A decision several months ago, to relocate honest mare
THORSBORNE to the stables of leading Queensland trainer
Robert Heathcote, has returned instant dividends and
provided a wonderful start to the 2017 calendar year for Team Dynamic, as the mare dashed to victory at her first start this preparation.
THORSBORNE lined up in Race 5, the GALLOPERS SPORTS CLUB Fillies and Mares Benchmark 65 Handicap 1050m.
Our 4yo mare by HINCHINBROOK from MALTESE (by Tale of the Cat), was a Magic Millions purchase from the draft of Yarraman Park. She has taken her race career statistics to
17sts = 4:1:3.
Drawing barrier 8 in a field of 9 at acceptance time, we were extremely confident the mare would be hard to beat on the strength of her trackwork and the drop in class, from what she had been competing against when last in work.
Then an incredible 5 scratchings on the morning left the field to just 4 starters. In what was surely a first for Brisbane racing, each of these remaining runners was ridden by a female apprentice !
THORSBORNE was ridden a treat for us by Tiffany Brooker who took 3.0 kgs off the allotted 60.0 kgs to carry 57.0 after her claim.
This race was always our target and knowing we would have to carry a big weight, we swooped early to engage Tiffany and the young lady didn’t miss a beat throughout the race to score with authority.
Tiffany had ridden the mare in a 900m jump out for Rob Heathcote a fortnight earlier and knew she had a sizzling fast mare under saddle.
We had always planned to jump and be positive and take a forward position however had anticipated that the mare Royal Hootenanny would want to lead so the plan was always to stalk that mare before pushing the go button.
In the small field of apprentice riders often speed maps can go astray at the jump however this race mapped well with
THORSBORNE being quick away before Royal Hootenanny over raced to find the lead. Tiffany got
THORSBORNE to settle off the leader and then, at the 700m angled off the fence to improve to be sitting at the girth of the leader as they swung for home.
Showing good patience, Tiffany waited until the 250m before asking the mare to extend and
THORSBORNE responded beautifully lengthening stride to post a decisive margin at the line of 1.3 x 0.8 length margin clocking a slick time of 1:00.19 for the 1050m including a fast last 600m in 33.27.
It was terrific to see Tiffany give the crowd a
“Number 1 Salute” for her win on her way back to scale.
Congratulations goes to a TOP TEAM of Dynamic Owners who race THORSBORNE - Dynamic Syndications Racing Synd (D Watt), Mr J Darin, Mr M A Pope, Mr M R Streater, Mr R Towne, Mrs C M Willis, Mr P W J Janovsky, Mr L D Lindsell, Mr W D Clem, Mr J L Robinson, Mr F J Welk, Mr N D Loader, Mrs A Jones, Shubhlabh Synd, Mr D C Batchelor, Mrs K P Batchelor.
This mare had posted 2 wins as a 2yo and another at 3, she had been placed several times in Sydney grade as well as being competitive twice in black type grade.
Now she has posted a well-deserved metropolitan win to her pedigree page and the way she went in this event, it should be anticipated there are more city wins to come.
This was Dynamic Syndications 477th Race win and our 14th win for this 2016/17 racing season.
It was also a lovely way to start the 2017 calendar year, having closed off 2016 with our final runner a winner - Dinky Di Dora.
Now to start on the 2nd January 2017 and win again has produced a wonderful festive season for our owners.
It also gives us a bounce as we lead into the Magic Millions sales with inspections starting later this week.