Work The Room Impressive At Betfair ParkLightly raced three-year-old Work The Room maintained his unbeaten record this afternoon with a breathtaking swooping performance in the Flying Spur 0-68 3yo Handicap (1400m) at Betfair Park.
In last position and spotting the leaders many lengths on the home turn, jockey Danny Brereton hooked Work The Room to the extreme outside where it finished powerfully to grab Stanton and Tumblegum in the shadows of the post.
Work The Room ($2.10-$2.60 fav) defeated Tumblegum ($3.80-$4.20-$3.90) by a half head with Stanton ($12-$13) a further neck away in third.
Saranda ($17) ran fourth, beaten less than a length from the winner while the Danny O'Brien trained Thornado ($11), which received some support from punters, finished a distant last.
Trainer Colin Little revealed he was concerned the son of Bel Esprit was too far out of its ground on the home turn.
"We didn't want to get that far back," Little said.
"I don't know what happened but we jus
t wanted to come out steady and depending on how wide he was he'd snag him back further to get cover."I'd given up on the turn - I thought he had too much to do," Little added.
In stark contrast Brereton remained confident of victory.
"I was always confident of winning even if it might have looked like he was a bit too far back," said Brereton.
Highlighting the sensational effort, Work The Room completed his last 600m in 33.23 seconds while he reeled off his closing 400m in a sizzling 21.68 seconds.
Little expects further improvement from Work The Room, who was only having his fourth racetrack appearance - two of those were trials.
"He's a bit of a kid at the moment, he was bucking when we put the saddle on him because he's not used to such a small saddle."
"He's just learning all about it and he's had a good experience today."
The Caulfield-based trainer is leaning towards giving Work The Room one more run this preparation in a bid to conquer his inexperience before the spring carnival.
"It's a pretty hard
gig just to turn him out and say he'll be a spring horse," Little said."He's had two or three runs and he's a four year old next spring - not three - so it'll be a hard gig.
"We'll have a look at him after the race and might give him one more run than a break," Little added.
Purchased for $160,000 from the Easter Yearling Sale, Work The Room is a half brother to Group 2 Moonee Valley Cup (2500m) winner Zipping.
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Work The Room Impresses Again
Wednesday, 20 May 2009:
Exciting galloper Work The Room impressed again, coming from the tail to score a last stride win today at Betfair Park.The gelding, a half brother to Zipping, was an effortless winner in maiden grade on debut.
Today at Betfair Park he took on far tougher rivals but even trainer Colin Little believed he couldn't win on the turn, as he had drifted back to a clear last.But Danny Brereton got to work and work home hard he did, arriving just in time to score a last stride win over Tumbulgum.
“I didn't think he'd go back that far,” Little said. “Danny just snagged him back, and back, and I'd given up on the turn. I thought he had too much to do.”
Little said he has been trying to get the three-year-old to relax and settle as he believes in time he will become a stayer.But he is unsure what to do now, thinking the spring will come too soon for the immature galloper and he may have another run then a good spell.“He's a bit of a big kid at the moment. He's learning all about it and he's had a good learning experience today.”Work The Room is by Bel Esprit from the Grand Lodge mare Social Scene.
Work The Room in Dazzling Sandown Win
Brad WatersWednesday, 20 May 2009
Caulfield trainer Colin Little will remain patient with Work The Room despite the three-year-old’s outstanding Betfair Park win on Wednesday.
Work The Room was snagged to the tail of the field by experienced rider Danny Brereton in a move that surprised Little.
“It wasn’t the intention to go back that far,” Little said. “I don’t know what happened there. Danny seemed to snag him back and I’m not sure why.
Brereton rode a patient race on Work The Room, not asking the gelding for an effort until he had balanced up at the 500 metres, Little thinking at the time Work The Room had no chance of winning.
“I’d sort of given up on the turn. It looked like he had too much to do,” Little said.
Work The Room finished strongly to grab Tumbulgum to win in the last stride with Stanton producing his best run this time in to battle on strongly for third.
