Tawqeet takes out Caulfield Cup
Trainer David Hayes won the second Caulfield Cup of his career when Tawqeet took out the $2.5 million Group One race this afternoon.
Tawqeet ($19) enjoyed a rails-hugging ride under jockey Dwayne Dunn and flew down the final straight of the 2,400-metre race to score from the Gai Waterhouse-trained Aqua D'Amore ($24) and long shot Delta Blues ($133).
With 300 metres left in the race Waterhouse would have been confident of securing her first major Spring race with Aqua D'Amore enjoying a commanding lead, but Dunne managed to sneak Tawqeet in between the leader and Our Smoking Joe and bolt home to score by half a length.
The five-year old will now shoot to the top of Melbourne Cup betting after his dominant run in the traditional lead-up race to the 3,200 metres handicap at Flemington.
Hayes, who won the race in 1993 with Fraar and expected Growl to be his best chance at a win today, said Tawqeet had been aimed at the Melbourne Cup and had plenty of improvement left in him before the big race on November 7.
"I thought he was probably number two [behind Growl], I didn't think Caulfield would quite be his track," he told ABC Grandstand.
"He's been set for the Melbourne Cup but it's a fantastic lead-up race to win.
"He's got what it takes and he can quicken at the vital part of the race and he races inside horses, outside horses.
"He's only going to be better for the Cup, he's big and round and got plenty of improvement left in him."
Source: http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200610/s1770390.htm
Tawqeet ($19) enjoyed a rails-hugging ride under jockey Dwayne Dunn and flew down the final straight of the 2,400-metre race to score from the Gai Waterhouse-trained Aqua D'Amore ($24) and long shot Delta Blues ($133).
With 300 metres left in the race Waterhouse would have been confident of securing her first major Spring race with Aqua D'Amore enjoying a commanding lead, but Dunne managed to sneak Tawqeet in between the leader and Our Smoking Joe and bolt home to score by half a length.
The five-year old will now shoot to the top of Melbourne Cup betting after his dominant run in the traditional lead-up race to the 3,200 metres handicap at Flemington.
Hayes, who won the race in 1993 with Fraar and expected Growl to be his best chance at a win today, said Tawqeet had been aimed at the Melbourne Cup and had plenty of improvement left in him before the big race on November 7.
"I thought he was probably number two [behind Growl], I didn't think Caulfield would quite be his track," he told ABC Grandstand.
"He's been set for the Melbourne Cup but it's a fantastic lead-up race to win.
"He's got what it takes and he can quicken at the vital part of the race and he races inside horses, outside horses.
"He's only going to be better for the Cup, he's big and round and got plenty of improvement left in him."
Source: http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200610/s1770390.htm
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