Broadly-traveled sprinter Minsk Second seems to be on course to additional increase his interstate profitable tally when tackling Saturday’s $100,000 Easingwold Stakes (1400m) with 60kg at Ascot.
A formidable winner in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, the four-year-old is prospering on seaside work supervised by his new coach Adam Durrant.
Minsk Second rocketed house to win the Carbine Membership Stakes when ridden by jockey Clint Johnston-Porter in an Ascot debut final November. He completed shut behind placegetters after drawing barrier 16 within the $1.5 million Gold Rush on December 10.
“The horse is at his finest and we expect he is able to win once more,” managing proprietor Keith Biggs stated on Wednesday.
The horse is at his finest and we expect he is able to win once more.
“There’s loads at stake as a result of he is a effectively bred stallion who has massive stud worth potential. However he wants extra wins in good races to firmly set up himself as a sire prospect.”
Minsk Second is a son of main NSW sire I Am Invincible, whose stud payment this season has been $247,500.
Biggs, the proprietor of Group 1 winners headed by Melbourne and Caulfield Cups victor Doriemus, stated Minsk Second could be geared toward autumn carnival function occasions.
“His program will probably be finalized after the Easingworld and one other Ascot race on January 21,” Biggs stated.
Champion Sydney coach Chris Waller ready Minsk Second when he received Canterbury and Moonee Valley races at his first two begins, in 2021. He ran third in Caulfield’s Blue Sapphire Stakes (1200m) earlier than profitable at Eagle Farm final 12 months.
In the meantime, former Melbourne apprentice Tayla Childs, 26, is filled with enthusiasm when making ready to make her Perth race driving debut on promising three-year-old Indie Ruler in Saturday’s Amelia Park Plate (1100m).
“It is nice being right here and I am actually having fun with WA,” Childs stated on Wednesday. “Racing folks have been so welcoming and useful since I arrived final weekend.”
Childs is the dual sister of Victorian rider Jordan Childs, a Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes winner on Written By.
The twins’ father Greg rode greater than 2000 winners, touchdown two Cox Plates on New Zealand star Sunline and a Caulfield Cup aboard Perth champion Northerly.
“My driving weight is often 54kg,” Tayla Childs stated.
“However it should scale back to 53kg within the warmth. After 33 wins, I nonetheless have a 3kg metropolis declare.
“I am as a result of be apprenticed for 3 months at Ascot coach Luke Fernie’s steady, however already I do know I would like to remain in WA for longer.”
The Fernie-trained Indie Ruler has run second twice in his previous three begins and is predicted to be distinguished for Childs on Saturday.
Two-year-old Kamaka, a Belmont Park barrier trial winner for coach Michael Grantham on Tuesday, is listed to make her race debut in Saturday’s Magic Thousands and thousands Plate (1000m).
Former Sydney gelding Edmond, a Gordon Spowart-trained Geraldton winner at three of his previous 4 begins, will run in Saturday’s Personal The Dream Handicap (1400m). Proficient sprinters Capital Flight and Bitofmerit will conflict in a 1000m handicap.
