Found The One Impressive In Qld Debut Win
- Wednesday, 07 September 2011 06:45
Found The One showed she could be a future force following an explosive victory at her Queensland debut at Eagle Farm.
The John Thompson-trained mare set a class record of 57.36 seconds with her six-length romp over Harmonies in Wednesday's David Jones Maiden Plate (1000m).
Found The One, owned by Patinack Farm's Nathan Tinkler, was sent to Wadham Park in the Gold Coast hinterland after finishing with the tailenders on a heavy surface on Randwick's Kensington track in late July.
It followed two metropolitan placings in Sydney and a heavy track failure on debut at Canterbury.
Stable foreman Brett Killion predicted a bright future in Brisbane if Thompson left her in the north.
"She's been looking for a dry track, that's why she was sent here," Killion said.
"She's got loads of ability and should go through the grades here.
"The only time she's raced badly were on those two heavy tracks.
"We're lucky to be in a situation of having stables in four states so if John wants, he can move our horses around as much as he likes."
Apprentice Tim Bell continued his great run since joining Tinkler's team.
"She doesn't go too bad and she should win a lot more races on that effort," Bell said.
Meanwhile, trainer Pat Duff's love of the Show A Heart breed again proved fruitful when Gypsy Heart ended a frustrating run of outs with a long neck win over Rose Of Kentucky in the www.brc.com.au Maiden Plate (1600m).
Gypsy Heart went into his 13th start with seven placings including five seconds before finally breaking his maiden status.
Duff paid $35,000 for Gypsy Heart at the Magic Millions and blamed himself for the four-year-old not breaking through earlier.
"He's been crying out for 1600 metres but I was a little greedy trying to keep him around 1400 metres in some of his previous races because of the better prizemoney," Duff said.
"He's been a frustrating horse because he's run so many seconds.
"I've always liked the Show A Heart breed.
"He's been a good stallion for me and one of my biggest wins was with Heart Of The Citi in the Magic Millions Trophy a few years ago.
"This horse is well bred and his family traces back to Vo Rogue."
Duff also praised the ride from jockey Justin Stanley who was also impressed with Gypsy Heart's victory.
"It was a good ride. He was caught three deep most of the way but he held him together and let him find the line strongly," Duff said.
Gypsy Heart is part-owned by Duff's wife Di and son Michael and former Queensland racing minister Bob Gibbs.
