The Brad Widdup-trained Hyperbolic was a comfortable winner of the In Memory Of Sam Kavanagh Handicap (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday as the daughter of Proisir made it back to back metropolitan victories.
Sent out a well-supported $2.90 favourite, Hyperbolic was given a trouble-free ride by Tommy Berry, who elected to make an early three-wide challenge in a muddling run race as the four-year-old mare cruised to her fifth career success from 13 starts.
“She's going the right way,” Widdup said.
“We’ve been patient, just waiting to get to this Saturday level, and it’s starting to reap rewards. She's won two in a row now (in town), which is not easy to do, and I think she's got a lot more.
“I don't want to do anything silly just at the moment, I’ll just see if we can place her again in BenchMark company. She was only third-up, so I think we can keep going.”
Hyperbolic defeated former New Zealand trained gallopers Bella Montagna and Deal N’ Dash, who both made good ground off the sit and sprint tempo, but winning rider Tommy Berry had already put the race to bed.
“It was a bit of a muddling run race,” Berry said. “They ran along for the first furlong and a half and really brought the speed out of the race, mid-race.
“That's why I just put her into the three-wide line from the 600m and let her work through her gears. I knew the horse in front was going to be hard to run down and she stuck to her task.
“She's still just doing enough. She gets a little bit lost when she hits the front, but it just shows she's probably up to better company than this. Once she does, we're going to have a little bit of fun with her.
“She feels like she'll get over a little bit further than a mile as well, but she might just need one more at the mile before she does.”
Bred by Liz and Alan Galbraith, Celia Galbraith and Mike Lewis, Hyperbolic is by Rich Hill Stud stallion Proisir out of the four-win Sir Percy mare Piazza.
Widdup went to $240,000 to purchase Hyperbolic from the draft of Rich Hill Stud at the 2023 Karaka Yearling Sales, with the mare closely related to Group One performer Riodini. The mare has already amassed A$280,400 in prizemoney with more to come. – NZ Racing Desk
