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Eclipsion gets on board at Mornington

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Eclipsion has broken through for his maiden with with victory at Mornington.

ECLIPSION winning the Flex 23 Asphalting Plate in Mornington, Australia.
ECLIPSION winning the Flex 23 Asphalting Plate in Mornington, Australia. Picture: Racing Photos

Punters had few concerns with odds-on favourite Eclipsion finally breaking through for his maiden success at Mornington

Now in the care of Greg Eurell at Cranbourne, Eclipsion had stints with Peter and Paul Snowden as well at the stable of Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, both without racing, before having seven runs for Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr

Eclipsion was transferred into Eurell's care in October and ran second at his first start for his new stable at Kilmore last month. 

Lining up in the Flex 23 Asphalting Plate (1600m) at Mornington on Wednesday, Eclipsion had the race in his keeping a long way from home. 

Ridden by Ben Allen and sent off the $1.45 favourite, Eclipsion scored a 2-¾ length win from Golden Mask ($6.50) with Wokou ($18) a further three-quarters-of-a-length away third. 

"He came to us in great shape," Eurell told racing.com. 

"There was no doubt about that, and we just had to work on that from there. 

"He's a lovely horse and we enjoy working with him. 

"Once he gave that little kick at the turn, he had them all off the bridle and it was done and dusted, and I liked the way he held on to the lead. 

"Sometimes when you kick away like he did you get run down, but he kept good momentum up to the line and we may give him an attempt at something further." 

Allen made the trip to Mornington for one ride and was impressed with how Eclipsion went about his work. 

While Eclipsion wore blinkers in Wednesday's victory, Allen said the gelding may appreciate a different form of headgear when he next lines up. 

"I think he might be better with a visor on," Allen said. 

"He travelled super with a horse to follow, but when he gets in front, he gets a bit lost. 

"I feel he's still got a bit left in the tank, so maybe he needs some tinkering with some headgear. 

"I think the horse is slowly working it out." 


Racing and Sports

Mornington

Wednesday, 11th December 2024

2
16:15
(local)

Flex 23 Asphalting Plate

Type: MDN
AUD $37,500
1600m TURF GOOD
2
16:15
(local)
AUD $37,500
1600m GOOD

Flex 23 Asphalting Plate

Type: MDN


FP Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 1. ECLIPSION (AUS) 4yo G
ALL TOO HARD (AUS) - MNEMONIC (AUS)
BEN ALLEN
GREG EURELL
$1.45
59.5kg
A W T Racing (Mgr: K Cheng)

Sales Information

2nd 2. GOLDEN MASK (AUS) 5yo G
STARCRAFT (NZ) - GLENLEARAE (AUS)
SALLY WYNNE
SALLY WYNNE
$6.5
59.5kg
J T Darlington & Mrs J L Darlington
3rd 8. WOKOU (AUS) 4yo M
SAXON WARRIOR (JPN) - MISTY ROCK (AUS)
JAMIE MOTT
R GRIFFITHS & M DE KOCK
$18
57.5kg
Mrs S G Griffiths, J E Matthews, N C Matthews, G W Aldridge, C M Sacks, C T Burgess, G P Heffernan, J S C Chua, Charmadi Racing (Mgr: D H Campsell) & The King No. 5 Syndicate (Mgr: D M Foley)

Sales Information

4th 3. JUST EXPLOSIVE (NZ) 4yo G
PREFERMENT (NZ) - PYROTECHNICS (AUS)
LUKE CURRIE
SIMON ZAHRA
$9
59.5kg

Sales Information

5th 4. SPIKE ALMIGHTY (AUS) 4yo G
NOSTRADAMUS (AUS) - MARLGEO (AUS)
JAKE NOONAN
CARLY THOMAS
$61
59.5kg
6th 6. SHEER SHAME (AUS) 3yo G
SHAMUS AWARD (AUS) - SHEERKAT (AUS)
DANIEL MOOR
JASON WARREN
$10
58kg
7th 5. THANK GOD I GOTHIM (AUS) 4yo G
MAGNUS (AUS) - GOD HELP HER (AUS)
KOBY JENNINGS
ANDREW PERDON
$15
59.5kg

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