Corridor of Fame jockey Paul Harvey has been booked to trip Perth Stakes (1100m) winner Ripcord in Saturday’s $500,000 Group 2 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) at Ascot.
Harvey picked up the trip after main hoop Chris Parnham elected to remain on gun filly Tremendous Smink, who at $4.80 is rated the largest menace to raging $1.80 favourite Stay To Inform.
Harvey gained the Karrakatta on Fortunate Avenue in 2015.
Ripcord signed to the third line of Karrakatta betting at $9 with Ladbrokes after making a powerful impression on debut, beating Alotofbanter by half a size within the Perth Stakes.
Coach Luke Fernie stated Tuesday’s barrier draw can be essential to the son of Written By’s possibilities of upstaging Stay To Inform, the good winner of the Supremacy Stakes (1000m) and Gimcrack Stakes (1100m) at her previous two begins.
“The barrier’s going to be the important thing,” Fernie stated.
“If she (Stay To Inform) attracts a gate, I do not suppose we will beat her.
“If she attracts dangerous and we draw good, you by no means know.
“He is fairly good however I feel she’s superb.”
Fernie has an enormous opinion of Ripcord, a $40,000 purchase on the Magic Thousands and thousands Nationwide Weanling Sale in 2021.
“He is untapped, I feel that is the most effective a part of it,” Fernie stated.
“He’ll take heaps of profit from that final run, so it simply relies upon precisely how a lot profit he takes.
“His work’s good, he is sound and he pulled properly from his final run.
“He is quick and he places himself in a great spot, so we’ll see how we go.”
Sydney jockey Josh Parr has picked up the trip on Alotofbanter, changing Patrick Carbery who will trip Stay To Inform.
Coach Simon Miller, a four-time Karrakatta winner, can have 4 starters with Stay To Inform, Alotofbanter ($13), Wiley Lady ($13) and Courageous Strike ($26).
William Pike and Holly Watson will trip Wiley Lady and Courageous Strike respectively.
