Search

show me:

Roughies can rule again in Coolmore Classic

3 minute read

Paul Snowden is one trainer hoping the hoodoo for Coolmore Classic favourites can continue for another year.

REVOLUTIONARY MISS.
REVOLUTIONARY MISS. Picture: Racing Photos

The Coolmore Classic has been a happy hunting ground for outsiders in recent years and several trainers fancy their chances of continuing that trend at Rosehill.

The last favourite to claim the fillies and mares feature was Aloha in 2011, while 13 of the past 20 winners have started at double-figure odds.

Revolutionary Miss ($14), Renaissance Woman ($51) and Barbie's Fox ($61) all fit the outsider's bill and their respective trainers can make individual cases for them to stage an upset.

Four-year-old Revolutionary Miss has been in career-best form this season, winning four of her past five starts, the last two in succession.

All of those victories have been in Melbourne, but co-trainer Paul Snowden says that is a function of the calendar, not a preference for racing anti-clockwise.

"They cater for fillies down there better than we do, simple as that," Snowden said.

"She makes her own luck, she usually finds the right spot, especially with Michael Dee on, he's got a really good association with her.

"She has narrowly gone down in Group Ones twice now, so it would be really great for the ownership group to tick this one."

Lindsay Park rarely gets it wrong when they bring a horse to Sydney and Ben Hayes believes Barbie's Fox can belie her quote, pointing to her close fourth in the Epsom Handicap during the spring.

The mare is coming off a fifth in the Guy Walter Stakes and is a winner at the track and distance.

"It was a good run at Randwick last start. She hit the line really well," Ben Hayes said.

"She enjoys give in the track, so any rain would be a bonus, and she's a sneaky chance in a race like that with no weight.  

"She ran fourth in the Epsom last spring, so she's been competitive in those Group One handicaps before."

The Bjorn Baker-trained Renaissance Woman is also at long odds after disappointing first-up in the Mille Fox Stakes (1300m).

However, Baker has made a key gear change to the multiple stakes winner and is hopeful the addition of blinkers can help the enigmatic mare find her best form on Saturday.

"She can be a little bit hard to catch, but her best form is second-up and 1500 is definitely more in her distance range as opposed to 1300," Baker said.

"Her work has been good and the blinkers go on. She was really sharp working in them a couple of weeks ago."

Millie Fox Stakes winner Zougotcha ($4) is the horse tasked with breaking the run of outs for the favourites, the mare holding market sway ahead of three-year-olds Tropical Squall and Kimochi, who are $7.50 apiece.


Racing and Sports

Rosehill

Saturday, 16th March 2024

8
16:35
(local)

COOLMORE CLASSIC (G1)

Age: 3yo and up Sex: FM WT: 50.0kg Type: Qlty
AUD $1,007,000
1500m TURF SOFT
8
16:35
(local)
AUD $1,007,000
1500m SOFT

COOLMORE CLASSIC (G1)

Age: 3yo and up Sex: FM WT: 50.0kg Type: Qlty


FP Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 1. ZOUGOTCHA (AUS) 4yo M
ZOUSTAR (AUS) - FAST TALKER (AUS)
JAMES MCDONALD
CHRIS WALLER
$3.3
57kg
N A Greenhalgh, Mrs M T Greenhalgh, Mystery Downs (Mgr: F W Cook), Mrs C M Cook, I Bruce, R Smith, Sneesby Racing (Mgr: G C Sneesby), R M Anderson & Widden Stud Pty Ltd (Mgr: A W Thompson)

Sales Information

2nd 3. SEMANA (AUS) 4yo M
WINNING RUPERT (AUS) - FESTIVITY (AUS)
DYLAN GIBBONS
CIARON MAHER
$12
55.5kg
Vantage Thoroughbreds (Mgr: J Tinning), Charas Bloodstock P/L (Mgr: C Charalambous), C Charalambous, Mrs N Charalambous, Mrs R Charalambous, H Charalambous, D Hanlin, E Nathan, J Tinning, D Warner, Mrs J Oliver, G1G Racing & Breeding (Mgr: Mrs T Vogel), S Lamont, C Ho, Mrs I Murphy, Beams & J Davine

Sales Information

3rd 17. KIMOCHI (AUS) 3yo F
BRAVE SMASH (JPN) - SUMMER FUN (AUS)
ZAC LLOYD
GARY PORTELLI
$11
50.5kg
Yu Long Investments (Mgr: Y Zhang)

Sales Information

4th 6. TROPICAL SQUALL (AUS) 3yo F
PRIZED ICON (AUS) - SQUALLS (AUS)
TIM CLARK
G WATERHOUSE & A BOTT
$8.5
54.5kg

Sales Information

5th 5. HINGED (AUS) 5yo M
WORTHY CAUSE (AUS) - TINTS (AUS)
TOMMY BERRY
CHRIS WALLER
$14
55kg
6th 16. JENNILALA (AUS) 4yo M
SHALAA (IRE) - ROSARIAN (AUS)
CRAIG NEWITT
CIARON MAHER
$10
51kg

Sales Information

7th 10. RENAISSANCE WOMAN (NZ) 4yo M
RELIABLE MAN (GB) - MRS KENNEDY (AUS)
RACHEL KING
BJORN BAKER
$31
54.5kg

Sales Information

8th 8. FOXY FRIDA (AUS) 6yo M
FOXWEDGE (AUS) - FAMILY PORTRAIT (AUS)
BILLY EGAN
ANDREW NOBLET
$31
54.5kg

Sales Information

9th 4. VIENNA PRINCESS (AUS) 4yo M
SNITZEL (AUS) - GRACIOUSNESS (AUS)
KERRIN MCEVOY
CHRIS WALLER
$12
55.5kg

Sales Information

10th 11. YONCE (NZ) 6yo M
PROISIR (AUS) - ZIVA (AUS)
JOHN ALLEN
CIARON MAHER
$16
54kg

Sales Information

11th 2. REVOLUTIONARY MISS (AUS) 4yo M
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION (AUS) - PURCENTAGE (AUS)
MICHAEL DEE
PETER & PAUL SNOWDEN
$16
55.5kg

Sales Information

12th 13. HELL HATH NO FURY (AUS) 4yo M
HELLBENT (AUS) - DIAMOND COVE (AUS)
TYLER SCHILLER
ANNABEL NEASHAM
$41
52kg

Sales Information

13th 18. BARBY'S DOLL (AUS) 3yo F
FIGHTING SUN (AUS) - BARBARETTA (AUS)
REECE JONES
JEROME HUNTER
$151
51kg
14th 7. DENY KNOWLEDGE (IRE) 6yo M
PRIDE OF DUBAI (AUS) - THE PARIS SHRUG (GB)
TOM SHERRY
MICHAEL KENT
$41
54.5kg

Sales Information

15th 14. MORE SECRETS (AUS) 6yo M
MORE THAN READY (USA) - SECRET INDULGENCE (NZ)
JAY FORD
M, W & J HAWKES
$26
51.5kg
16th 12. BARBIE'S FOX (AUS) 7yo M
FOXWEDGE (AUS) - SO BARBIE SAYS (AUS)
MATTHEW CARTWRIGHT
BEN, WILL & JD HAYES
$51
53kg

Sales Information

17th 9. MADAME POMMERY (AUS) 4yo M
NO NAY NEVER (USA) - CANCEL (AUS)
JASON COLLETT
CHRIS WALLER
$26
54.5kg

Sales Information

What are you really gambling with?

For free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit www.gamblinghelponline.org.au