EF SEPT 05 - TACTICS SPOT ON WITH FUTURE’S DREAM

By Graham Potter | Monday, September 7, 2009

Eagle Farm, September 5, 2009.
Track - Good 3. Rail - out 1m.
Class 6 Plate (Set Weights) - 1805m. Time: 1-50.32.
1 Future's Dream; 2 Eddie Rapido; 3 Winmara.

Jockey Larry Cassidy was a relieved man after the Chris Waller trained Future’s Dream had lined his opposition with a bold forward move, as per his riding instructions, in the sweep to the turn.

The move worked out but Cassidy was concerned about the outcome as pushed forward. On straightening Cassidy looked behind him to see if he had got away. At the 300m he gave another anxious look to see if there was any real threat and then at the 100m there was one final glance to confirm what was happening behind him. All the while, Cassidy was riding for his life to keep the seven-year-old going all the way to the line.

In the end it was a sound winning effort by the Sydney based runner and the result could lead to several other trainers from down south looking at Queensland as a viable option for runners a length or two off the pace in Sydney.

WINNER FEEDBACK:
Jockey Larry Cassidy: “They said the best way to ride him ... they said he can miss the start, get him out and get him into the best possible place you can.

“They also said, from the 700 or 800 you have got to get rolling. You have got to have three, four or five lengths on them. They said don’t try to look pretty on him. They said, if you get beat, it is going to look a shocker. They said, you have got to get a break because he is pretty weak the last 100m.

“The best thing was like when I did roll forward he travelled forward for me, so I didn’t have to chase him before the corner. He travelled round the corner and then I let him down he still had plenty on them.

When I got to the 100m I thought I had enough of a break on them ... but, like I said, on the instructions, you know, if you get beat it is just going to look terrible, but they said that’s the way he is best ridden and it worked out.

“I’m sure he can find another race here. I think the Sydney trainers are starting to click on, you know. Horses that run second or third down there in Sydney (like Future’s Dream), some of them are going to be very hard to beat here on a Saturday.”

PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (Futures Dream): 2.50 out to 2.70 in t 2.60.
The winner was the favourite.

STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Near the 1600m, when racing in restricted room, Charvicky (M. Speers) shifted in and away from Jedi Starfighter (M. Cahill) and made contact with the hind quarters of Shuffle The Cash (C. McIver). Shuffle The Cash then shifted outward, turning the hind quarters of Charvicky out towards Jedi Starfighter, resulting in M. Speers almost being dislodged from Charvicky when the horse became unbalanced. When unbalanced, C. McIver, rider of Shuffle The Cash, assisted M. Speers to regain his balance. Winmara (O. Turpin) and All Affair (K. Banks), which were following, were checked as a consequence. Stewards noted the circumstances and no direct action was taken against any particular rider.

C. McIver, rider of Shuffle The Cash, reported that after suffering interference, his mount seemed somewhat reluctant to travel up directly behind runners forward of him, and due to the tempo of the race was under pressure some distance from the finish. For some distance on straightening and until leaving the 300m, Eddie Rapido (J. Taylor) was held up and unable to improve.

Stewards questioned apprentice O. Turpin regarding the riding tactics he adopted on Winmara, particularly from the 600m where he elected to persist with a run between Shuffle The Cash and All Affair rather than ease his mount to the outside and improve.

O. Turpin stated that from the wide barrier he had been instructed to position his mount on the rails and endeavour to improve, however he was unable to do so after striking interference near the 1600m. He added that near the 600m, he elected to persist with a run closer to the rails rather than risk being forced wider, as to take a run to the outside would have meant him having to ease back behind All Affair, and then to attempt to improve and be forced very wide on the track. He added that he was held up and unable to improve after leaving the 600m as Shuffle The Cash was inclined to lay out and after getting clear in the straight the horse ran home well.