Real Supremacy ends ‘run’ with classy victory
Photo: GLEN McCULLOUGH
RACING: Toowoomba fouryear-old Real Supremacy ($5) dug deep into his talented family gene pool to turn his hometrack form around with an overdue Clifford Park win on Saturday.
Real Supremacy had finished unplaced in four previous Clifford Park outings but never game the opposition a look in Saturday on his way to his first 1300m victory in the Samios Plumbing Supplies Class 2 Handicap.
The Real Saga gelding had two lengths to spare on the line for jockey Emma Ljung from Hutcho ($9.50) with Baby Merlin ($7.50) a nose back third.
Real Supremacy’s three career wins continues his successful family connection to the Tony Sears’ stable.
Sears prepared Real Supremacy’s mother Gran Torino for six career victories.
The speedy Gran Torino is a half sister to another of Sears’ former top Clifford Park sprinters, The Conspirator.
Both Gran Torino and The Conspirator were city winners while six of The Conspirator’s 12 victories came at Clifford Park.
“He’s from a good family,” said Leigh Sears deputising for her husband Tony.
“Gran Torino was a very fast mare and her half brother The Conspirator was a real track specialist here.
“But this horse likes the track as firm as possible to show his best.”
Wide-travelling jockey Josh Oliver delivered Toowoomba trainer Brett Baker a welcome return to the Clifford Park winner’s stall when he sealed the second leg of a winning double on the card aboard Accumulated.
Accumulated ($5) held off the resuming Maidenover ($9.50), who made a late lunge before going down by a halfhead, in the Black Isuzu Ute QTIS Three-Year-Old Maiden Plate (1050m).
Oliver opened his winning night on Bernie’s Tiger for trainer Richie Stephenson in the Wippells Subaru Ratings Band 0-62 Handicap (1640m).
Bernie’s Tiger was returning from an unplaced midweek city run and after slipping to a winning break at the top of the home straight he raced to a three-length win from Princely Sum ($10) with $2.10 favourite Talapus running home fairly to be two lengths further back.
■ FOR the second week in a row at Clifford Park racing was held up for the removal of a wallaby from the course. Saturday night’s disruption delayed the running of race four.