A strong tempo and a perfect Blake Shinn ride played to the strengths of handy stayer Wertheimer as he ran out a strong winner of the Herald Sun Handicap (2400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
A long drought was emphatically broken at Geelong on Saturday as Wertheimer overpowered his opposition and landed a $51 upset in the A$100,000 Canadian Club Handicap (2400m).
“He’s coming up very well, his trial was very encouraging and he trialled in a manner that suggests he’s got good confidence and striding out in his movement."
The Gr.3 Ming Dynasty Quality (1400m) is the next stop for Tavistock colt Ceolwulf after the three-year-old defied his inexperience to score a game win at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.
Star galloper Mr Brightside has returned in imperious fashion when successful in Saturday’s Gr.2 P.B. Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield, a race the son of Bullbars won last year.
Former Cambridge Stud stallion Tavistock played a starring role at Moonee Valley on Saturday with a quinella in the Ladbrokes Racing Club Challenger Handicap (2040m), headed by emerging four-year-old Superstock.
Cambridge Stud’s late stallion Tavistock may have been a Champion New Zealand Sprinter, but his progeny have proven his versatility as a sire, with Bedford claiming victory in Sunday’s Brendan Drechsler Hurdle (3500m) at Pakenham.
