EF FEB 10 - BOGENHUBER RIDES FIRST CITY WINNER

By Graham Potter | Friday, February 12, 2010

Eagle Farm, February 10, 2010.
Track - Slow 6. Rail - out 10m.
Class 3 Handicap (C, G & E) - 1500m. Time: 1-32.74. (Carrying 51.5kg).
1 The Clandy Man Can; 2 Brigadoon Star; 3 Tuscademus.

Apprentice jockey Skye Bogenhuber claimed her first city success when she guided The Clandy Man Can to victory by half-a-length over the favourite Brigadoon Star.

The Clandy Man Can was held five wide with no speed on in the early part and Bogenhuber made the sound decision to push her mount forward and take up the running and the field raced towards the first turn.

Once in front, Bogenhuber rated the gelding perfectly where she conned her rivals into allowing her a soft lead. Bogenhuber made use of the inside line as long as it served a purpose. She saved ground on the turn before gradually moving off the rail after straightening to avoid the worst going.

The pressure was on all the way down the straight as The Clandy Man Can was attacked early in the run home. Halfway up the straight it looked like Tuscademus would run up to and go past The Clandy Man, but the leader kept that challenge at bay.

Brigadoon Star then ranged up to try to take the chocolates away from The Clandy Man Can, but he too found the five-year-old in an uncompromising mood. The latter just kept finding under a determined ride from Bogenhuber and he hitthe line with great resolve to make it four wins from twenty starts.

WINNER FEEDBACK:
Trainer Tony Gollan: “We didn’t really expect that. There were no real instructions ... just to ride him as he felt. He is usually a horse that settles just off them a little bit, or back, depending on the pace of the race.

“He was drawn ordinary in a small field. I was concerned obviously with the draw about where we would be but, when nothing wanted to go and he was four deep and fairly pulling ... he was a fresh horse ... Skye (Bogenhuber) just did the right thing and let him stride.

“Once she got to the front she didn’t try to over-ride him. She didn’t let him run, but also didn’t try and choke him out of it. She just got him to travel beautifully.

“He is a horse that appreciates wet going. All of his wins have been on rain affected going. I’ve always said to Skye from day one ... I know track bias can be a big thing ... but I’ve said to her, if your horse is travelling through the going at least cut the corner on it before you get out on to the better going.

“If you watch the reply you can see she is getting out, but at Eagle Farm it is a big, long straight. I couldn’t see any sense of her having to stoke the horse up early in order to get into better going when he was already travelling well.

“It was the other horses that had to get stoked up to get outside off a slow pace. They had to make their runs early to attack him. He was actually drawing away over the last 50m because he had the conservative run.

“He was travelling comfortably through the going so I was always happy where he was.

“I think if we get some wet weekends he can actually win at one or two Saturday meetings from a mile up until the 2200m. He is most certainly a horse that is going to get over ground. I know he is an older horse, but he is lightly raced. If we can get soft going ... he is rally a horse who likes the sting out of the ground.

“Yeah, it’s great for Skye to get her first winner here. She’s had a few goes. She’s had a few seconds and thirds and she has looked the winner couple of times. She just does a stack of work and she deserves all the wins she can get.

“On this horse, from bad alleys or what not, she has always ridden the horse quite well. He is a horse she just gets on particularly well with ... she rides him every day in track-work ... just has a good affinity with him.

“Everytime she has ridden him, be it from the outside or the inside, she has given him as good a run as he has been afforded.”

Apprentice jockey Skye Bogenhuber: “It was really good getting the win on a horse for my boss (Tony Gollan). It is a horse I ride a lot so it was very enjoyable.

“He usually gets back, but there was no pace today so I just thought I’d go up to lead and get in. He travelled really nice and settled nice once I led. I was really confident he would finish off. He loves the sting out of the ground and he tries really hard.”

PRICE FLUCTUATIONS:
Winner (The Clandy Man): 5.00 out to 7.00.
Favourite (Brigadoon Star): 3.50 out to 3.80 in to 3.70. Finished second.

STEWARDS REPORT EXTRACT:
Kinjirock (M. Speers) jumped away awkwardly, shifted out and made heavy contact with Urnfield (C. Whiteley). Taffy (J. Holder) was slow to begin.

Near the 1000m Tuscademus (A. Spinks) had to be eased to avoid the heels of The Clandy Man Can (S. Bogenhuber) which shifted in when not fully clear. Mr Solitary (J. Byrne), which was following and over-racing, had to be steadied to avoid the heels of Tuscademus. S. Bogenhuber will be advised to take greater measures to keep her mounts straight in future.

Urnfield over-raced in the early stages.

Kinjirock hung in in the home straight and over the concluding stages hung in to the extent that M. Speers was unable to ride that gelding out in his normal manner.

Post-race veterinary examinations of Urnfield and Taffy failed to reveal any abnormalities.

Stewards opened an inquiry into C. Whiteley's riding of Urnfield, in particular in the early and middle stages. Evidence was taken from C. Whiteley, Mr S. Lee, trainer of Urnfield, and S. Katsidis, the rider of Brigadoon Star. This inquiry was adjourned to allow stewards an opportunity to examine previous races of Urnfield and betting activities on this particular event.

Following the adjournment of the inquiry, at a subsequent inquiry C. Whiteley was found guilty of a charge under AR. 83(a) in that he misconducted himself in a stewards inquiry by using inappropriate language and was fined $500.

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