Richardson Looks For First City Win

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Apprentice Brooke Richardson will have the handicapper to thank if she can break through for her first metropolitan win aboard Playtime at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Trainer Todd Austin considered engaging a senior rider for Playtime in the Bill Mullen Handicap (1400m) but remained loyal to Richardson after the filly received topweight of 58 kilograms.

"Once I saw she she got 58 kilos, I had to claim again and Brooke has done nothing wrong on her," Austin said.

Richardson, 17, made her city riding debut when finishing seventh on Playtime at Eagle Farm on October 8 and also partnered her when a much-improved fifth to Another Superior over 1200 metres on the same track two weeks later.

Richardson is a daughter of Toowoomba trainer Brendan Richardson but began her indentures with her grandfather Clem Pollard, another Toowoomba trainer, before going on loan to Austin at Barcaldine in central Queensland.

She had only been licensed for 14 months and had ridden 65 winners on Queensland country tracks before she made her city debut.

Austin expects a stronger showing from Playtime at her third run following a break after finishing third to Benfica in the Group One TJ Smith (1600m) at Eagle Farm in June.

"Her last run was very good and she was a bit unlucky after being held up for a run," Austin said.

"That was only her second run from a spell and she'll go even better over 1400 metres."

Austin is disappointed with Playtime's weight as she prepares for her Magic Millions Guineas (1400m) assignment at the Gold Coast in mid-January.

"There's six last-start winners in this race and my filly is still topweight even though she hasn't won for nearly a year," Austin said.

"She's only won two races in her career."

Austin is likely to pull up stumps with Playtime after the Magic Millions Guineas to prepare her for the Brisbane winter carnival again.

"I'll let her tell me when she's ready to stop after the Magic Millions," he said.

"She's a very big filly. She came back into work weighing 540 kilos and she's only lost seven kilos since then.

"When she was a two-year-old she weighed 520 kilos and ran third in the TJ Smith weighing 518 kilos.

"For a November foal she's a very big filly but she'll be very competitive over the longer trip."

Heathcote Laucnhes Summer Series Quest

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Trainer Rob Heathcote begins his assault on the Doomben summer series when Excellantes and Work The Room clash in their comebacks at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

The pair, along with stablemate Captain Clayton, form a three-pronged attack from the Heathcote stable in the Better Build Constructions Handicap (1200m).

The Doomben summer series begins with the Group Three George Moore Stakes (1200m) on December 10 followed by the Listed Lough Neagh Stakes (1350m) two weeks later and the Listed Bernborough Handicap (1615m) on December 31.

Only one horse, the Gordon Yorke-trained Natural Destiny, has won all three legs when successful in 2006-07.

Heathcote plans to have a strong presence in this year's series with a number of his stable's big guns set to resume shortly including Solzhenitsyn and Simmering who will join Excellantes, Work The Room and Gundy Son's summer series quest.

Heathcote has been successful in only one leg of the summer series when Fine Action won the Lough Neagh Stakes, formerly the Summer Stakes, in 2000.

Unlike Yorke's feat with Natural Destiny, Heathcote won't be relying on one runner to claim the series.

Heathcote has given punters a strong pointer by declaring Excellantes as the best chance of his Eagle Farm trio.

Excellantes hasn't had a barrier trial since the four-year-old's last-start second to The Barracks in a 1200-metre Open at Doomben in July.

"Excellantes is by far my best chance of the three and is forward enough to run well from barrier one," Heathcote said.

"He has come back in good order from his break and he's got a great record which I believe should be even better.

"He's won five of his 11 starts and has been unlucky a couple of times and I think he'll be hard to hold out first-up."

Excellantes is being aimed at the series' first two legs before tackling the Magic Millions Cup (1400m) at the Gold Coast in January.

Work The Room won the Listed Tatt's Mile (1600m) at Eagle Farm in July before being spelled following his fifth at Doomben on August 6.

"Work The Room is a nice horse but he hasn't been a punter's pal," Heathcote said.

"He's got plenty of ability but he's had his share of issues with a hoof problem.

"I'm confident I've got him right now but he'll probably find this too short. His goal is the Bernborough."

Heathcote plans to give Solzhenitsyn and Simmering barrier trials in the next two weeks before the pair launch their bids for the summer series.

"Solzhenitsyn and Gundy Son will run in the final two legs while Simmering will only run in the Bernborough," Heathcote said.

"Gundy Son also will go on to the Magic Millions Cup."

