Season Info 2021-2022 Prentice Young's Flying Filly
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CONTENTS Harness WA is a publication of Racing and Wagering WA (RWWA) 02 PUBLICATION DESIGNER: Michele Florent CONTRIBUTING WRITER: Michael Heaton, Tim Walker, Ash Paikos CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER: Hamilton Creations ALL ENQUIRIES: Sophie Ferguson EMAIL: [email protected] PHONE: (08) 9445 5598 ADDRESS: 14 Hasler Road Osborne Park WA 6017 ONLINE: rwwa.com.au FACEBOOK: /racingandwageringwa TWITTER: @OfficialRWWA @RWWA_Harness HARNESS RACING DEPARTMENT HEAD OFFICE ADDRESS: 14 Hasler Road Osborne Park WA 6017 06 10 EMAIL: [email protected] OFFICE HOURS: 7.30am to 4.00pm Monday to Friday DRIVING MASTER: Trevor Warwick MOBILE: 0434 609 604 TRAINERS' CENTRE PH: (08) 9445 5267* FAX: (08) 9445 3056 24HR NOM SERVICE PH: (08) 9445 5268* * N.B. all incoming and outgoing calls are recorded COVER IMAGE: WONDERFUL TO FLY STEWARDS DEPARTMENT Denis Borovica GENERAL MANAGER INTEGRITY WONDERFUL TO TRAIN - YOUNG'S FLYING FILLY ............................. 2 PHONE: (08) 9445 5427 CHIEF STEWARD Brad Lewis CHIAROSCURO FAREWELL TO THE RACETRACK ............................. 6 PHONE: (08) 9445 5420 FAX: (08) 9477 5215 PRENTICE TOO TRICKY IN SLIPPER ...............................................10 EMAIL: [email protected] SENIOR INVESTIGATOR: Geoff Johnson LADIES IN PACING WINNERS ........................................................14 MOBILE: 0408 843 560 ALL OVER RED ROVER ................................................................. 16 THANKS FOR THE GOOD TIMES DOVER ........................................ 20 RWWA INTEGRITY WA STALLIONS .............................................................................21 RECORDED MESSAGE SERVICE: (08) 9445 5565 EMAIL: [email protected] WASBA NEWS ............................................................................. 22 WASBA WESTBRED OF THE QUARTER ........................................... 26 LICENSING & REGISTRATIONS CHANGES ON THE STALLION FRONT............................................ 28 ADDRESS: 14 Hasler Road Osborne Park WA 6017 SPRING RACING IN COLLIE.......................................................... 39 EMAIL: [email protected] PHONE: (08) 9445 5558 CAPTAIN AHAB TO STAND STUD IN WA ........................................ 45 FAX: (08) 6314 4792 NOTICE TO INDUSTRY ................................................................ 49 RACING AND WAGERING WA STEWARD NOTICES .................................................................... 50 HEAD OFFICE ADDRESS: 14 Hasler Road Osborne Park WA 6017 VETERINARY NOTICES ................................................................ 52 PHONE: (08) 9445 5333 FAX: (08) 9244 5914 AMENDMENTS TO RULES OF RACING ......................................... 60 EMAIL: [email protected] WEB: www.rwwa.com.au LICENSING, REGISTRATIONS & OWNERSHIP ............................... 64 AUSTRALIAN CONTROLLING AUTHORITIES .................................. 70 STAKES WA HARNESS RACING CLUBS AND TRAINING CENTRES ................71 EMAIL: [email protected] GROUP RACES 2021/22 ............................................................ 72 RACING POLICIES AND GENERAL RACING INFORMATION ............. 80 1 THE TROTS WA By Michael Heaton WONDERFUL TO TRAIN YOUNG’S FLYING FILLY Veteran trainer-driver Shane Young’s latest Group 1 winner was unwanted at a yearling sale, however, an astute eye and a bit of luck meant someone’s trash became another man’s treasure. 2 WE OBVIOUSLY WEREN’T EXPECTING HER TO DO WHAT SHE’S DONE BUT SHE JUST KEPT GETTING BETTER AND BETTER Young, who has driven more than 800 winners throughout Wonderful To Fly had been back in work for a fortnight his career and also pre-trains and educates horses, when she was sold to Young and she continued her purchased Wonderful To Fly out of the paddock in the preparation right through to trials and her race debut. spring of 2020 and she’s since turned out to be one of the Whilst Young always felt the filly was a forward type, it finds of this season. wasn’t until a particular day during her jog-work that he felt A winner at eight of her 15 starts to date, the Fly Like An she could be above average. Eagle filly’s brilliant form was rewarded with a gutsy win “She always did what I asked her to,” he said. in the $100,000 Group 1 Allwood Stud Farm 2YO Fillies Westbred Classic before she took out the $30,000 Group 3 “But probably a couple of weeks before she trialled on one 2YO Fillies Gold Bracelet by an emphatic 28 metres. day at the track, she went a