Amethyst Trophy – 16 January 2016 –Rocky Mountain Ridge Racecourse

 

 

 

 

 

RECAP: ROUNDING OUT THE TOP 5

01/17/2016

Final Result

Pos	Gate	Horse	Stable	Jockey	Time
1	6	Captain Morgan	DR Stables	Valentin Angeline	1:11.674
2	7	Not Too Soon	Karaka Breeders	Jody Schulenberg	1:11.746
3	8	Big Bad Conspiracy	Burgersfortheboyz	Ossie Wenstrand	1:11.812
4	9	Vrael	BODRUMLUCK	Melissia Aquas	1:11.937
5	1	Whole Lotta Rosie	Bristol Turks	Jenifer Nogle	1:11.977

Amethyst Trophy

The Season 34 Amethyst Trophy will see a top notch field of both stallions and mares contest the first of the premier sprints of the season. The following is the field that includes world cup winners and a number of others with the kind of form to lift this season’s cup.

1. Whole Lotta Rosie

4yo mare from Bristol Turks, Career earnings: $1,550,300 Overall rating: Reasonable(53) – Stalker

Form: 4,4,3,3,2

2. Spirited Away

4yo stallion from Woogle Wood, Career earnings: $498,400 Overall rating: Reasonable(52) – Early sprinter

Form: 1,1,1,3

3. Swick Sardeans

4yo mare from Sardean Lodge, Career earnings: $700,111 Overall rating: Reasonable(54)

Form: 2,3,1,1

4. Secret Aurora

4yo stallion from Dixon Racing, Career earnings: $1,899,311 Overall rating: Admirable(56) – Competitive

Form: 2,2,2,2,1

5. Abercrombie Disney

4yo stallion from DR Stables, Career earnings: $1,760,422 Overall rating: Satisfactory(46) – Fast finisher

Form: 10,1,1,9,5

6. Captain Morgan

4yo stallion from DR Stables, Career earnings: $1,865,755 Overall rating: Reasonable(51) – Mud-lark

Form: 3,5,2,1,2

7. Not Too Soon

4yo stallion from Karaka Breeders, Career earnings: $1,791,477 Overall rating: Admirable(59) – Stalker

Form: 1,1,1,1,4

8. Big Bad Conspiracy

4yo stallion from Burgersfortheboyz, Career earnings: $245,000 Overall rating: Reasonable(53) – Stalker

Form: 2,6,3

9. Vrael

4yo stallion from BODRUMLUCK, Career earnings: $581,800 Overall rating: Admirable(55) – Early sprinter

Form: 1,1,4

10. Piknose And Eat It

4yo stallion from Phantom Stabes, Career earnings: $310,000 Overall rating: Satisfactory(45) – Fast finisher

Form: 8,4,1,6

11. Firm Meester

4yo mare from Thunderspark Racing, Career earnings: $335,350 Overall rating: Reasonable(52) – Early sprinter

Form: 8,5,6

12. Samart Jester

4yo mare from RCS Locos, Career earnings: $1,199,932 Overall rating: Admirable(55) – Mud-lark

Form: 4,2,1,1,3

13. Cairo Icing

4yo stallion from Alkar Lumbarda, Career earnings: $484,640 Overall rating: Satisfactory(49) – Needs space

Form: 5,8,1,7,4

 

So there is our field, and coming up with a winner might be quite tough as the heats have been run on slow and the final a complete reverse being run on good.

Contenders – well lets start with Not Too Soon the Karaka champion – the dual WC winner last season cruised to a 4th in his heat and over a more suitable ground and distance of 1200m may be thundering over the top to score his 3rd world cup in as many attempts .

Secret Aurora, the dashing sprinter is from the up and coming Dixon Racing barn that is starting to contend with each  age horse he start these days. With Secret Aurora it is no different, been on the cusp in his last 2 cup finals being runner up to All Too Soon, so can he turn the tables ? Maybe this stallion can, and bring another piece of silverware to a stable on the rise.

Swick Sardeans – this unstyled black mare is a lightly raced winner of 2 races,  one a local  – The Common Cause  – add to that, a 3rd in the 2yo Breeders and a slick winner of his heat. Be it good ground or slow, not much seems to deter this mare and looks a contender in the Amethyst .

Spirited Away is a new boy on the block and a winner of his first 3 starts with two being local cups. The Woogle Wood runner had a sunday heat, so just eased himself into the final. If fit, Spirited Away will be hard to catch and add to the interest in the race – one to watch!

Others include Whole Lotta Rosie from Bristol Turks, another stalker that showed plenty in his heat and races to date – many will be looking for Rosie during the run.

Captain Morgan and Samart Jester are both from quality stables that always turn out quality runners, so expect good runs from both but for me, Not Too Soon to win.