The great run continued for Hall of Fame trainer Gai Waterhouse and training partner Adrian Bott on Saturday at Randwick when the dynamic duo posted
further black-type success.
Gai & Adrian
The pair have had a super few week over the Autumn Carnival with
four feature race wins in consecutive Saturday’s and it doesn’t look like their juggernaut is stopping next Saturday 11 April, Day Two The Championships at Randwick.
The training partnership have had a
Group 1 winner three weeks in a row at Rosehill and on Day One of The Championships at Randwick, Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott scored with their exciting three-year-old
ENTENTE who dictated all the way to claim the
Gr3 Carbine Club Stakes over a mile.
Con Te Partiro had kick started the Gr1 success, winning the Coolmore Classic on March 14, followed by
Farnan winning the Golden Slipper on March 21 and then it was
Shout The Bar in the Vinery Stud Stakes on March 28.
Day Two of The Championships will see four Gr1 races run and the Gai and Adrian combination will have runners in three of them, including the favoured
Shout The Bar in the Australian Oaks (2400m).
Adrian Bott with Tommy Berry
Adrian Bott said,
“The giant steps this filly has taken have been amazing.
“We knew she had ability but to see her put it all together so quickly is testament to her and the team.
“She only had her first race start on the 17th February and she is already a Group 1 winner.
"She won her first two starts over 1150m and now she is looking like a middle-distance staying type.
“It’s just amazing.”
Following those two wins she was asked to sink or swim in the Gr3 Kembla Grange Classic (1600m) where she finished runner-up.
“That run gave us the confidence to push on to the Vinery, and she proved us right,” Adrian said.
“She beat very good fillies. Funstar and Probabeel are stars and our girl was able to fight them all off.
“Her heart is huge so I don’t think we can ever underestimate her.”
Should
Shout The Bar only be able to maintain her last start form she will be very competitive in the Oaks on Saturday. The stable may also have
Dorothy Of Oz lining up in the race.
“She raced well below what we were expecting yesterday, so we will have a rethink and make a final call on Monday morning. If she was to back up the blinkers would come off.” Adrian stated.
Hush Writer is another stable runner that will be looking to line up in the $1m Group I Sydney Cup over 3200m.
“We have bought him back to Sydney to switch things up and he seems to be nice and bright,” Adrian added.
“Sometimes a switch in scenery can help a horse. Hopefully the track dries out as he likes firm surfaces and the blinkers will come off.
Con Te Partiro will back up in the Gr1 Coolmore Legacy over 1600m following a game effort behind Nettoyer in the Doncaster Mile.
“She was brave. The speed was on from the start and she never stopped trying and finding the line," Adrian insisted.
"She has pulled up in great order this morning and it was always the case that if she recovered from the Doncaster she would line up in the Legacy.
“I think it was Dixie Blossoms who did something similar last year so it won’t stop our girl.”
Dixie Blossoms followed this same path last year and
Con Te Partiro has done it this year having won the Gr1 Coolmore Classic before running well in the Doncaster.
Both mares ran sixth in the Doncaster with Dixie Blossoms then finishing runner-up to Kenedna in the Coolmore Legacy.
Dawn Passage will line up as a major player in the Gr2 Arrowfield Sprint (1200m) while the stable is full of confidence that the
Dynamic Syndications galloper
Yao Dash will be very competitive now he is stepping out to 1400m in the
Listed 3yo South Pacific Classic.
YAO DASH
Whilst the stables promising two-year-old filly
Vangelic has returned from Melbourne following a terrific effort when runner-up in the Listed St Albans Stakes over 1200m at Moonee Valley and will take her spot in the Gr2 Percy Sykes Stakes over 1200m.
“Don’t leave out Postcode.” Adrian added.
“He was very good winning at Hawkesbury with 62kg and we have always had a good opinion of him right from early on when he ran second on debut in the Breeders Plate.
“He will start in the Fernhill Mile (1600m) and if he races well, as we expect he will, you will probably see him a week later in the Group 1 Champagne Stakes.”
With the stable flying at present and have so many excellent chances next Saturday, it is hard not to get enthused about their team’s runners. However, there is certainly an air of confidence around the way
Yao Dash has trained on since his first-up start over the unsuitable 1100m back on the 7th March.
He came into that event off a well-documented interruption to his preparation and the horse is going to be a much better suited as a miler than he ever will be a sprinter. So, the 1400m second-up will be ideal especially since he was so impressive 2 weeks ago when winning a high-quality trial over 1200m at Randwick.
However, the negative is he will be poorly weighted against this field.
Yao Dash at present is just a Sydney Saturday winner who will have to give weight to stakes placed horses whilst Melbourne visitors seem to be better treated than NSW counterparts under their declared benchmark handicapping system.
The most important aspect is that we are happy with our
Yao Dash as we head into this event.