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Forecast rain not a Shocka for ATC Cup hope

Connections of stakeswinner Hezashocka are hoping the predicted rain arrives ahead of his Rosehill assignment.

HEZASHOCKA.
HEZASHOCKA. Picture: Michael McInally/Racing Queensland

A forecast for rain in Sydney later this week is music to the ears of two of Rosehill's newest residents as Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr prepare Hezashocka for the ATC Cup.

Based primarily at Cranbourne in Victoria, the training partners have recently been granted 16 permanent boxes at Rosehill and are excited by the opportunities it will afford their business.

"We have been utilising five or six visitor's boxes in a temporary fashion for the last four or five months and we've had horses there amass $1.8 million prizemoney. It has been really good for us," Kent Jnr said.

"It's something we're very excited about. We've got a great team there and Mick and I are there frequently.

"It's going to allow us to really stamp our footprint in the Sydney training ranks."

Price and Kent Jnr hope to play a hand in the feature races at Rosehill on Saturday with Hezashocka in the Listed ATC Cup (2000m), while dual acceptor Raikoke has been scratched from the Listed Starlight Stakes (1100m) in preference for the Kia Ora Prague Handicap (1100m).

Hezashocka was a Group 3 winner in Queensland during the winter carnival and is expected to strip fitter for his unplaced first-up effort behind Gringotts in the Big Dance (1600m) on an unsuitably firm track.

"He needs rain-affected ground. We're praying the forecast remains as-is because there is rain due," Kent Jnr said.

"We ran him first-up in the Big Dance because he was eligible, and we had to run him somewhere. It was never going to suit him on a good track over a short distance, but at 2000 metres on a soft track, it brings him right into the race.

"We plan to give him a short preparation, then give him a let-up ahead of the autumn and winter carnivals next year."

Up to 20mm of rain is forecast for the Rosehill area on Friday and up to 25mm on race day and it will be a case of the wetter the better for Hezashocka, whose five wins have all been on rain-affected tracks.


Racing and Sports

Rosehill

Saturday, 30th November 2024

9
ET

ATC CUP (LR)

Age: 3yo and up WT: 117lbs Type: Qlty
1 ¼ m TURF SOFT
9

(local)
AUD $200,000
1 ¼ m SOFT

ATC CUP (LR)

Age: 3yo and up WT: 117lbs Type: Qlty


FP Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 15. FLOATING (AUS) 6yo G
PUISSANCE DE LUNE (IRE) - GOUJON (AUS)
MS MOLLY BOURKE
MATTHEW SMITH
$8.5
53kg
A R Margan, D H North, Mrs V A Davis-Raiss, T J Leese, M J Ferguson, P S Nicholl, S J Warncken, A G Fox-Smith & M G Williams
2nd 6. CONVERGE (AUS) 6yo G
FRANKEL (GB) - CONVERSELY (IRE)
TIM CLARK
G WATERHOUSE & A BOTT
$17
57kg
Evergreen Rich Pty Ltd (Mgr: A W Bott)
3rd 14. TOWNSEND (AUS) 4yo G
DUNDEEL (NZ) - SECRET ADMIRER (AUS)
TOMMY BERRY
G WATERHOUSE & A BOTT
$2.9
54kg
Milburn Creek Thoroughbred Stud (Mgr: J L Muir), Bangaloe Stud (Mgr: Miss J C Ritchie), Belford Productions Pty Ltd (Mgr: A B Jones), Mrs C Mason, S R Tucker, M B Closter, L Caminiti & P E Mason

Sales Information

4th 4. SKY LAB (AUS) 7yo G
REAL IMPACT (JPN) - GOLD MISSION (AUS)
ADAM HYERONIMUS
PAUL PERRY
$15
58.5kg

Sales Information

5th 18. STATE OF AMERICA (AUS) 5yo G
AMERICAN PHAROAH (USA) - STATE THE OBVIOUS (AUS)
ZAC LLOYD
DAVID PAYNE
$3.9
53kg
6th 3. HEZASHOCKA (NZ) 7yo G
SHOCKING (AUS) - SHEZAKIWI (NZ)
CHAD SCHOFIELD
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR
$10
58.5kg

Sales Information

7th 7. GOLDMAN (NZ) 6yo G
VERDI (NZ) - GOLDSMITH (NZ)
REGAN BAYLISS
G WATERHOUSE & A BOTT
$21
57kg
8th 11. STOCKMAN (NZ) 8yo G
TAVISTOCK (NZ) - CRIMSON (NZ)
REECE JONES
JOSEPH PRIDE
$16
55kg

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9th 10. KING FRANKEL (IRE) 6yo G
FRANKEL (GB) - YOU'LL BE MINE (USA)
WINONA COSTIN
MITCHELL BEER
$151
55kg

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10th 13. HOPEFUL (FR) 7yo G
MOTIVATOR (GB) - MONST (IRE)
HEAVELON VAN DER HOVEN
ANNABEL NEASHAM & ROB ARCHIBALD
$21
54.5kg

Sales Information

11th 1. SPIRIT RIDGE (GB) 9yo G
NATHANIEL (IRE) - TATES CREEK (USA)
JAY FORD
ANNABEL NEASHAM & ROB ARCHIBALD
$31
60kg

Sales Information

12th 9. JIMI HENDRIX (IRE) 5yo G
NEW BAY (GB) - PLANCHART (USA)
TOM SHERRY
ANNABEL NEASHAM & ROB ARCHIBALD
$26
55.5kg

Sales Information

13th 8. DIONYSUS (NZ) 7yo G
OCEAN PARK (NZ) - LA QUINTA (NZ)
NASH RAWILLER
ROGER JAMES & ROBERT WELLWOOD
$41
56.5kg

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