Picture: Graham Potter
Moist climate performs into Freedman pair’s hand as rising five-year-old backs as much as win Sunshine Coast function.
Quite than being an inconvenience, the postponement of the Sunshine Coast’s function races following relentless rain final weekend to a Sunday card per week later, co-trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman grabbed the chance for a second crack at a race they’d have initially missed out on anyway.
Punch Lane didn’t make the unique discipline for the Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1400m) final Saturday however when contemporary nominations had been taken, the four-year-old made the second lower and a profitable one at that.
The son of So You Suppose relished the heavy circumstances when profitable one of many races run at Sunshine Coast on July 6, and he did so once more with an all-the-way victory on this $300,000 occasion.
“He pulled up properly from final week,” Anthony stated.
“They typically do after moist tracks however we did nothing with him and I used to be pleased with him by Tuesday so he was all the time going to work out coming to this race.
“Because it turned out it actually performed out properly for us. We really needed to run him on this race however he wouldn’t have gotten a run final week so we went the low highway and clearly he gained after which it bought postponed.”
The bounce from profitable a benchmark 78 occasion to black-type firm was of little concern although jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor had different ideas earlier than the beginning.
“I used to be anxious (at this time) as a result of he was in a stinking temper,” Wilson-Taylor stated.
“He dropped me behind the gates, he dragged me for about ten metres alongside the bottom and I wasn’t letting him go. It was a very good effort.”
Properly supported in betting by means of Saturday and Sunday, Punch Lane began at $2.50 and beat dwelling At Witz Finish ($13) by three-lengths with the Bjorn Baker-trained Wategos ($8.50) in third.
For Punch Lane, spring carnival motion awaits.
“We’ll most likely cease with him now and we’ll discover one thing for him within the spring,” Freedman added.
It’s a straightforward look ahead to Punch Lane punters! 🤩
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