DAPPERIZED pulverised his opposition to win Saturday’s $10,000 Royal Hotel Iris Rennie Memorial Manilla Cup (1600m) at Gunnedah.
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The Gayna Williams-trained seven-year-old gelding, a son of Irish stallion Authorized, powered his way to a half length win from Armidale gelding Melted Moments with Punton Bernardini, who had led, a length away third.
Greg Ryan rode a perfectly judged race to keep his unbeaten record on the Mudgee-trained gelding.
“He was too good,” Ryan said.
“Felt really good under me.”
Dapperized had won at Mudgee two starts previous before finishing 11th in the Dubbo Cup to Disturbance.
“Greg’s only had two rides on him and won both,” Williams said.
“We had hoped he would run well here. It was a good win.”
She prepares Dapperized for long-time owners Nerida and Roger Atkinson.
“They had Sniper’s Bullet,” she said.
“They have been good supporters of our stable for a long while.’
Dapperized is a good horse to work with too, Williams added.
“He’s only a lightly framed horse and we work him like a filly,’ she said.
She has no immediate plans for Dapperized.
Irish Shotgun then blasted his way to his first win in the following race to give the Mudgee trainer a winning double for the day.
With Ryan on board, the gelding snared victory in the TAB Have a Quaddie @ Gunnedah Maiden Plate (1600m) in the last few strides.
“He’s still very, very green,” Williams said.
“I thought he’d thrown it away.”
The four-year-old gelding had box-seated for much of the journey but looked gone at the top of the straight when the Craig Martin-trained Louisiana Man hit the front.
However no sooner than Louisiana Man had taken over he drifted to the middle of the track with young apprentice Reece Jones.
After travelling three and four wide all the way Louisiana man did well to hang on for third, finishing a length astern of runner-up Arlo’s Way.
Irish Shotgun is “full of issues”, Williams said.
“He’s a real fizzy type, mentally fragile,” she said of a gelding who has plenty of growing, mentally, to do.
“He’s a baby.”
While she doesn’t have a race in store for him she will find “something a bit further for him”.
Olifants meanwhile kicked strongly to see off his rivals and win the $10,000 Book Your Xmas Hams Marquee December 8 2018 Class 2 Handicap (1200m).
Josh Oliver, who nabbed a winning double after winning with Roboosto earlier in the day, partnered Olifants and had plenty of work to do when Newcastle Dancer ranged up beside him.
Just as it appeared the Todd Payne-trained Newcastle Dancer had taken the lead Olifants kicked back strongly and forged his way to a three quarter length victory.
Cody Morgan trains Olifants for the Australian Bloodstock syndicate and was impressed by Oliver’s ride.
“He was well ridden,” Morgan said.
Olifants was having his third start for the Tamworth trainer and has now won twice, once at Narromine and then snaring a third at Cessnock before Saturdays’ success.
“Just good for the Australian Bloodstock syndicate. Real good to win two from three starts with him for them. They have been supporting me with a few horses too,” he said.
Roboosto continued his racing resurgence when he cruised to victory in the $10,000 MPC Earthmoving North West Stayers Challenge (2700m).
The William Wain-trained gelding backed up from the previous Saturday’s win over 1700m at Bundarra to outstay his opposition in the benchmarked 58 handicap.
Wain said Oliver, who also rode the five-year old at Bundarra, rode him well.
“He is a good little rider. I’m not sure but I think Josh said it was the first time he’d ridden five winners at Bundarra last week. Five wins from five rides,” he said.
While delighted for Oliver, Wain is also delighted Roboosto has won two in a row for him.
“Had him the five or six starts now. Put him on the treadmill and in the water walker and it’s paying off.”
William’s father, Stafford, races Roboosto with his wife Judith.
“We bought him on the Bloodstock Auction site. Paid $2800 for him. He’s paid his way now,” he said.
Earlier Hey Dude bounced back from a disastrous outing at Armidale to win the $10,000 Ultrafleet Maiden Handicap (1000m).
The three-year-old gelding son of Tamworth stallion Ready As had lost his rider, Ashley Morgan, early on in an 1100m maiden at Armidale on September 27.
Morgan jumped back aboard and made amends when the Melanie O’Gorman-trained gelding led all the way to beat the Mary Moses-trained Snafu by three lengths with Paul Grills’ Abb Roy a length away third.
“See what you can do when you stay on ‘em,” Morgan joked with onlookers after unsaddling.
Hey Dude is a promising horse and is raced by prominent Tamworth owners Gwen and Errol Leicht.
He debuted with a nice sixth at Tamworth before his Armidale disappointment.
“He won like a good horse today,” Errol Leicht said.
“Gunnedah has been good to us too. And so has Ready As.”