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only to set him up for the spring. He won’t be going interstate.”
Super Cool also moved to second favourite for next week’s
Australian Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m).
Fiveandahalfstar’s trainer Anthony Cummings said his horse
was still on target for the Australian Cup.
“He presented better and pulled up better than his first-up run,”
Cummings said.
“He’s going in the right direction.”
A $150,000 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale purchase
by his trainer from the draft of Amarina Farm, Super Cool (3 g
Fastnet Rock – Queen Mother by Kingmambo) has won three times
from eight starts and his prize money now totals $600,350.
His dam, Queen Mother (Kingmambo) was placed in the US and
is a half sister to the stakes winners Duality (Seeking The Gold),
Bound By Honor (Woodman) and Private Joe (Private Account). His
third dam, the Grade Three winner Wings Of Grace (Key To The Mint)
produced seven winners including the Grade One winners Soaring
Softly (Kris S), who was the Champion Turf Filly in the US in 1999
and Plenty Of Grace (Roberto).
A Stratum (Redoute’s Choice) half brother to Super Cool is
catalogued as Lot 171 at the forthcoming Inglis Melbourne Premier
Yearling Sale.
Super Cool SPORTPIX
FURY CAUSES AN UPSET IN THE
APOLLO
Alma’s Furty (Refuse To Bend) caused an upset when he took
yesterday’s Apollo Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m) at Warwick Farm. The
driving rain made it difficult to see who had won, however, the
five-year-old son of Refuse To Bend (Sadler’s Wells) scored by
almost half a length from the Chris Waller-trained Tougher Than
Ever (General Nediym) with stablemate Danleigh (Mujahid) a
close third.
Trainer Paul Murray, was surprised by the win of Alma’s Fury.
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Alma’’s Fury (outside, red cap) SPORTPIX
“I can’t believe it. I’m dumbfounded,” Murray said.
“He’s never liked the wet but he needed to run today because
he is going to the National Sprint. He was a fit horse going into it
while a lot of the others were stayers first-up.
“But even so, I could never have dreamed he would win.”
Ridden by Blake Shinn, who had no preconceived ideas, but
said that the horse felt good from the outset.
“He travelled like the winner a long way out,” he said.
“I kept him out of trouble on the fresh ground and he did the
rest.”
The race was without one of the favourites when Shoot Out
(High Chaparral) was withdrawn due to the track downgrade to a
heavy 9.
His Chris Waller-trained stablemates filled the minor placings
ahead of future Group One assignments.
“It was a great run by Danleigh and he will go to the Chipping
Norton,” Waller said.
“Kelinni [5th] and Gatewood [6th] will also go there along with
Shoot Out.”
The win capped a big day for Shinn who returned to riding on
Friday after an extended break forced on him after he collapsed at
Gosford back in January. He satisfied doctors that he was ready
to return and tuned up for the Apollo with victory on the promising
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