Dynamic Deamer is RAPT to Grab Golden Ticket into Provincial-Midway Championships Final

21 Feb 25

Dynamic Syndication’s underrated mare RAPT became the first horse to secure a Golden Ticket into the $1m Provincial-Midway Championships Final on April 12 which is Day 2 of the Championships with a slashing effort to win the opening heat at Hawkesbury on Thursday.

Our Jason Deamer trained classy daughter of More Than Ready from Ghenwaa, unleashed a powerful turn of exhilarating speed to run away and win eased down in the $150,000 Provincial-Midway Championships Qualifier (1400m).

Coming into the race, there was plenty of confidence around RAPT'S ability, with her recent form suggesting she was primed for a big run. The five-year-old mare had shown glimpses of brilliance in her previous outings, including a Listed fourth-place finish at Eagle Farm and a dominant victory in a Randwick Midway over 1600m on December 21.

However, the Hawkesbury qualifier was far from an easy task. Add in the fact that she drew a wide barrier, RAPT needed a perfect ride to navigate the field and put herself in a winning position. Fortunately, she delivered just that, with a superbly timed performance that saw her storm home late to secure the win.

It had been previously identified that the best way to see RAPT perform is to ride her stone cold at the tail of the field and start to work into races from the 650m. With that game plan established she was ridden a treat by Tim Clark, who offset the poor barrier 14, by allowing our mare to immediately drop out after the gates clanged back.

RAPT was able to amble across from out wide without spending any energy and tacked onto the back of the field spotting the leaders 12 lengths after the first furlong.

As the field thundered to the home turn, Tim started to improve 3-deep then 4-deep and then as the field swung into the straight, he allowed RAPT to work to the outside of the field and balance-up before asking the mare to improve.

By this time, the leader had kicked 3-lengths on the rest of the pack and with the quality of this opposition our mare to most punters, would have appeared to have no chance, still some 8 lengths off the leader with 400m to run.

Tim pushed the go button, and the afterburners went into overdrive. RAPT set sail down the outside. Watching her from the 400m, connections who knew her ability to unwind, were already shouting and cheering as RAPT was sizzling home.

Such was her dominance in her closing sectionals, RAPT hit the front with 100m to run and allowed Tim the luxury of being able to have an armchair ride to the winning post, proving that RAPT still had unspent fuel in the tank.

When the camera flashed, RAPT (55.5kgs) had posted an eased down but widening 0.89 length margin over Bojangles ($12) (56.0kgs) (Kim Waugh) with Art Volant (54.0kgs) (Richard & Will Freedman) 1.61 lengths third.

On the Good 4 surface RAPT ran a sizzling 1400m Time of 1:21.55 with her own last 600m in an unbelievable 33.25 and that was without being extended the final 100m!

The Winner and Runner-up in the qualifying races gain tickets into the $1m final at Randwick on April 12.

RAPT started at a luxurious $23.00 which was money for jam. She showed her class to race away for a comfortable win from Bojangles ($12).

It was a mighty training effort from Dynamic Deamer, who had freshened RAPT after the mare ran over 1800m when finishing a close-up seventh last start in The Wave at the Gold Coast.

“After the Gold Coast, Adam Watt picked this race out so we decided to give her a week in the paddock and just went from there,” Jason Deamer said.

“We just had to keep her on the fresh side with the 1400m and while it’s only 200m, a mile is her pet distance.

“So we kept her very fresh and she’s worked a treat.

“I couldn’t believe the price today.”

Whilst RAPT’S pet distance is over the mile, Team Dynamic and their Newcastle based horse whisperer will decide in the coming weeks if she will run again before the final which is 7 weeks away.

“We’ll have a look into it and work out a plan whether we have another run in three weeks or keep her fresh for it,” Deamer said.

“We could just wait and aim up for the Final as her next start but we’ll wait and see.”

Rapt was $26 into $15 to win the Provincial-Midway Final.

JOB DONE!

A big shout out to JASON DEAMER for the wonderful job he does with Dynamic Syndications horses.

