Continuing his strong affiliation with the Flemington straight, the well-named Richard and Chantelle Jolly trained All Too Hard gelding Losesomewinmore recorded his fifth win down the famed straight, taking out the Listed Straight Six (1200m) in emphatic fashion on Saturday.
A winner of three of his last four starts, with the only blip coming when five lengths off the winner in the G3 SAJC Hawkes Stakes at Morphettville, the Jett Stanley ridden gelding settled at the tail of the field.
With Shawn Mathrick’s 20/1 chance leading the field at the 400m mark, jockey Craig Newitt was starting to sense that the leader was weakening as the challengers were coming from his left and right.
Charging down the outskirts of the track, Losesomewinmore gathered in the leaders in what appeared a matter of strides, racing clear to win by two lengths for owners Price Bloodstock.
The Grahame Begg trained race favourite De Bergerac, a Zoustar half-brother to G1 Blue Diamond winner Written By, worked home from back in the back to finish second, a length ahead of fellow Zoustar gelding Hearcomesthestar.
“His run first-up probably looked a bit plain,” said Richard Jolly. “But his straight form is probably exceptional and he’s really brought it to the fore today.”
“He’s a horse that likes a bit of cover early.
“Just ride him quiet and he’s got a good, short, sharp sprint.
“Watching it today, at the clock tower, I thought, ‘oh no, he’s gone too soon’.
“But the horse was just full of running and he put too many lengths on them for them to peg him back.”
Taking his earnings to $440,375 from his seven wins and three placed efforts from 14 starts, Losesomewinmore was a $80,000 purchase for Simple Bloodstock Services from the Vinery Stud draft at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale.
Bred by Echo Beach Bloodstock, Losesomewinmore is the third winner from five to the to the races out of the Mossman mare Raischek, a sister to G3 winner Stirling Grove, herself the dam of recent Listed Wangoom winner Oliveanotherday from the extended family of G1 winner Hucklebuck, G2 winner Bon’s A Pearla and the G3-winnning, G1 placed She’s Bulletproof.
The second stakes winner in the space of a week for Vinery Stud’s All Too Hard, Losesomewinmore becomes the 34th stakes winner for his sire who will stand the upcoming breeding season at a fee of $27,500 (inc. GST).
