EF MAR 23 - TYCOON’S PRIDE GETS THE JOB DONE

By Graham Potter | Thursday, March 24, 2011

Eagle Farm, March 23, 2011.
Track - Dead 5. Rail - out 9m.
Class 4 Handicap - 1300m.
1 Tycoon's Pride; 2 Cap Vilano; 3 Looped.
Time: 1-17.78. (Carrying 57kg). Last 600m: 35.75.
Margins: Half-neck; 1.50.

WINNER FEEDBACK:
Jockey Damian Browne: “Look, I went forward. That horse of Co Williamson (Just About Ready) he went forward.

“I was able to sort of get the drop on him.

“The blinkers (first time on) certainly switched him on.

“He probably wasn’t entirely happy in the track, but he was able to cope with it.

“I had to try and nurse him as long as I could because obviously he could be short of a run.” (Tycoon’s Pride was second-up after a five month spell).

“I nursed him as long as I could into the run and under the weight, but, like I say, when I went for him he wasn’t entirely happy in the ground, but his ability got him through.”

PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Tycoon’s Pride): 4.60 out to 5.50 in to 3.80.
The winner was the favourite.

STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Apprentice M. Wood was fined $750 for failing to claim his allowance down to his declared riding weight on Cosmic Cruz (Race 1), Herecomestehrain (Race 2), Mackenzie (Race 4) and Cap Vilano (Race 8).

Double Rise (J. Holder) jumped away awkwardly and shifted out, bumping Looped (K. Fujii).

Near the 600m, G. Colless, rider of Prost, attempted to shift wider on the track to improve where there was insufficient room and made contact with Looped, and shortly after Prost struck the heels of Break The Ice (S. Seamer).

G. Colless, rider of Prost, pleaded guilty to a charge of careless riding, in that he permitted mount to shift out near the 300m when insufficiently clear of Tuscon Rain (J. Bowditch) resulting in J. Bowditch having to take hold of Tuscon Rain to avoid the heels of Prost when tightened between Prost and Break The Ice.

G. Colless was suspended from riding in races for a period covered by 6 meetings, to commence at midnight, 26 March and to expire at midnight, 3 April.

Cap Vilano (M. Wood) raced wide throughout.

Stewards sought an explanation from L. Cassidy regarding the performance of Triskele, which performed below market expectations.

L. Cassidy stated that after travelling well to the 600m, he then placed the gelding under pressure and at that point it failed to respond to his riding.

He further stated that over the concluding stages he had concerns as to whether the horse may have bled and for this reason he did not pressure the horse over the concluding stages.

Trainer B. Smith confirmed his disappointment and was at a loss to explain the performance.

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