Heathcote Plotting Melbourne Autumn Raid

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Trainer Rob Heathcote has already begun planning Melbourne autumn returns for stable stars Woorim and Buffering.

Heathcote, Queensland's premier trainer, is yet to train a Group One winner after both sprinters came up short during the spring carnival.

Heathcote has been placed at elite level twice during his 12-year training career, the latest with Buffering who was runner-up to wonder mare Black Caviar in the Group One Patinack Farm Stakes (1200m) at Flemington last Saturday.

Woorim's hopes of giving Heathcote a breakthrough Group One win ended on the same day when the six-year-old struck trouble in the straight when seventh to Albert The Fat in the Group One Emirates Stakes (1600m).

Woorim came closest to giving Heathcote his cherished prize when a close third to Response in the Group One Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last year.

"It's been a bit frustrating trying to win a Group One but both of them ran very well in Melbourne this time," Heathcote said.

"It's getting a little frustrating and I hope to get my revenge in Melbourne next year," Heathcote said.

"I've been unlucky in three Group Ones now and two of them were $1 million races.

"Woorim was very unlucky in last year's Sir Rupert Clarke and again in the (Group One) Stradbroke Handicap during the winter and now in the Emirates.

"If Michael Rodd had the ride over again on Woorim in the Emirates I'm sure he would have come to the outside instead of looking for runs through the field."

Woorim and Buffering have arrived back in Queensland and are spelling ahead of Heathcote's autumn plans for the pair.

"They've both arrived back and are spelling at Washpool Lodge before they come back into work for the Newmarket Handicap next year," Heathcote said.

The Group One Newmarket Handicap (1200m) will be run at Flemington in March.

Heathcote plans to keep the pair apart before their Newmarket clash with Woorim headed for the Group One Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield while Buffering will be aimed for the Group One Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington.

Woorim started six times in Melbourne this spring winning a 1200-metre race at Moonee Valley in September and the Group Three Tabcorp Stakes (1400m) at Flemington last month.

Buffering's best performances in four starts came with his Group Three McEwen Stakes victory at Moonee Valley in September and his fighting effort to chase home Black Caviar in the Patinack Farm.

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Webster Mare Villiers-bound

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A Brisbane winter carnival expedition proved a useful fact-finding mission for I Walk The Line's co-trainers Pat and Wayne Webster.

I Walk The Line had three starts in Queensland including a fourth to Divorces in the Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m) and eighth to Scarlett Lady in the Queensland Oaks (2400m).

While the trip didn't yield any wins, it still proved valuable.

"We learned she is no more than a miler," Wayne Webster said.

"Her two wins have been over 1800 and 2020 metres but those races had no depth."

As a result, I Walk The Line will be aimed at the Group Two Villiers Stakes (1600m) at Warwick Farm in December.

She will take the next step on that path at Rosehill on Saturday in the Styletread.com.au Handicap (1400m).

Punters were unable to glean much from her first-up effort when she lost jockey Mitchell Bell, who took a tumble after copping a bad bump.

But Webster is confident the mare has come back in great order and says she has taken no harm from the mishap, apart from a couple of superficial scrapes.

"She is as forward as we can get her at this stage," Webster said.

"It should be right up her alley on Saturday, especially if there is some rain."

Jay Ford will ride I Walk The Line who has drawn the rails.

The four-year-old won her only other Rosehill start in December last year and wasn't far away in some strong races during the autumn.

She was fourth to subsequent Epsom Handicap placegetter Red Tracer in the Listed James HB Carr Stakes (1400m) in April, beaten just over two lengths, and was a similar margin from Divorces at the Gold Coast.

Webster said she was only a small mare but had strengthened considerably this campaign and he predicted a bright future.

"We haven't seen the best of I Walk The Line yet," he said.

"Some horses come out and do this and that as three-year-old fillies but then you never see them again.

"She wasn't quite there yet last preparation but she has strengthened in the hindquarter, she's thickened around the neck, her constitution is better.

"I think her next two preparations will be her best."

Webster also confirmed stablemate Thankgodyou'rehere had been sent for a spell after finishing runner-up to Woorim at Group Three level during the Flemington carnival.

He will be kept to 1400-metre races next campaign with Webster hopeful he can earn another trip to Brisbane for a shot at the Stradbroke Handicap in which he finished fifth this year.

Aquatorial In Surprise Brisbane Return

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Toowoomba trainer Ron Macrae's ban on cushion tracks will see under-rated three-year-old Aquatorial make a surprise return to midweek racing at Eagle Farm on Wednesday.

