Gotta Take Care wins third Dreschler

Sunday 15 June 2014, 5:21pm

Darren Weir and Gai Waterhouse were the winning trainers on a dramatic day of jumps racing at Bendigo at which Bashboy was found to be suffering heart arrhythmia.

The odds-on favourite in the Moss Trooper Hurdle, Bashboy was pulled up by Steve Pateman who felt all was not well with the dual Australian champion jumper.

The Weir-trained Maythehorsebemagic won the race to give the stable a double after Gotta Take Care's third consecutive victory in the Brendan Dreschler Hurdle.

Galiando gave Waterhouse her third individual winner from three runners over jumps this season when he won the Maiden Hurdle from former Caulfield Cup favourite Moudre.

But the most popular winner was Gotta Take Care with Ballarat Jockey Club chairman Brendan Dreschler throwing the bar open to patrons after the horse won the race named in his honour.

Gotta Take Care was topweight with 69kg but still put six lengths on runner-up Wells with 2011 Sydney Cup winner Stand To Gain another three-quarters of a length third.

Irishman John Allen has been aboard Gotta Take Care for all his nine jumps wins.

"He is the best horse I have ever ridden," Allen said.

"The crowd was very appreciative of what he did. He has done a great job."

Brad McLean's win on Maythehorsebemagic gave him a winning double after Galiando and he re-assumed his position at the top of the points table for the J J Houlahan championship for jumps riders, six points clear of Allen.

The win extended Weir's lead in the jumps trainers' title to 40.

McLean said he thought Galiando, who raced on the flat in Britain, had a bright future over jumps.

"He's a really nice little horse," McLean said.

"He's still learning and he's still young but you've got to like the way he goes about it.

"And it's great to get a winner for Gai."

The Ciaron Maher-trained Bashboy will have to pass a further veterinary examination and trial before he is allowed to race again.

– AAP

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