few seconds quicker than I intended to and she did it really easy. Incredibly, it was only 12 months prior that superstar three-year-old Lavra Joe, a winner of 20 races and almost “It was more how she started to do things as she got a bit $300,000 in stake earnings, was purchased privately from fitter and got the hang of her work. the same breeder after failing to attract a winning bid at a “We obviously weren’t expecting her to do what she’s done yearling sale. but she just kept getting better and better.” “She went to the yearling sale but was passed in and even After winning at her race debut at Gloucester Park on Lavra Joe was passed in and was bought from the paddock February 9, Wonderful To Fly went on to record four wins after the sale,” Young said. and three minor placings at her next nine starts, including “Kevin Charles puts a price on the ones he wants to move on a victory in the Listed 2YO Westsired 2YO Fillies Classic on or doesn’t want to keep and, if you want to pay it, you can June 18. get one. She started a raging $1.55 favourite in the Westbred Classic “She had done three preps so I went and drove her and she a week later and, despite drawing barrier six and enduring a was just a nice gaited filly. tough run throughout, she proved her class and tenacity to land a Group 1 win. “She wasn’t doing anything — she ran a quarter in about 30 seconds — but she felt like a nice horse and when I “I thought she’d be hard to beat but she was meeting a asked her to run, she put her ears back and gave me the much stronger field than what she’d beat in the Westsired impression she had a good attitude.” the week before,” Young said. 3 “I wasn’t confident, especially when she had to do some work Asked how he’s been able to keep the young filly up for so and had Taking The Miki on her back. long, Young praises his stable star’s strong constitution. “That night she definitely improved off the Westsired run.” “She’s a really good doer and she always eats,” he said. The following Friday night saw Wonderful To Fly toy with her “It doesn’t matter what time of the day she gets home after a rivals in the Gold Bracelet, with Young bringing up his fourth race or trackwork, she’s never left any food. win in the Group 3 event after previous successes with Rosie’s “She’s got a good attitude that she wants to be there at Ideal (2017), Gay Adventure (1987) and Alfa Triumph (1985). the races. Whilst the filly dominated the race with a 28-metre win, “Even at trackwork when she works on her own, for a baby Young says the margin could’ve been even greater and he she works strong and wants to do it.” feels she’s the top seed of his Gold Bracelet victors. After doing extremely well in the paddock during a two-week “I know she led, but I think she could’ve won by another three freshen-up following the Golden Slipper, Wonderful To Fly has or four metres,” he said. already returned to training. “Gay Adventure was just a handy little horse, so this filly would Her trainer is hoping to capitalise on the juvenile races be miles ahead of her, and we never saw the best of Alfa available to her before she has to face the state’s best pacers. Triumph because she broke down. “As long as the two-year-old races hold up on the Fridays “I rate Rosie’s Ideal really highly but I think this filly is better she’ll have some runs in them because that’s all she’s eligible and faster. for now,” Young said. “She may not be as strong as Rosie, but she’s still got strength “I don’t want to over-tax her and I don’t want to be greedy, and her speed is controllable.” but if she has a really good three-year-old campaign next year After stringing together four-straight victories, Wonderful To she could be a Free-For-All mare by the end of her three- Fly started on the fourth line of betting at $7.50 against the year-old season. colts and geldings in the $125,000 Group 1 Choices Flooring “Whereas now, she can race against her own age and her own 2YO Golden Slipper on July 11. sex and she gets double Westbred, so she’s racing for a lot The filly finished a distant eighth to dominant winner Tricky more money. Miki, however, Young was still pleased with her effort after “I think I actually had her peaking in the Gold Bracelet and in getting checked in the run. the Slipper she was travelling strong, so she didn’t go to the “She actually went really well,” Young said. paddock tired. “She got interference at the 300 but still picked herself up “When she shows that she doesn’t want to be here she’ll go and got to the line so I was actually really pleased with her straight out.