Another Lakeside Win For Conquering Journey

Saturday, 19 June 2010 03:16

Conquering Journey won his third race from four starts after securing victory in the $70,000 Samson Handicap (1400m) for three-year-olds at Betfair Park Sandown Lakeside this afternoon.

Jockey Dwayne Dunn drove Conquering Journey out of the barriers soon after the start but suggested it didn’t go all according to plan.

“I began OK but she just slipped a bit after the start, just couldn’t get any traction,” Dunn said.

“I was only just travelling fair around the bend.

“Craig (Newitt) gave his horse (All Due Respect) a bit of a kick around the bend and just got me under pressure for a little while.

“He just slowly started to go through his gears… he kept nice and strong till the line,” he added.

Conquering Journey ($3.20 fav) defeated early leader All Due Respect ($9-$11) by a length and a quarter with Danz Boy ($8-$11) holding his position in running to finish a further long head away in third.

Dorsoduro ($3.30-$4) missed the start hopelessly and was the only runner in the field to make substantial ground to finish fourth.

Dunn suggested the colt by Good Journey has upside and will be able to run 2000 metres, but trainer Peter Moody all but described his galloper as just an honest toiler.

“He’s just a racehorse, he just gets the job done and there’s nothing flash about him,” Moody said

“He races up on the pace, makes his own luck.

“You don’t get a feel of him at home, he just goes through the motions,” he added.

Moody tempered any thought of Conquering Journey rising in grade sharply next preparation as a result of his impressive record.

“We’ll look for a suitable race in similar company and you know he probably come back in next time and meet the same horses, higher weights, with the claim.”

“He’s just been very well-placed and is doing a good job.”

Conquering Journey boasts $119,000 in prizemoney and has won from a 1000 metre to 1400 metre distance range.

She won at Cranbourne on debut over 1000 metres in January before being sent for a spell.

Conquering Journey then resumed with a fifth at Morphettville Parks over the same trip behind Striding Success only to bounce back at Sandown Lakeside last start over six furlongs.

She is out of the dam Allimac who has only produced one other foal to race.

That was four-year-old mare Ally's Journey who has only had one start in a 1000 metre maiden at Kangaroo Island in January 2009 and finished a hopeless last in the field of eight.

Pictures: Colin Bull