If you didn’t see it, it’s incredibly difficult to describe what a magnificent win it was by
IDLE CHAT in the
time honoured feature sprint the
Sir James Kirby Quality at the
Grafton carnival.
At the 600m
IDLE CHAT was a clear last, at least 10 lengths off the leaders.
As they swung for home she was still that distance away one off the fence.
From the 400m to the 300m, our top jockey
TIM CLARK steered her across 2 sets of heels, to become the widest runner 6 deep and spotting the leaders 6 lengths at the 250m.
Leading Jockey TIM CLARK
Tim balanced
IDLE CHAT and then pushed the go button. She literally flew.
IDLE CHAT was so far back and the favourite Texan Lad was leading in a two horse dog fight up front with Terra Amarta that
IDLE CHAT was only mentioned in the call over last 30 metres before the post.
She finished with such momentum that she ended up putting up a margin of a neck on the line over the runner-up with a half-length back to third.
RACE PICTORIAL:
At the 800m 2nd last
At the 600m clear last at least 10 lengths of leaders
At the 400m still last (obscured)
Into the straight still last
At the 200m making ground down the outside
At the 100m closing fast - now up to 3rd
Still 3rd with 50m to go
Swamps them late to win in 56.28
Amazingly they stopped the clock in an incredibly slick
56.28 secs, this is the second fastest time recorded at Grafton coming home their last 600m in a sizzling
33.56 secs.
With a conversion in time of approximately 7 lengths per second, that calculates out that
IDLE CHAT would have run under
32.50 her last 600m.
The fastest ever sectional time over any race distance for the last 600m recorded at Grafton is
33.38 secs.
There is no question that
IDLE CHAT smashed that sectional.
Now here are the stats that will be just amazing for all racing enthusiasts to comprehend.
Since the
1999-2000 Racing Season until this race, there had been
113 races run where there were
11 runners in the field over this 1000m distance.
IDLE CHAT is the FIRST HORSE to win from 11th position (last) at the 400m in 14 racing seasons.
In field sizes where there were field sizes of
10 - 11 – 12 – 13 or 14 runners, there have been a total of
402 races run.
IDLE CHAT became just the third horse in 14 racing seasons to have come from last place at the 400m point to win over the 1000m trip!
One winner was in a field of 10 and the other winner was in a field of 12.
IDLE CHAT is building a huge resume and she is yet to win a race in the city !
She has been placed to advantage and has returned the owners a lot of fun and excitement let alone prizemoney.
Race Record: 11 Starts = 5 Wins : 3 Seconds : 0 Thirds and Prizemoney: $125,067
Min/Max-Dist-Win: 900/1200 1st Up: 3:2-1-0 2nd Up: 3:1-0-0 Dist: 2:2-0-0
Good: 7:2-3-0 Dead: 1:1-0-0 Slow: 2:1-0-0 Heavy: 1:1-0-0
Included amongst these wins are
2 Feature Country wins:
Port Macquarie $50,500 Queen Of The North Quality Hcp 1200m
Grafton $50,000 Sir James Kirby Quality Hcp 1000m
She has also recorded wins at
Gosford (2) and Newcastle.
IDLE CHAT has also run second at Randwick to Commanding Wit and second at Canterbury to Stolen Kisses.
MATTHEW DUNN - Trainer
IDLE CHAT has just changed stables in the past few weeks and was sent to quality horseman
MATT DUNN who is based at Murwillimbah. Matt is placed third on the Brisbane premiership. This excellent young horseman has outstanding facilities at his training complex and horses thrive in the environment under his care.
It was terrific to learn that
IDLE CHAT was Matty’s first winner at a Grafton Carnival meeting.
Placed to advantage in the upcoming preparation, she should enjoy racing in Brisbane, especially considering she is still eligible for Class 5 and incredibly is a Non Metropolitan Winner !
Congrats go to her breeder Gerry Harvey (Baramul Stud) who races IDLE CHAT in partnership with us at Dynamic Syndications.
Congrats to IDLE CHAT’S team of owners who are:
Dynamic Syndications Racing (Mgr: D W Watt), N D Loader, G Harvey, M D Faria, B Tolentino, D R Noyes, Dynamic No 14 (Mgr: D W Watt D Ferguson, D Penrose) & A Turnbull.
Originally trained in Sydney,
IDLE CHAT was
"expelled from the Sydney stable" being considered
"too slow and not good enough." That was before she had raced.
It’s amazing how things can turn around with horses and importantly highlights why we always obtain a second opinion and give
Dynamic Syndications managed horses every opportunity to succeed.
This win by IDLE CHAT became Dynamic Syndications 39th for the current racing season and win number 383 for Dynamic Syndications since 2005.