SHEIKH MOHAMMED'S Darley Stud may have come up short in yesterday's Spring Stakes at Newcastle but trainer Peter Snowden and jockey Kerrin McEvoy bounced back to claim the Cameron Handicap, reports Craig Young in the Sydney Morning Herald. His report adds: Run for the first time over the Newcastle 1500-metre course, the Cameron was taken out by Raspberries and Snowden is considering a start in the Epsom Handicap for which she is exempt from any ballot. ''A month ago, I wouldn't have attempted to
SHEIKH MOHAMMED'S Darley Stud may have come up short in yesterday's Spring Stakes at Newcastle but trainer Peter Snowden and jockey Kerrin McEvoy bounced back to claim the Cameron Handicap, reports Craig Young in the Sydney Morning Herald.
His report adds: Run for the first time over the Newcastle 1500-metre course, the Cameron was taken out by Raspberries and Snowden is considering a start in the Epsom Handicap for which she is exempt from any ballot. ''A month ago, I wouldn't have attempted to go to a race like this. I didn't think she was good enough,'' Snowden said.
''She is one of those horses that has taken a quantum leap ... when they want to win, where do you put a lid on it? She is in the Epsom and we'll throw her in the deep end and see what happens.''
Snowden can't work out what has transformed Raspberries but reckons ''blinkers have certainly helped'' and added ''her last start win at Rosehill was sensational''.
McEvoy may have missed a run on Spring Stakes hotpot Ambidexter, which finished third behind the Bede Murray-trained Darci Be Good, but no such hard luck yarns with Raspberries.
''I had her there close enough,'' McEvoy said. ''I just wanted to time it, she tried her guts out.''
Raspberries beat Light Brigade by a head after the leader and Cameron favourite Neeson compounded to finish fourth.