple of good runs at Sale from horses that may pay to follow. Mario Farrugia saddled up two runners for two seconds and in the case of Come On Bill it was his third consecutive second. However, it was stable mate Bally Tambo that caught the eye, flashing home for second from well back in a form reversal. He looks set to atone soon.
It also won’t take Georgealmighty long to break his maiden status for Moe’s Tracey Templeton after he made ground against the early pattern, while another win does not seem far away for No Dispute, from the Griffiths yard.
June is a quiet month for Gippsland racing with just one other meeting for the month back at Sale on the 19th.
Picture: Colin Bull
