Picture: Graham Potter
Group 1 successful coach Paul Jenkins may fly largely beneath the radar as of late however give him only a sniff of an excellent horse and he’ll produce high quality outcomes … just like the distinctive 5 wins in a row by I Am Artie, with the evenly raced son of Artie Shiller’s newest success being posted in acquainted comfy vogue at Doomben on Wednesday.
In that race the five-year-old gelding maintained his unbeaten run since becoming a member of the Jenkins secure, all 5 wins coming this season, kicking off on August 4 over 1200m at Jenkins’ residence base of the Sunshine Coast.
Two extra wins adopted on the Sunshine Coast after that, adopted, in flip, by a metropolis Saturday win (beneath 61kg) after which Wednesdays success.
All of those wins had been achieved over the 1200m journey. All of those wins had been achieved with one thing in hand … with the successful margins being 2.5, 2.8, 2.0, 1.3 and 1.12 lengths respectively, underlining the truth that I Am Artie is aware of how you can do sufficient to win with out taken out an excessive amount of out of himself and that he was completely ready all through for these fastidiously measured assignments by Jenkins.
“He’s an excellent horse. I’m going to step him out a bit additional subsequent time,” mentioned Jenkins.
“I’ve been lucky in that I labored with plenty of good horses once I was youthful … and I’ve been fortunate sufficient to coach a few them.
“You realize when you’ve got one and that’s what he’s. He’s good.
“He’s a push-button experience … very straightforward to coach … a pure athlete. He’s received no holes in him in any respect.
“He’s all the time carried out it from a foul barrier, and it’s all the time been fairly straightforward for him … you see him pricking his ears the final half-a-dozen strides earlier than he will get to the put up. It hasn’t been exhausting for him to do it.
“I’ll simply carry him by means of the grades although … possibly have a poke at a Listed race. After the race on Wednesday, Jimmy (Orman) recommended that we’d attempt to get a wildcard entry into the Magic Tens of millions. I’ll should look into that possibility.”
Queensland’s champion jockey Jimmy Orman would seem like at one with Jenkins on that time. Blessed with a alternative of rides in most races, Orman has caught quick with I Am Artie, being within the saddle within the final 4 wins of the Jenkins educated runner.
“Yeah, sadly Jimmy will not be going to be on him when he runs subsequent,” mentioned Jenkins. “He’s away … he’ll be in Dubai (see separate story) … however he’ll get again on him when he will get residence.”
That slight adjustment aside, I Am Artie stays very a lot a horse to observe shifting ahead.
He clearly has to capacity to go additional and Jenkins, who received Group 1 races with King Keitel (the Doomben Cup) and Bazelle (the Auckland Cup and the Zabeel Traditional) clearly has the experience to current I Am Artie on the prime of his recreation.
They are surely evolving right into a formidable mixture.
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