RICK HORE-LACY returned to the scene of a racing horror story when winning a rough-house $1 million Golden Rose at Rosehill yesterday with Toorak Toff, reports Craig Young in the Sydney Morning Herald.His report says: The striking colt Hore-Lacy just had to have mowed down Gai Waterhouse's untapped three-year-old Squamosa to claim the season's first group 1 race.''He had to do it hard all the way, he travelled wide and was still able to win,'' Hore-Lacy said. ''Only very, very good horses can do
RICK HORE-LACY returned to the scene of a racing horror story when winning a rough-house $1 million Golden Rose at Rosehill yesterday with Toorak Toff, reports Craig Young in the Sydney Morning Herald.
His report says: The striking colt Hore-Lacy just had to have mowed down Gai Waterhouse's untapped three-year-old Squamosa to claim the season's first group 1 race.
''He had to do it hard all the way, he travelled wide and was still able to win,'' Hore-Lacy said. ''Only very, very good horses can do that.''
Champion jockey Damien Oliver has no doubt Toorak Toff is ''a top-class three-year-old'' and admitted: ''I had to peel off a bit sooner than I wanted coming to the turn.''
''I got him out, he was under a lot of pressure but he is the sort of horse that just keeps coming. He is a very good horse.''
Jockey Josh Parr returned after finishing third on Ilovethiscity and declared: ''I feel sick'', with rival Kathy O'Hara wondering aloud how Chance Bye stayed upright. Trainer David Payne was left to wonder what might been have with Masquerader, which gave favourite backers little to cheer. ''He copped the backwash of all the trouble early on and anything drawn inside had no hope,'' Payne said.
Three-time Golden Rose-winning jockey Hugh Bowman finished seventh on Masquerader. ''I copped the interference early, it didn't help,'' Bowman said.