Aquatorial will contest the www.brc.com.au Handicap (1000m) in his first start since finishing fourth to Paris Blu over 1350 metres at Doomben on September 10.

Macrae is aiming Aquatorial for the Magic Millions Guineas (1400m) at the Gold Coast in January and is looking for an easy option to launch the gelding's campaign.

"I could have given him a barrier trial or a race at Toowoomba but I've put a bar on the cushion track here," Macrae said.

"He loves the cushion tracks and has won two from two on the Toowoomba cushion but he jars up and gets stiff in the shoulder.

"In his first win on the cushion he won by more than two lengths and in his second he won with a leg in the air by more than seven.

"But I don't like the cushion. There's no slide to take the jar out for a horse like him."

Macrae believes Aquatorial will easily run 1400 metres and eventually will get 1600 metres.

"I was delighted with his last run. It was enormous," Macrae said.

"He was caught three wide all the way without cover and only got beaten a neck for second.

"Paris Blue won the race easily and is pretty smart but he should have finished a lot closer."

Macrae is confident Aquatorial will be highly competitive at the midweeks before backing him up in an 1100-metre three-year-old race at Doomben on Saturday week.

"It'll only be 10 days between tomorrow's run and his next start but he's raced well on quick back-ups in the past," he said.

"I want to give him four runs before the Magic Millions and we'll see how he goes when he steps up in class after his Doomben run in the Gold Edition and Vo Rogue Plate."

The Listed Gold Edition Plate (1200m) will be run at Eagle Farm on December 17 with the Group Three Vo Rogue Plate (1350m) at Doomben on December 31.

Aquatorial cost $50,000 as a yearling at the Magic Millions sales and he has returned almost $100,000 in prizemoney with three wins from 10 starts.

"He's half brother to the good horse I once had, Bonza Crop," he said.

Bonza Crop had to be euthanased after snapping his near side foreleg in a two-horse fall at Eagle Farm in June, 2007.

Rosagaze Shapes Up For Winter Attempt

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Trainer Lawrie Mayfield-Smith hopes to shape a winter carnival campaign next year with former buckjumper Rosagaze following her Eagle Farm assignment on Saturday.

Rosagaze will be attempting her third win from four starts this campaign when she lines up from barrier one in the Medilaw Class 6 Plate (1500m).

The five-year-old daughter of Intergaze has started only eight times in her career for four wins and two seconds after Mayfield-Smith recommended she return to the paddock after first entering his stables.

"She was very small when I first got her last year and didn't look too great," Mayfield-Smith said.

"I've trained horses for the owners before and the first thing I told them was to send her back to the paddock so she could develop more.

"She's quite smart but unfortunately she's not very big. As a result I have to space her runs quite a bit."

Mayfield-Smith rated Rosagaze unlucky not to keep her unbeaten record intact this campaign when she went down in a photo-finish to Dusty Gold over 1400 metres at Eagle Farm on October 22.

"She sat three deep the whole way and it was that close she ran the same time as Dusty Gold," he said.

"She's meeting Dusty Gold again who looks fairly smart but from barrier one she won't be caught wide."

Rosagaze proved a handful to train early in her career and was a nightmare for trackwork riders.

"When I first got her she used to drop her riders on the track and she unloaded a few jockeys in jumpouts," Mayfield-Smith said.

"In her second start in March she dumped a rider at the Gold Coast and she was scratched at the barrier at Ipswich for playing up one day.

"We persevered with her and at her next start she won by 11 lengths at the Gold Coast at very good odds.

"So far she seems to be over those problems and she's quite promising."

Mayfield-Smith believes Rosagaze is capable of measuring up to a Listed race during next year's Brisbane winter carnival and will soon spell her.

"I'll probably give her one more run before I put her away during the hotter months and then we'll look at the winter with her," he said.

"On breeding she should get 2400 metres and I think she's got enough ability to measure up to a Listed race in the winter."

Public Info Sessions At Deagon

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Racing Queensland Limited (RQL) today announced a series of public information sessions to be held at its Deagon headquarters on Friday, November 25.

Chief executive officer Malcolm Tuttle said the information sessions would be designed to step interested parties through RQL’s plans for redevelopment of its Deagon base which were lodged with Brisbane City Council on October 3, 2011.

Aquatorial Win Warns Magic Millions Rivals

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Talented three-year-old Aquatorial has served notice to his Magic Millions Guineas rivals in January with a sizzling victory at Eagle Farm.

Aquatorial stormed home from last on the home turn for an effortless three-quarters of a length win over Inventory in Wednesday's www.brc.com.au Handicap (1000m).