Little refused to compare Work The Room with his Cox Plate winner El Segundo saying they were “not in the same paddock”, because the three-year-old had plenty to learn before stepping up in grade in the spring.
“I think it’s a bit premature to say he’s a spring horse because he’s so green and learning about it. I don’t want to overtax him too early.”
Placings and Margins: Work The Room (D Brereton) 57.5kg ($2.60 fav) defeated Tumbulgum (S Arnold) 58kg ($3.90) by a half head with a neck back to Stanton (L McGill) 56kg ($13) in third place.
Winner’s breeding – Work The Room is a three-year-old gelding by Bel Esprit out of Social Scene (IRE) (Grand Lodge (USA)).
The Times – The 1300 metre trip was run in 1.17.14 with the last 600 metre sectional was run in 34.37 seconds.
Work The Room ran the fastest last 600 metres of the race in a time of 33.23 seconds.
What they said – “He’s good, he’s very good,” said Danny Brereton, winning rider of Work The Room.
“A good effort, the winner was too good today,” said Steven Arnold, rider of Tumbulgum (2nd)
Wednesday, 20 May 2009:
Exciting galloper Work The Room impressed again, coming from the tail to score a last stride win today at Betfair Park.The gelding, a half brother to Zipping, was an effortless winner in maiden grade on debut.
Today at Betfair Park he took on far tougher rivals but even trainer Colin Little believed he couldn't win on the turn, as he had drifted back to a clear last.But Danny Brereton got to work and work home hard he did, arriving just in time to score a last stride win over Tumbulgum.
“I didn't think he'd go back that far,” Little said. “Danny just snagged him back, and back, and I'd given up on the turn. I thought he had too much to do.”
Little said he has been trying to get the three-year-old to relax and settle as he believes in time he will become a stayer.But he is unsure what to do now, thinking the spring will come too soon for the immature galloper and he may have another run then a good spell.“He's a bit of a big kid at the moment. He's learning all about it and he's had a good learning experience today.”Work The Room is by Bel Esprit from the Grand Lodge mare Social Scene.
Work The Room in Dazzling Sandown Win
Brad WatersWednesday, 20 May 2009
Caulfield trainer Colin Little will remain patient with Work The Room despite the three-year-old’s outstanding Betfair Park win on Wednesday.
Work The Room was snagged to the tail of the field by experienced rider Danny Brereton in a move that surprised Little.
“It wasn’t the intention to go back that far,” Little said. “I don’t know what happened there. Danny seemed to snag him back and I’m not sure why.
Brereton rode a patient race on Work The Room, not asking the gelding for an effort until he had balanced up at the 500 metres, Little thinking at the time Work The Room had no chance of winning.
“I’d sort of given up on the turn. It looked like he had too much to do,” Little said.
Work The Room finished strongly to grab Tumbulgum to win in the last stride with Stanton producing his best run this time in to battle on strongly for third.
Little refused to compare Work The Room with his Cox Plate winner El Segundo saying they were “not in the same paddock”, because the three-year-old had plenty to learn before stepping up in grade in the spring.
“I think it’s a bit premature to say he’s a spring horse because he’s so green and learning about it. I don’t want to overtax him too early.”
Placings and Margins: Work The Room (D Brereton) 57.5kg ($2.60 fav) defeated Tumbulgum (S Arnold) 58kg ($3.90) by a half head with a neck back to Stanton (L McGill) 56kg ($13) in third place.
Winner’s breeding – Work The Room is a three-year-old gelding by Bel Esprit out of Social Scene (IRE) (Grand Lodge (USA)).
The Times – The 1300 metre trip was run in 1.17.14 with the last 600 metre sectional was run in 34.37 seconds.
Work The Room ran the fastest last 600 metres of the race in a time of 33.23 seconds.
What they said – “He’s good, he’s very good,” said Danny Brereton, winning rider of Work The Room.
“A good effort, the winner was too good today,” said Steven Arnold, rider of Tumbulgum (2nd)
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