UNLEASH OVERPOWERS THEM

By Graham Potter | Saturday, February 17, 2024

The four-year-old Capitalist mare Unleash gave the KO Thoroughbred Racing team another winner when she claimed her first career success in a Maiden Handicap over 1300m at Toowoomba on February 17.

It was a welcome change of fortune for Unleash who had raced seven times for trainer Michael Moroney (with two second places being her best results there) before transferring to the Corey and Kylie Geran stable, where she has remained a work in progress.

She was winning here in her fifth start for the stable and came home by a one length margin under Karl Zechner after following a totally different racing pattern to that undertaken by Skater, Geran’s earlier winner on the card.

Whereas Skater went forward from a wide draw. Unleash went back from the worst of the draw (barrier ten out of ten).

By mid-race, whereas Skater had dictated from the front, Unleash raced in midfield, with six horses in front of him ... and in the home straight, whereas Skater had to dig deep to hold all-comers at bay in a race where the outcome could only be called in the final strides, Unleash had to overpower the best of his rivals with a late charge, coming from behind.

That he did with some authority to have his race already won with 100m still left to run, putting that important first career win on the scoreboard.

More articles