The manner of Aquatorial's win surprised trainer Ron Macrae and so did the gelding's sensational time of 56.43 seconds which was only 0.44 seconds outside Toowoomba flyer Azzaland's track record set in January last year.

"He got back further than I wanted but he hit the line strongly," Macrae said.

"I've been teaching him to settle in his races but he probably settled too well today."

Aquatorial, a $50,000 buy, is a half-brother to Macrae's former useful sprinter Bonza Crop who was euthanased after snapping his near-side foreleg in a two-horse fall at Eagle Farm in June 2007.

The son of Oratorio had not started for more than two months but Macrae opted to bring him to Brisbane instead of giving him a barrier trial on the cushion track in Toowoomba.

Aquatorial is unbeaten in two starts on cushion tracks but Macrae feels the artificial surface causes him to jar up in the shoulder.

Macrae will use the rich summer three-year-old features as lead-up races to the $1 million Magic Millions Guineas (1400m) at the Gold Coast on January 14.

"Provided he eats up well after today I'll back him up in 10 days in an 1100-metre race at Eagle Farm," Macrae said.

"It was a good effort considering he hadn't trialled before this and had three weeks out in the paddock.

"I want to give him four runs if possible before the Magic Millions."

Two likely options will be the Listed Gold Edition Plate (1200m) at Eagle Farm on December 17 before the Group Three Vo Rogue Plate (1350m) at Doomben on December 31.

Macrae has always had a good opinion of Aquatorial despite his small stature.

"He showed ability from day one and even though he's not real big he's all heart," he said.

Meanwhile, the final three races were delayed while 300 metres of the false running rail was shifted in three metres following complaints from several senior riders.

Stewards, along with Brisbane Racing Club chairman Kevin Dixon, chief executive Steve Ferguson and track manager Bill Shuck, inspected the old 600-metre crossing after some jockeys complained their horses dipped badly in previous races.

"The crossing area clearly drops away but it's only because the rail was more than 10 metres out," Dixon said.

The meeting proceeded after a section of the false rail from the 700 metres to 400 metes was moved inwards.

Baldwin Credits Olsen After Havatryst Win

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It was a day of mixed emotions for trainer Barry Baldwin after Havatryst produced a bulldog-like finish to win the Simon George & Sons Handicap at Doomben on Saturday.

Baldwin credited Maureen Olsen, wife of Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Larry Olsen, for giving him the nerve to buy Havatryst for $17,000 at the 2009 Magic Millions yearling sales.

Jockeys rode in the race wearing black armbands in honour of Maureen Olsen, 61, who died on Melbourne Cup day.

Her funeral will be held at Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church in Hendra, at 1pm (AEST) on Monday.

"He looked to have a foot problem but Maureen was the one to push me into buying him," Baldwin said.

Baldwin, who earlier scored with Saraji in the Club Super Handicap (1010m), was subdued and in a reflective mood after Havatryst took his record to five wins from 11 starts.

Havatryst raced handy throughout before going on to down Sway To Go by three-quarters of a length with Danagaze a further half-head away third just in front of the desperately unlucky Carry Me Bluey.

"He's a real bulldog and tries very hard," Baldwin said.

"He digs in when the time is needed and that is the makings of a good horse."

Baldwin now plans to tackle the Doomben summer series with Havatryst but is wary the four-year-old may find the first leg, the Group Three George Moore Stakes at Doomben on December 10, too short.

"It's only 1200 metres and by then he may be looking for a lot further," Baldwin said.

"I can't see why he won't run 1400 metres. He should nearly have won the Daybreak Lover over 1350 metres during the winter carnival and then I made the mistake of backing him over a mile (1600m) a week later in the (Queensland) Guineas."

Jockey Jim Byrne admitted to having some concerns in the straight.

"To his credit he really puts in," Byrne said.

"He's got great cruising speed but I was a little concerned at the 300 metres when Sway To Go went with us.

"The good thing was he was able to relax so I can't see why he won't get to 1600 metres."

Earlier apprentice Tim Bell predicted a big-race win was well within the scope of Double Image following the five-year-old's easy 5-1/2-length win in the Salt Design Handicap (1010m).

Double Image, who has now won four of his seven starts, led all the way in the first leg of a double for trainer Les Kelly.

Kelly paid only $5000 for Double Image as a yearling but the gelding has had his share of problems and underwent knee surgery following his fourth at Doomben in March.

Kelly trained a rare city double when Skating On Ice later won the Qld Reef And Beef Handicap (1200m) after edging out Liesele by a half-head.

