At the post Group 2 Triple M Bendigo Cup (425m) BENDIGO, 3 JULY 1st YOZO BALE Breeding:
Male Mar ’18 Fernando Bale x Purcell Bale
Breeder/Owner: Janice Wheeler, Boorowa NSW Trainer:
Correy Grenfell, Mount Wallace VIC
First prize:
$50,000
Odds:
$11.60
Time:
23.88sec
Margin:
0.39L
2nd:
Tiggerlong Tonk
3rd:
Shima Shine
How the race was won: Yozo Bale (4) commenced well and staged a battle for the early lead with Slingshot Titan (3) before gaining the ascendancy turning for home. He then defied all attempts to run him down, narrowly defeating G2 Horsham Cup winner Tiggerlong Tonk ($4.80) and Shima Shine ($2.20F), who set a 23.35sec track record in a heat. G2 Shepparton Cup winner Hard Style Rico was close-up in fourth position. Yozo Bale clocked 23.88sec (Best) and notched his 12th win from 26 starts. It was also his fifth win from his past six starts.
Group 1 KCR Pet Transport Maturity Classic (525m) THE MEADOWS, 25 JULY 1st SIMON TOLD HELEN Breeding:
Breeder/Owner: Emma’s Boys syndicate (Brian Parsons), Corio VIC Trainer:
David Burnett, Little River VIC
First prize:
$100,000
Odds:
$1.90F
Time:
29.60sec (Best)
Margin:
1.53L
2nd:
Hard Style Rico
3rd:
Tiggerlong Tonk
How the race was won: Australia’s No. 1 sprinter Simon Told Helen (3) adopted his customary catch-me-if-you-can tactics in notching his fourth G1 win. Simon Told Helen ($1.90F) registered his 19th win from 30 starts defeating G2 Shepparton Cup winner Hard Style Rico ($5.20) by one and a half lengths, with G2 Horsham Cup winner Tiggerlong Tonk almost one and three-quarter lengths further away in 29.60sec (Best). It was his seventh win from his past nine starts and his seventh win in nine starts at The Meadows. Simon Told Helen’s 17.38sec second split was only 0.01sec off the 17.37sec record set by Fernando Bale in the 2015 Maturity Classic final.
Yozo Bale (4) charges to the early lead in the Bendigo Cup before holding off the highly fancied Tiggerlong Tonk (6) and make it a Grenfell quinella. Photo by: Clint Anderson.
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Male Jan ’18 Barcia Bale x Who Told Lindylu
