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That
was the quote on under-rated three year-old Riziz, who beat his more fancied rivals
to win the Listed VRC AR Creswick stakes at Flemington on Saturday.
Adelaide trainer Ken
Sweeney rarely travels horses to Victoria but his latest hit-run raid paid off
when Riziz fought on gamely to win the 1200 metre sprint by half a length over
Zamorar and Lady Melksham.
Sweeney used to split his team betweenMorphettville and Flemington before
making Adelaide his sole base.
Sweeney's representative, son Paul, said the stable's last Melbourne winner may
have been more than seven years ago when Social Glow won the Listed Christmas
Handicap on Boxing Day 2004.
"It (Sweeney's last Melbourne win) would be a long time ago, probably a
horse like Social Glow or Identifiable but he doesn't come over here very
often, unless he can win," Paul Sweeney said.
Sweeney said the trainer sent Riziz across from Adelaide as a test run for a
possible spring or summer campaign in Melbourne later this year.
"Ken is planning for the spring and about Christmas races so this was a
bit of a trial," Sweeney said. "He has come through very well.
"He is just tough as nails. He's a bush-bred horse and he's just tough."
Riziz won the Listed SAJC Adelaide Guineas over 1600 metres at his last start
and has the overall record of four wins and four placings from 10 starts with
prizemoney of $217,300.
Riziz was bred by the Sweeney's and retained to race and is the first
stakes-winner from metropolitan winning Covetous mare Priya, who comes from the
family of Group I VATC Oakleigh Plate winner Dantelah.
Riziz is one of three stakes-winners by Zariz(pictured) , who stands at Kooringal Stud at
Wagga and covered 114 mares last spring.
His fee for 2012 is $5,500.
Listed - 1200m Class: Open. Track: Slow. Time: 1:10.88. Sectional Time: 0:34.58 at 600m. Prizemoney: $100,000 - 1st: $60,000 2nd: $18,000 3rd: $9,000. |
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| 1 | 2. Riziz | K M Sweeney | Chris Symons (2) |
$21
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57.5 |
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3g Zariz
x Priya
(Covetous
) Not Offered |
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| 2 | 0.5 | 1. Zamorar | D J Bourne | S W Arnold (4) |
$3
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57.5 |
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3g Scandal Keeper (USA)
x Chloris
(Scenic (IRE)
) Lot 445; 2009 Inglis Australian Weanling Sale - Gen Session; Vendor - Broad Crossing, Scone; Buyer - D Bourne $18,000 |
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| 3 | 2.0 | 9. Lady Melksham | J D Sadler | J Mott (1) |
$2
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55.0 |
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 3f Artie Schiller (USA)
x Oak Park Carashan
(Keltrice
)Not Offered |
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| 4 | 3.8 | 8. Arctic Flight | M G Price | D Nikolic (10) |
$12
|
55.0 |
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| 3f Flying Spur x Scandinavia (Snippets ) | |||||||
| 5 | 6.1 | 5. Astro Damus | M A Kavanagh | Damian Lane (5) |
$31
|
56.0 |
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| 3c Starcraft (NZ) x Conquistar (NZ) (Danasinga ) | |||||||
| 6 | 7.1 | 7. Vain Attraction | R D Griffiths | S R King (3) |
$31
|
55.5 |
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| 3f Bel Esprit x Centennial (NZ) (Centaine ) | |||||||
| 7 | 7.6 | 4. Pakari Toa (NZ) | M A Kavanagh | Nicholas Hall (7) |
$17
|
56.0 |
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| 3g Darci Brahma (NZ) x Alisara (IRE) (Zafonic (USA) ) | |||||||
| 8 | 9.1 | 6. Angola | P G Carey | R Mc Leod (8) |
$31
|
56.0 |
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| 3g Helenus x Nyasa (Don't Say Halo (USA) ) | |||||||
| 9 | 10.4 | 3. Grand Britannia | R E Laing | B Melham (6) |
$31
|
57.0 |
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| 3c Dash For Cash x Sketches (Danehill (USA) ) | |||||||
| 10 | 13.4 | 10. Szewinska | P G Moody | D W Stackhouse (9) |
$13
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54.0 |
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| 3f Nadeem x French Cut (Snippets ) | |||||||
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