Boomwaa Bookends Laing's Cup Week

Saturday, 09 November 2013 01:48

Robbie Lang, the trainer of Boomwaa, runaway winner of the HKJC Maribyrnong Plate has a great record with two year olds during the Flemington Carnival.

Boomwaa wins the HKJC Maribyrnong Plate

"We won this race last year with Direct Charge and the year before that we got beat a neck with Andre Roo Hoo and the year before that we won the two-year-old fillies race with Spectrolite and the year before that we had She's Got Gears", Laing said.

Two previous race day outings gave Boomwaa the experience he needed to overcome the blustery weather and big race day atmosphere.

"His fitness and his experience was to the fore today because he absolutely bolted in", Laing said.

"On a windy day I thought the experienced horses would have it over the unraced horses because it's amazing what wind does to young horses."

Boomwaa

Boomwaa ($7.00-$6.50) led all the way to win by three lengths from Lockroy ($4.20-$5.50) with favourite Silent Whisper ($4.80-$5.00-$4.60F) a long head away in third place.

Vlad Duric had the winning ride after he had piloted Boomwaa to a fourth placing at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate day. The Mutawaajid colt made his race debut down the straight in mid-October.

"Coming down the straight, he'd had that run before and he's obviously trained on", Duric said.

Laing purchased Boomwaa at the Inglis Classic yearling sale in Sydney.

"I looked at all the colts at the Classic Sale and Ii just saw him from a distance, I didn't even know what he was by and I was just thought he looked a great type, so I followed him to his box."

"He is a half-brother to Boom Time Savings who ran fourth to Miss Finland in the Golden Slipper."

Boomwaa

Laing expects that Boomwaa will be effective over more ground than today's 1000 metres.

"The way he goes, he'll be a lovely ride over 1400m or a mile because he covers a lot of ground, he always did right from when we broke him in."

Duric confirmed Laing's opinion.

"Even when I rode him the other day I said to Robbie that he's going to be a nice 1400m, miler-type as a late two-year-old, three-year-old and I still believe that as the races get over further he'll get better."

"He is a nice colt and he's on target to go to that Classic race for two-year-olds in January", Laing said.

Today's win bookended a great week for Laing after winning the Derby with Polanski last Saturday.

"I've had a great week with the Derby and now this Group 3 so it's beautiful", he said.

Photos: Quentin Lang, Fiona Tomlin