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\u201cHe was the best horse in the race and he just needed things to be run the way he likes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the debuting Marffiano gave Team Hayes their third consecutive win in the $250,000 VOBIS Gold Rush (1100m).<\/p>\n
A half-brother to one of the stable\u2019s star three-year-olds Tycoon Star, the two-year-old kicked start his career in style with a tough half-length win.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo come out and win a big VOBIS race is a big thrill,\u201d co-trainer Ben Hayes said.<\/p>\n
“He jumped, he travelled beautifully and gave a kick.<\/p>\n
“He’s been a bit of a slow burn. He’s a very slow learner, that’s the best way to put it, hence he was running with the winkers today.<\/p>\n
“He’ll come out one morning and do his work well, but he’d come out the next time it would be like we’d never taught him to do anything, and he’d get it totally wrong.”<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve just got to see how he pulls up, but he\u2019s won a big race now and we might just cuddle him and give him a nice break before the spring.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hayes was delighted with the effort of the stable\u2019s other runner in the race, Resonant, who finished second and was also on debut.<\/p>\n
The Lindsay Park stable won the 2024 VOBIS Gold Rush with Bold Bastille before backing up again last year with $2.25 favourite Killiana.<\/p>\n
Third in the race was Rich Running for Bendigo trainer Jarrod Robinson.<\/p>\n
A Gold Rush quinella was part of a big day for the team, which notched up a winning treble through wins with Seafall and Stoli Bolli.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WITH Von Hauke buried behind a wall of horses, Mornington trainer Cliff Brown admitted to being overcome by a feeling of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu as the field rounded the home turn in last Saturday\u2019s Listed Golden Mile at Bendigo. A little over 12 months earlier, Brown watched as the son of Savabeel found himself in the […]<\/p>\n