7th but not far away

Gerald, Brenton and owners David, Mick, Steve and Geoff were all pleased with KW's effort today. He only finished 7th of 11 but was only two and a half lengths from the winner in a fast run race (new class record) over an unsuitable distance. He will derive considerable benefit from the outing and be far more competitive over around 1400m next start.
Brenton reported after the race that he kept pace with them early on quite easily but was only found a little wanting when the specialist 1200m horses kicked on in the straight. However he held his position well in the straight and found the line well enough for a first start back.

First start back Wed

Khamsin Warrior Acceptance

Race 5 at C'bury Feb 23, 2011 (Race time 3:40) Bowermans Office Furniture Hcp 1250m Apprentices Can Claim $27,000.00 RB67 3yo+ Handicap Min Hcp Wgt : 53.0

No. Horse Name Barrier Jockey Wgt. Win Pl Stakes 1 Moorings Brumby 10 J Collins 58.5 21.88% 23.62% $98,130.00 2 Quick Peek 11 T Clark 57.5 50.00% $28,000.00 3 Briken 5 B Spriggs 54.5 18.42% 22.79% $80,200.00 4 Ramsays Curse 12 K O'Hara 54.5 18.18% 6.55% $47,060.00 5 Scussy Moola 7 R Thompson 54.5 25.00% 15.50% $51,540.00 6 Chosen Time 6 G Buckley 54.0 23.08% 31.77% $34,850.00 7 Khamsin Warrior 1 B Avdulla 53.5 8.00% 28.00% $55,070.00 8 Oakfield Comet 4 C Brown 53.0 80.00% $40,800.00 9 Beauty Express 2 T Lovelock 53.0 5.71% 9.57% $111,779.00 10 Torino 3 J Adams 53.0 50.00% 50.00% $17,830.00 11 Rambling On 9 K McEvoy 53.0 33.33% 2.00% $18,520.00 12 Gogra Gogra 8 H Bowman 53.0 25.00% $12,200.00

KW has been nominated for a NMW race over 1250m at Canterbury next Wednesday.

Horse
BM Rating
Weight
Trainer
Record
MOORINGS BRUMBY
77
58.5
Lynda Bundy
32-7-8-5 $98130.00
QUICK PEEK
73
57.5
Anthony Cummings
4-2-0-0 $28000.00
BRIKEN
71
54.5
Robert Davies
38-7-7-6 $80200.00
INNISHBEG
71
54.5
David Atkins
17-4-2-3 $57190.00
GRANDIVA
70
54
Mark Wallace
28-2-9-4 $73820.00
LARRIKIN JOE
68
55
Mitchell Hulm
39-10-8-2 $60175.00
RAMSAYS CURSE
67
54.5
Robert Price
22-4-2-1 $47060.00
SCUSSY MOOLA
67
54.5
Peter H Bloomfield
16-4-3-2 $51540.00
PRINCEOFTHEDESERT
67
54
Kim Waugh
4-2-1-0 $23600.00
CHOSEN TIME
66
54
Gratz Vella
13-3-1-4 $34850.00
KHAMSIN WARRIOR
65
53.5
Gerald Ryan
25-2-4-6 $55070.00
OAKFIELD COMET
65
53
Darren Smith
5-4-0-0 $40800.00
BEAUTY EXPRESS
64
53
Tim Martin
35-2-1-3 $111779.00
TORINO BOBS
63
53
Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes
2-1-0-1 $17830.00
RAMBLING ON (NZ)
62
53
Danny Williams
6-2-2-0 $18520.00
GOGRA GOGRA (NZ)
61
53
Chris Waller
4-1-0-0 $12200.00
REALLY VEXING
60
53
Brian Buckley
7-3-1-1 $23600.00
NORMA BETTY'S BOY
54
53
David Pfieffer
10-1-2-3 $15900.00

A Fine 4th

Both jockey Brenton Avdulla and Gerald were very pleased with KW's fine 4th in his trial yesterday. Brenton said he felt strong beneath him. Gerald may trial him again or go straight to a suitable 1200m race.