"Double Image has got a good future but I'm not sure where we'll go with him," Kelly said.

"Skating On Ice will head towards a Listed race at Eagle Farm next month."

Williamson Takes Easier Option

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Trainer Andrew Williamson has taken the safer option and will start Ready To Rip in the Height 4 Hire Handicap at Eagle Farm ahead of his Doomben summer series mission which begins next month.

Ready To Rip was also entered for Saturday's Better Build Construction Handicap (1200m) but will run in the 1000-metre dash in which he has 56.5kg.

Ready To Rip made a surprise comeback following a mixed winter carnival campaign with an easy win in Class 5 company over 1000 metres at Caloundra last week.

Williamson hadn't originally planned to start the son of More Than Ready on his home track on Melbourne Cup day.

"It was an afterthought to run him at Caloundra when he carried 62 kilos and won quite easily," Williamson said.

"I preferred to barrier trial him but he would have carried around the same weight in the trial so I chose to start him in the race instead."

Williamson is plotting a course to the Doomben summer series with Ready To Rip which he hopes will prove a guide as to whether the four-year-old will measure up as an autumn campaigner in Sydney next year.

"I haven't done a lot with him so far so I thought the 1000-metre race would be a better option," Williamson said.

Williamson fears Ready To Rip may struggle over 1000 metres against seasoned sprinters but warned he's more than capable of causing an upset.

"They probably will go too quick for him but if there's a lot of speed he should be able to get a good sit in behind," he said.

"He's headed to the first two legs of the summer series and if he goes well I'll probably get him ready for the Sydney autumn and then bring him back to Brisbane for the Stradbroke Handicap."

Williamson had the option of bringing Ready To Rip back in work earlier to target next month's Group Two Villiers Stakes (1600m) at Warwick Farm but chose to stay on home soil.

"I want to keep him here for the time being. If he's good enough he'll go south in the autumn," he said.

Ready To Rip won first-up last campaign in the Mick Dittman Plate (1000m) at Eagle Farm in April before finishing a close sixth to Military Rose in the Group Three Gold Coast Guineas (1200m) in May.

After finishing fifth to Falino in the Group Three BTC Classic (1350m) at Doomben, Ready To Rip went down by less than a length when fourth in the Listed Daybreak Lover (1400m) won by Steps In Time.

Ready To Rip pulled up lame after finishing 12th to Torio's Quest in his final winter appearance in the Group Two Queensland Guineas (1600m) at Eagle Farm in June.

"He pulled up with muscle soreness after the Guineas," Williamson said.

"He's got such a big stride for a little horse I get a physio in to work on him once a week."

Henrich Unveils Magic Millions Hope

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Trainer Gillian Heinrich may have unearthed her second Magic Millions Classic winner following the brilliant debut win from Pure Whisper at Doomben.

Pure Whisper showed brilliant speed to share the lead in the early stages before kicking on strongly to down Gibberer by a long neck in Saturday's Maxgaming Handicap (1010m).

Optionality was only a nose away third.

Heinrich won the 2010 Magic Millions Classic with Military Rose but was not prepared tocompare Pure Whisper with her at this stage.

Pure Whisper was bought by Heinrich's husband Hoss for $170,000 at the Magic Millions sales and is guaranteed a Magic Millions start at the Gold Coast after collecting $32,000 in prize money.

Pure Whisper is a son of first season sire Purrealist, a half-brother to multiple Group One winner Racing To Win.

Purrealist had 85 live foals in his first season at stud and recently produced a winner for Gai Waterhouse in Sydney.

Heinrich is undecided whether to follow a similar path to the Magic Millions Classic on January 14 as Military Rose or give Pure Whisper a short break.

"He's a big horse and he's showed speed from day one," Heinrich said.

"I hadn't barrier trialled him but I gave him a jumpout and he led.

"He's a lovely horse but I can't compare him yet to Military Rose until he has another start."

Military Rose won her debut at Eagle Farm in October 2009, then was successful in the Listed Calaway Gal Stakes at Eagle Farm and Listed Bruce McLachlan at Doomben the following month before her Magic Millions victory.

"I'll think about it for a day or two," Heinrich said.

"I could find another run for him shortly or because he's so big it might be best to rest him."

Winning jockey Damian Browne became an instant fan of Pure Whisper.

"All of Gillian's know what to do," Browne said.

"He's a lovely traveller and on the corner he half-waited for the others to catch him.

"There's a lot of improvement to come from him yet."