Mare to chase rich pickings
GOLD Coast trainer Toby Edmonds believes regally bred mare Clockwork Orange can earn black-type status if she strikes the right conditions after she again won at Doomben yesterday.
Clockwork Orange ($3.10) won her fourth race in 16 starts when she beat Delightful Miss ($4) by length in the Happy New Year Fillies and Mares Hcp (1200m).
There aren’t many better-bred mares in Australia than Clockwork Orange who is by More Than Ready out of multiple Group 1 winner Private Steer.
She was bred by Joe Camilleri’s Fairway Thoroughbreds and is bound for a career at stud after her racing days.
Edmonds said there had been a suggestion Clockwork Orange, who was originally trained by David Hayes, would go to stud after her previous campaign.
“But she had run a couple of good races and her owners were keen to get some blacktype with her,” he said.
“She is obviously very well bred and black-type would further boost the value of her offspring.
“She really needs a wet track and I was happy when Doomben was given out as being soft but it dried out quickly.
“If she gets a wet track I still hope we might be able to sneak some black-type for her.”
Sky Channel presenter Michael Maxworthy found himself in a different situation when a horse he owns, Mr Dumont ($11), won his first race.
Maxworthy was interviewed by fellow Sky presenter Bernadette Cooper, much to mirth of trainer Lawrie Mayfield-Smith and his fellow owners.
“Mike has thanked everyone but the Prime Minister,” co-owner Paul Alroe said.