Trial Tuesday

KW will trial at Rosehill over 900m next Tuesday, 15th Feb. Trial time is 8.45am.
The field is-


1 BREAK CARD
Gerald Ryan
5X1271806X
22-4-2-2 $180500.00

2 KEY WEST
Chris Waller
6159X5929X
11-3-1-0 $145200.00

3 KHAMSIN WARRIOR
Gerald Ryan
653323456X
25-2-4-6 $55070.00

4 LA BIONDINA
Anthony Cummings
3026X51254
15-1-3-3 $28165.00

5 LADYS ANGEL
Joseph Pride
112X7113X
7-4-1-1 $140100.00

6 LEGSMAN (NZ)
John O'Shea
11X322433X
17-3-4-6 $137060.00

7 PURPLE
Peter Snowden
8X4332282X
28-6-6-5 $1137113.00

8 SAINT CHAPARRAL (NZ)
Chris Waller
43X
2-0-0-1 $7730.00

9
STAR OF OCTAGONAL
Todd Howlett
3X13211X0X
7-3-1-2 $636630.00

10
WARPATH
John O'Shea
131196X411
10-5-0-1 $117480.00

Back at Rosehill

KW arrived back at Rosehill today, coincidentally while Graham was there. Graham's much more experienced eye confirmed Geoff's opinion that he has beefed up some more.
Now we wait for the Gerald Ryan polish to be applied a la recent winners Dances on Waves, Ahdashim, Saramenha, Schiffer, Top Drop etc.

That's My Dad

For the second year running KW's sire, Invincible Spirit, has topped the European General Sires List by winners with 111 winners from 265 runners for total prizemoney of just over A$4,500,000. See pic from SMH The Form article by John Holloway at left.

Forty two of those winners were 2yos, a new world record, giving him the 2yo sire crown for the second time. He was previously leading sire of 2yos in 2006, his debut year in which he set a first season world record of 35 individual winners (bettered this year by Iffraaj with 36).

His top earner this year was Invincible Ash (IRE) (pictured) with over A$930,000

Coming in soon

KW is doing very well at pre-training at Cobbitty Lodge. Geoff visited recently and says that he seems to have thickened through the chest and hindquarters. His quiet and amenable nature makes him a favourite in the yard but once the saddle is on he definitely becomes a racehorse and when working with another horse wants to get to the front. However, as reported by both Corey Brown and Fiona Mylan, he has a tendency to want to stop for a chat rather than push past the leader so Mary, the new Manager of Racehorses at CL, is working on strategies to encourage him to run on. Gerald says that as soon as a place is available (ie a horse currently racing at Ascot Lodge goes for a spell) he will come in to commence full training for his next preparation.

Back at work soon

KW will return to pre-training soon after 7 weeks or so spelling at Caramar Park.
His residual cardio-vascular fitness from last preparation where he perfornmed creditably at City/Sat level will hopefully see him come to hand relatively quickly and all owners are looking forward to seeing him racing- and winning- again soon.
Highlight of last prep was undoubtably his fine 5th over 1800m in fast time at Rosehill on 11th sept. Those to finish less than 3.5 lengths in front of him that day were-

• Gigino (two city wins since)
• Stratofortress (won $185,000 Newcastle Gold Cup next start)
• Maluckyday (two city wins in Sydney plus won Lexus Stakes and 2nd Melbourne Cup since)
• Mr. Edison (two city wins since)

Setting our sights a little lower and over slightly shorter distances should result in a return to the winners list for our gallant steed.

Another Great Effort and a Well-earned Spell

KW's last start this prep was a great sixth over 2000m at Rosehill. Again coming from well back at the turn he kept coming all the way down the straight, running good sectionals all the way to the line, to get within 2.7 lengths of the winner who fluked the short way home along the rails while KW covered several lengths further down the outside.
Next preparation we'll keep him to slightly easier 1400-1600m races so that his natural finishing sprint can power him home, hopefully to several long overdue wins.