STABLE NEWS: Encostanati

Encostanati has only had two runs so far in this preparation, however, he has shown to be quite consistent, coming 3rd in his first up run and 4th by just the bop of a head in his second up run. 

The gelding's last run was on the 22nd of November where he got further back than expected and had too much to do over the short course (1150m). At one point Encostanati was second last but he showed a great turn of foot finishing 4th by a whisker.

Jockey Jason Collett commented:

 "He was checked at the 600m behind Mohave and made up impressive ground."

We are hoping to see the son of Encosta De Lago at Warwick Farm on the 10th of Decemberover 1200m where we expect him to be very competitive. 

STABLE NEWS: Rock Temple

Rock Temple was very competitive at Canterbury on the 14th of November where he came 2nd by a mere 0.8L. He jumped well out of barrier 3 of 6 and got a nice trail up behind the leaders. Glyn Schofield peeled him out at the turn and Rock Temple kicked away only to be run down in the final stages by smart mare Dublin Lass.

He was a little disappointing in his next start on the 26th but as it turned out he pulled up a little sore in his left knee and that explained his below par performance. 

He will be given a little time until his next run which will most likely be on the 17th of December at Canterbury. 

STABLE NEWS: Shebrings Class

Shebrings Class started on a winning note on Melbourne Cup Day at Kembla Grange for new trainer Michael Costa when she broke through for an emphatic win. It was the daughter of Sebring's first win and although a few things didn't go her way she showed plenty of guts to push her way through to win convincingly in the end. 

Her most recent starts have been in a tougher grade and she wasn't too far off the mark in both but a drop down in gradeon Sunday the 7th at Nowra should see her being more competitive. 

STABLE NEWS: Blakjak Paperback

All American gelding Blakjak Paperback had his debut run at Wyong on the 27th of November in a 1350m Maiden. 

Trainer Gerald Ryan commented that it was an even effort for his first race and he will take a lot of improvement out of the experience.

Blakjak Paperback finished 8th in a field of 11, maintaining his pace through to the line. He found this bunch a little too nippy and will be more suited as the distances increase. 

His next start is likely to be at either on the 13th December at Kembla Grange in a 1500m maiden or Hawkesbury on the 14th in 1400m maiden for 3yo's. 

TRAINERS PROFILE: CHRIS WALLER

Chris Waller will look to finish the year with a 10th group 1 win as Hong Kong champion jockey Douglas Whyte takes the reins on Moriarty in the Kingston Town Classic at Ascot on Saturday.

Australia's leading group 1 trainer for the season with seven wins, Waller is the first to admit that it has been an unusual preparation to get to Moriarty. "You wouldn't usually recommend 2400m [of the Caulfield Cup] back to 2000m in the Mackinnon [Stakes] then a mile last time in the Railway," Waller said.

"But it seems to have worked and you would have to say that he was a bit unlucky to run third in the Railway because he just had a tough run."

Moriarty will get back out to 1800m at weight-for-age in the search for his first group 1 victory. He is already a three-time group 2 winner at 2000m, 2200m and 2400m in a Brisbane Cup and won the Craven Plate at 2000m in October before heading to Melbourne.

Nash Rawiller had been booked to ride Moriarty but was suspended in Hong Kong last Wednesday. Waller opted to stay with an international jockey in Whyte, who rode Junoob in the Caulfield Cup.

"We had already paid for a business class ticket for Nash, so when he got suspended we looked for another jockey over there," Waller said. "We asked Joao [Moriera] but he wasn't available, so Douglas was our next call and he could ride him. He has won 13 jockey titles over there and did a very good job for us in the Caulfield Cup.

Moriarty is the $4.60 Kingston Town favourite ahead of Railway Stakes winner Elite Belle at $5.50. Gai Waterhouse has booked Tommy Berry to ride Pheidon in group 1 and he is rated an $8 chance byTAB.com.au.

Source: The Age

TRAINERS PROFILE: GERALD RYAN

Gerald Ryan will set his sights on Gosford's Belle Of The Turf early in the new year to enhance Peace Force's value as a broodmare.

The five-year-old racked up her first Saturday win after transferring from John O'Shea's care to that of the Rosehill trainer and has impeccable bloodlines as a half-sister to Eremein. Eremein completed the Ranvet-BMW-Queen Elizabeth treble in 2006.

"She's a half-sister to Eremein so all these races that she can win help her," Ryan said after Brenton Avdulla rated Peace Force beautifully in front. "A race like the Belle Of The Turf ...  we might be able to get some black type. She cops no work and has to do a lot of swimming."

The freshness told as Peace Force bounced quickly from the stalls and pulled out enough to hold off the challenge of First Class Ticket. Ryan said a little bit of immaturity and slight knee problems had stifled the mare's progress early in her career. "She came to me a sound mare [from O'Shea] and I'm taking the benefits of it."

Meanwhile, Ryan might have added a key piece of headgear to turn around Skarsgard, but he is still trying to work on the brain of his free-wheeling front runner after training a Randwick double. After a slightly tardy start, James McDonald arrowed Skarsgard across from a wide alley and then lengthened in the straight to make it two wins from as many starts on the Kensington track.

"Eventually one day I do think he will make a really nice horse, but he's backward in his brain and he's backward in his body," Ryan said. "The cliche they will be better next time around ...  I don't like saying that, but I think it will be true. His times that he's run at home and his trials –  he's always looked as if he was a really nice horse. He's very dumb in the brain and he's learning and he'll get there."

TRAINERS PROFILE:  MICK PRICE

Mick Price Racing teamed up with a couple of great stable supporters for a winning double at the Ballarat Cup stand-alone meeting.

Ballarat Cup day closed the spring carnival, which produced a Group 1 win for the stable when Lankan Rupee won the Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley, but Price managed to finish on a winning note with Making Mayhem and Mighty Like.

Making Mayhem provided owner Betty Hoare with a terrific win in the $100,000 VOBIS Gold Eureka Stockade (1400m) while Julie Nicholson’s promising galloper Mighty Like won the City of Ballarat Tonks Plate (1200m).

Making Mayhem started his spring campaign with a solid second against older horses in a strong form race at Kyneton before dropping back to his own age for his Ballarat success.

The son Of Testa Rossa settled handy to the speed before proving too strong for his opposition late in race to score by three-quarters of a length.

“They have been great supporters and Betty is fun to train for,” Price said. “She’s very interested in her horses and goes out and sees her foals and yearlings and weanlings and she gets a big kick out of it.

“It’s well deserved and I’m very happy for Betty Hoare.”

Price admitted he was concerned Mighty Like was not fit enough to win first-up but the son of Host managed to finish strongly from midfield to beat a smart field.

“I thought he was actually a little bit fat that horse but he’s had a couple of trials and he’s a really big burly horse and I thought he’d improve with race so I was happy to get the win,” Price said.

“He was a really gross young horse and he took a couple of preps but she’s a really patient owner Julie Nicholson and it’s good to see she’s got a winner.”

Price said both horses would progress to races over more ground during the summer months, which can prove lucrative if they can maintain their impressive Ballarat form.

Congratulations to both owners and all involved with Mick Price Racing’s double success at Ballarat.

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