SIX RIDES - SIX WINS. AUSTIN GILATI AND SMOOTH CHINO'S PERFECT PARTNERSHIP IS BACK IN BUSINESS

By Graham Potter | Saturday, May 3, 2025

The very smart four-year-old chestnut Smooth Chino claimed his seventh win from only nine starts when he won the Group 3 Northam Stakes over 1300m on Sunday. He also has one runner-up finish to his credit.

The Indianna Weinert trained son of Maschino was last seen in the $5 million Quokka where he finished seventh, 2.40 lengths behind the rampant Jigsaw which was his only unplaced run to date … but Smooth Chino (the $2.10 favourite) bounced back to winning form in no uncertain terms here, beating the second placed Fluro Neuro home by 0.82 lengths.

A particular point of interest with this win is that Austin Galati, who was reinstated as Smooth Chino’s jockey after giving way to Lucy Fiore (in the Roma Cup) and Mark Zahra (in the Quokka) guided Smooth Chino to victory for the sixth time in six rides to maintain the pair’s perfect record.

And it was a great ride.

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