Dead Heat Result After Toulouse Fights Back

There were just five runners in the $100,000, Half-Yearly Membership Handicap (1400m) for two-year-old’s at Rosehill on Saturday, but it took longer to decide the result than to run the trip after a sterling three way battle between Dio D’Oro, Toulouse and Bubbles’N’Troubles.

After a leisurely early pace with Bubbles’N’Troubles and Corey Brown leading the race developed into a real tussle over the final 300m.

Racing out in the middle of the track Bubbles’N’Troubles (54.5kg) and Brown were tackled on their outside by Toulouse (56.5kg) and Jason Collett with Dio D’Oro (carried 58kg) and apprentice Jean Van Overmeire further out again.

Just as Dio D’Oro managed to get his head in front of both Toulouse and Bubbles’N’Troubles those two came back refusing to back down. Toulouse had been left a little flat footed by the increase in pace and effort, but as the distance stretched out towards the line he came back under Collett.

The three went past the line with heads up and heads down and then there was a long wait as the judges examined the photo finish print to determine exactly whose head was in the right place at the right time.

The runners came back to the shute to take them back to the finish stalls and eventually Collett led with Toulouse. However, there was still no decision announced and they all unsaddled with Toulouse’s trainer David Payne waiting the second place stall and Van Overmiere taking Dio D’Oro to the winners stall.

Eventually the announcement came to cheers that it was a dead-heat between Dio D’Oro (Medaglia d’Oro) and Toulouse (Lope de Vega) with Bubbles’N’Troubles (Hinchinbrook) third, the margin a neck.

The time was 1.26.84 on the upgraded Soft 7 track with the final 600m in 35.75. Dio D’Oro paid $5.00 and Toulouse $3.00.

For Payne the race confirmed his thinking that Toulouse might well be his next Derby runner with the gelding taking the 1400m distance with ease and needing it to come back at his rivals.

“Like David said at his previous start he will be a far better horse over more ground,” said Collett.

“Ridden differently today, it was a good opportunity to ride him like that (in second) and he was able to perform. He was strong late, albeit flat footed when they put us under pressure pretty quickly.

“He is looking like that sort of trip (2400m) is going to suit him, he relaxes beautifully and it was a good test today. It was a small field and not as much pressure, but Ace High was like that and it is a very good racing style to have,” he added.

Ace High is Payne’s 2017 Victoria Derby winner who was also second in the ATC Australian Derby in April. Payne is aiming the High Chaparral colt towards the Victorian spring cups.

Payne said that Toulouse would now spell and then be prepared for the spring. He commented that Lope de Vega was a Derby winner and Toulouse’s dam Skibo Castle is by another Derby winner in Carnegie.

Toulouse has now won twice from his five start and with a third place earned stakes of $134,362 while Gary Portelli’s Dio D’Oro has won three and placed twice from six starts and earned stakes of $228,598.

News: Thoroughbred News

[01/07/2018]

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