SPECIFIC CHOICE finished 3rd on Saturday at Randwick and kept up the good roll of performances our Dynamic horses have had to start this new 2014/15 Racing Season.
In the first 10 days,
five (5) of our runners have weighed in:
09Aug14 3rd
Specific Choice Randwick 1600m Tye Angland
06Aug14 3rd
Dynamic Rock Canterbury 1250m Tim Clark
02Aug14 1st
Repartee Kembla Grange 1000m Adam Hyeronimus
02Aug14 4th
Marvin Kembla Grange 2000m Jay Ford
02Aug14 2nd
Masterstroke Rosehill 1100m Tye Angland
Saturday at Randwick,
Specific Choice finished 3rd by 1 length over an unsuitable 1600m which was far too short for our horse as he was a last start winner at Randwick over 2000m.
Unfortunately the race programme committee had not programmed a suitable event for
Specific Choice for 6 weeks from his last start victory and we needed to run somewhere to maintain his fitness levels.
In this event he found a race with some handy milers involved and this proved to be the difference. Both the winner and runner up were in front of him throughout the run and we were forced to travel 3 deep without cover from the point of the turn, whilst the winner and runner up travelled inside us. Weight is also a consideration in all races and
Specific Choice gave the winner 2.0kgs and the runner-up 5.5kgs.
If this wasn’t enough, they ran a
Class Record 1:34.34 coming home in
35.40 secs, taking close to
half a second (3.5 lengths) off the previous best for the class and trip.
Tye Angland returned to scale full of praise for
Specific Choice and said “ We knew the problem before we went out there – it was just 400m too short” he explained to the owners. He tried hard all the way and didn’t give in, he was as strong on the line as he was at the 600m, it’s just a shame the race wasn’t over further he would have won. He felt super, they just out sprinted him with the pull in the weights.”
Specific Choice will now head back to a suitable race on Saturday 23/8 a benchmark 85 2000m.
In running 3rd at Randwick he now brings his prizemoney earnings above
$350,000.
Career Summary: 17 starts: 3:4:3 Prizemoney: $350,750 (Total in Bonuses: $145,000) Distance Wins: 1200/1500/2000.