Weir Puts Rue Maple On Black-type Path
- Sunday, 04 July 2010 05:15
Trainer Darren Weir will chase black-type races with Rue Maple later this month following her easy win at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
Rue Maple showed the benefit of racing with blinkers for the first time when she romped home in the Dominant Handicap (1200m).
The three-year-old filly made it three wins - including two in town - from eight starts.
Ridden by stable apprentice Jarrod Fry, Rue Maple ($4.80) sat off race leader Elly's Spirit but gained the upper hand on the home turn and shot clear before scoring by three lengths from Tan Tat Tess.
The $2.70 favourite Sunday Rose was a length away third.
"The plan was to be very positive out of the gates and put her right there. It was a good ride," Weir said."
"It's good when it all comes together. You make a lot of wrong decisions but it was the right decision today."
The $85,000 Dermody Stakes (1050m), a Listed race run under weight-for-age conditions for two and three-year-olds at Morphettville on July 31, is the race Weir has in mind for Rue Maple.
Picture: Fiona Tomlin
