Highly promising 3yo Snitzel gelding
ARBEITSAM (pronounced Are-Beat-Sam) led his high profile peers a merry dance and then broke their hearts when producing a crushing win over 1400m at Warwick Farm on Saturday 7 January.
ARBEITSAM - 3yo gelding Snitzel x Workhard)
Such was the dominance of the display that ARBEITSAM has forced his way into calculations for next Saturday’s $2million Magic Millions 3yo Classic over 1400m.
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained sprinter looked a treat and raced right up to his looks when leading all the way to grab race 2 on the programme, the TAB Rewards 3yo Benchmark 70 Handicap, posting a 3.3 length x 0.2 length margin in a slick 1:24.47 with a last 600m of 35.97 which was a terrific time for a Slow 7 surface and stands as a CLASS RECORD.
Follow the leader !
Where are they ? ARBEITSAM cruises to an easy win
Tactically we knew we were the only speed in the race and expected that we would have a soft lead. However, with the recent rain and the affected track showed the fence was off and we wanted to be at least 4 to 5 deep no matter what, as we straightened for home.
Further we wanted to put in a genuine speed that would have the others searching as they tried to run us down.
Adam Hyeronimus is the go-to jockey for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott after the trio combined for its sixth win in the last month.
Adam Hyeronimus returns AREBEITSAM as a Sydney Saturday Winner and collects $74,000
Return To Scale
Ridden a treat by the inform Adam Hyeronimus for the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott Stables, the race panned out as expected and we won with authority.
As they jumped,
Adam speared ARBEITSAM straight to the front and put the pace on for the first 400m, pushing the field out over many lengths as they tried to keep up.
Then allowed to get into a rhythm, they approached the point of the home turn when Adam urged
ARBEITSAM forward and the horse responded well, putting up a 3-length margin.
ARBEITSAM - Hands and Heels
Adam allowed ARBEITSAM to coast with 150m to run but when he saw pressure coming down the outside from the runner-up, Adam pushed the go button again and the horse extended away to post a big margin on the line, despite being given an easy time the last 50m.
Our Owners welcome back Adam Hyeronimus
Winner's Circle
Typical of horses trained by the Waterhouse / Bott Stables, this horse was strong through the line and it takes a special horse to give a head start and then get past them.
There were expensive but no special horses in this group of peers chasing him today.
A huge result for ARBEITSAM who having claimed this event, has jumped his prizemoney up to $110,900 prizemoney which includes $25,000 in BOBS Bonuses.
A tidy result from 5 starts which include 2 wins and 3 thirds.
Having reviewed the field and qualification positions as they appear, that shot
ARBEITSAM up to 19th position in order behind the 3 major competitors:
Winning Rupert, Global Glamour and Eckstein.
However, the Magic Millions office has advised that at least 4 runners above us in earnings will not be running as they are in the spelling paddocks. That means we would be in as a minimum 15th position and since they start 16 runners we have secured a place in the field.
After a post-race meeting with Gai, it’s agreed that if the horse steps freely from his box on Sunday morning, he can be on the first available track to the Gold Coast.
However, the strength of this race win has seen
ARBEITSAM crunched in pre-market betting to be placed on the fourth line behind these big three.
Comfortable on a rain affected surface and better again on top of the ground,
ARBEITSAM has earned and deserved his place in the Magic Millions Guineas field.
Without conceding any race, the form lines do look very strong around the current favourites however our horse will be giving them something to chase.
MM 3yo Guineas - Total Prize Money $1,890,000.
1st $1,200,000 / 2nd $370,000 / 3rd $180,000 / 4th $90,000 / 5th $50,000 - Field Limit 16
Three-Years-Old, Set Weights plus Penalties, Apprentices cannot claim
It’s a dream come true for our owners as this is what we are in racing for – to “live the dream”.
Winning Owners Room
Congratulations goes to our wonderful group of Dynamic Syndications Owners that race ARBEITSAM:
Dynamic Syndications Racing, Mr P M Roberts, Ms M Roberts, Mr G J Timmony, Mr H Sookias, Mrs S Halliwell, Mr M A Wolens, Mr S P Loane, Mr D C Batchelor, Mr J Yianni, Mr J N Allen, Mrs C A Read, Mr R J Gall, C J R Racing, Mr N W Honey, Mr L Seminara, Mrs R C Budd, Mr G Rassos, Mr L Woolhouse
He was a $120,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Macquarie Stud draft in 2015 and has given his owners a terrific run to date.
This was Dynamic Syndications 478th Race win and our 15th win for this 2016/17 racing season.
It’s been a wonderful 2 weeks and top way to start the 2017 calendar year, after finishing 2016 with a winner - Dinky Di Dora. Now to start on the 2nd January 2017 with a win by Thorsborne at Doomben and today’s win by ARBEITSAM has continued a wonderful festive season for our owners.
It also gives us a skip in our step as we pound the pavements inspecting horses heading into the Magic Millions Sales which start next Wednesday.