Also well done to TIM CLARK on his professional ride that ensured victory.

Tim reported to the Ladies: “Hey, just a post-race on RAPT. She was fantastic. She enjoyed that that strong tempo that she got today, and I was able to get a nice cart into the race behind Bojangles. He took me everywhere I needed to go, but she was very strong late, and won with a bit of authority. So, she’s in great shape, she's only going to be better at Randwick on the bigger track. And if it happens to get wet, she loves the ground. She's in fantastic order and I was very pleased to be able to win on for you today. Thank you.”

Congratulations to our ALL LADIES Ownership Team that own and race RAPT: Dynamic Ladies, Mrs C Freeman, Mrs A T Woollett, Mrs K Corby, Mrs M Whitton, Mrs B Krezo, Ms L I Kennedy, Mrs T M O'Sullivan, Mrs M Seminara, Mrs B Cooper, Mrs B A Reid, Ms L Woollett

Purchased at the 2022 Magic Millions for $130,000, our Dynamic Mare has now clocked over $300,000 in prizemoney and is an exciting prospect heading into her next few races.

RAPT as a yearling

RAPT was a has taken her career tally to: 17 starts = 5:4:2:3 and Prizemoney: $300,425

Min/Max-Dist-Win: 1250/1600 1st Up: 4:0-2-1 2nd Up: 4:2-1-1 Track: 1:1-0-0 Dist: 2:1-1-0 Firm: 0:0-0-0 Good: 9:4-1-1 Soft: 4:0-1-1 Heavy: 4:1-2-0

RAPT is a well-bred mare. She has already earned minor black-type when running 4th first up this preparation in the BRC Just Now LR.

RAPT is a daughter of GHENWAA who a winner of 2 races herself and is the Dam of current multiple stakes-placed TASHI.

GHENWAA is from the mare SULTAH (Exceed And Excel) which makes GHENWAA (Street Cry) a half-sister to two stakes winners – TARAAYEF (Lonhro) and HAYBAH (More Than Ready) and stakes placed MURAAHIB (Reset).

RAPT (More Than Ready) is a 3/4 Sister to HAYBAH (More Than Ready).

Whilst SULTAH is a half-sister to Champion 3yo REBEL RAIDER, and two other stakes winners SHAMOLINE WARRIOR and CADILLAC MOUNTAIN also stakes performer LACQUES.

Eagled-eyed Dynamic Syndications followers will have noted that at this year’s Magic Millions sales Team Dynamic purchased a colt by SO YOU THINK out of SULTAH which makes our colt the half-brother to GHENWAA – the Dam of RAPT.

LOT 1004 - Our SO YOU THINK x SULTAH Yearling Colt purchased at the Magic Millions

In addition to the excellent conformation of the colt we purchased from Coolmore Stud, and the excellent genetic rating score, to be fair we knew how well RAPT was going and expect that there are a few big races wins to add to her resume this preparation which will also add to our colt’s page.

For her Lady Owners through Dynamic Syndications, this is a moment to savour, and with the final just around the corner, the excitement is only just beginning.

The countdown to April 12 at Royal Randwick is on.

Can RAPT go all the way and claim the $1 million prize? If Thursday’s performance is anything to go by, she will be a force to be reckoned with.

RAPT’S success is a testament to the power of participation in racehorse syndication in Australian racing.

Through Dynamic Syndications, RAPT allows her All Ladies ownership team the opportunity to be part of yet another high-class mare competing in one of the country’s richest and most exciting races and allows everyday racing enthusiasts to experience the thrill of ownership without the massive financial burden of sole ownership.

RAPT’S journey - from her early career to qualifying for a $1 million final - is a prime example of the excitement and rewards that come with being part of a racing syndicate.

This win by RAPT takes Dynamic Syndications overall Race Win Tally to 920 Race Wins and was Team Dynamic’s 30th Race Win for the current racing season.

ONWARDS & UPWARDS - FOREVER FORWARD