Consistency is what all racing participants strive for. But it comes at a price if you’re a horse because the handicapper will keep punishing you.
Saturday at Eagle Farm STELLAR MAGIC arrived in time to win her third race from 8 starts that have also yielded 4 seconds, all of which came with margins of less than a length! That’s resulted in a steady climb in the weights to the 59kg the filly lumped to victory Saturday under Baylee Nothdurft.
“Super win. Tough, tough little girl. Was happy with where we were early but then they anchored up a bit. She wasn’t going that keen but got her head a up a touch just wanting to get on with it. And I had no real drag into it either.
“They’ve run home in 33.82s so she can’t be going much better than she is,” a delighted Nothdurft said.
Co-trainer Matt Hoysted was equally enamoured of the 3YO and plans to run her in December’s Listed Mode Plate after she runs again at the Sunshine Coast in 3 weeks.
“We’ll keep her nice and fresh at the beach in the interim and give her a stint up at Wishbone Farm on the Sunshine Coast,” added Hoysted.
STELLAR MAGIC is a daughter of leading second-season sire STAR TURN. Proven Thoroughbreds has shares remaining in a STAR TURN colt with team O’Dea/Hoysted. Like our former QLD star SIR MOMENTS, this colt is a strapping chestnut reared at the famous Gooree Stud. More info HERE.
The O’Dea/Hoysted partnership has been on an exceptional roll this season with 20 metropolitan winners placing them in 2nd position on the QLD Trainers’ Premiership, just 8 behind Tony Gollan. For Proven Thoroughbreds, it was victory number 21 since August 1 which is as good a start as we’ve ever had to a season in the last 20 years.
The momentum sadly could not be maintained at Rosehill. A bad gate, steadier than expected tempo and biased track conspired to defeat Epsom winner PRIVATE EYE in the $7.5m Golden Eagle – though he did still collect $100k, 10% of which was donated to our designated charity Ronald McDonald House.