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Spring Champion goal for Johnny The Kid

Tulloch Lodge has Group One aspirations for Randwick-Kensington winner Johnny The Kid.

Jockey - Nash Rawiller.
Jockey - Nash Rawiller. Picture: Steve Hart

Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott will put Johnny The Kid on a traditional Spring Champion Stakes path after he broke his maiden in emphatic fashion at the midweek Kensington track meeting.

While the colt boasts solid form references from his two-year-old season, including a sound fifth behind Dublin Down in the Pago Pago Stakes (1200m), Bott believes his forte will be over a mile and beyond.

Johnny The Kid passed his first distance test with an all-the-way victory in Wednesday's Marcellin College Randwick Handicap (1550m), confirming plans to head to races such as the Listed Dulcify Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on October 5 and the Gloaming Stakes (1800m) a week later.

The Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) is at Randwick on October 26.

"Maybe through a Dulcify, Gloaming to a Spring Champion. He has had a good grounding for it,"' Bott said.

"It is plenty of runs but he is the sort of horse who could cop it.

"Off the back of that, I think he'll get further. Between that 600 and 400-metre mark, it took him a little while to get into gear and he was still a little bit flat-footed.

"We might stretch him over a bit further, test him up against his own age in some better-quality races and see how he measures up."

Nash Rawiller had to work early to get Johnny The Kid ($1.85 fav) to the front but once there, he controlled the race, extending his advantage over the final 200m to score by three lengths over Rawton ($19), who was doing his best work late after bungling the start, with Ocean Diva ($21) third.

The opening race was also dominated by the frontrunner with Written Tycoon three-year-old Mayne improving from a debut placing at Warwick Farm to post a promising win in the Anamoe @ Darley Handicap (1300m).

Co-trainer Rob Archibald says the stable hold Mayne in high regard, although they feel he will be better again in the autumn.

"Second-up, 1300 for the second time, Tyler (Schiller) did a great job, he rated him beautifully in front," Archibald said.

"He was really strong late, so he is on the up.

"He deserves to be set a few loftier goals. We still feel like he is six months away, but he is a really nice horse in the making."

Mayne ($4.40) had 2-1/4 lengths to spare over California Bay ($6) with Maori Chief ($1.95) another half-length in arrears.


Racing and Sports

Randwick Kensington

Wednesday, 11th September 2024

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MARCELLIN COLLEGE RANDWICK HANDICAP

Age: 3yo and up WT: 119lbs Type: MDN
7 ¾ f TURF GOOD
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AUD $100,000
7 ¾ f GOOD

MARCELLIN COLLEGE RANDWICK HANDICAP

Age: 3yo and up WT: 119lbs Type: MDN


FP Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 1. JOHNNY THE KID (AUS) 3yo C
TRAPEZE ARTIST (AUS) - I GOT CHILLS (AUS)
NASH RAWILLER
G WATERHOUSE & A BOTT
$1.85
58.5kg
Strawberry Hill Stud (Mgr: J D Singleton), Ms S B Singleton & P Hawach

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2nd 11. RAWTION (AUS) 3yo G
SHAMUS AWARD (AUS) - SARDAAJ (NZ)
TYLER SCHILLER
GREGORY HICKMAN
$19
54kg
G Hickman, M Moyle, S Spagnolo, G Sheehan, K Penfold, K Collins, I Filewood, M Sorridimi, R Leaver, R Negroh, J Hickman, King Tide (Mgr: M King), HJJT (Mgr: H Goodman) & Carroway Synd (Mgr: W Campbell)

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3rd 10. OCEAN DIVA (NZ) 4yo M
OCEAN PARK (NZ) - NEVER IN DOUBT (NZ)
ZAC LLOYD
J G SARGENT
$21
54kg
Topline Thoroughbreds (Mgr: A J Carroll), M Glover, N W Power, Mrs M Bolster, S B Roberts, Mrs L K Clark, J Ryan, B G Gibson, Miss S De Cocq, Mrs J Conlon, Mrs K Pitchford, C J Williams, R R Allsopp, M W Fiechtner, Mrs K A Fiechtner, Mrs M A Carroll, M A Carroll & Mrs M A Carroll

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4th 6. WEXFORD MISS (IRE) 3yo F
AWTAAD (IRE) - WAKE UP (GER)
SAM CLIPPERTON
JOHN O'SHEA & TOM CHARLTON
$4.5
55.5kg
5th 5. REGAL HARMONY (AUS) 5yo M
AMERICAN PHAROAH (USA) - FOR LULU (AUS)
LOUIS-PHILIPPE BEUZELIN
ANTHONY CUMMINGS
$81
55.5kg

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6th 8. TI AMO TANTO (AUS) 3yo F
FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - ASAVANT (NZ)
JAMES MCDONALD
CHRIS WALLER
$3.25
55.5kg
7th 4. ROULLOTTIE (AUS) 4yo M
CASINO PRINCE (AUS) - AIN'T SHE GRAND (AUS)
JAY FORD
ANTHONY CUMMINGS
$151
56.5kg

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8th 9. LUNA ANGEL (AUS) 5yo M
STARSPANGLEDBANNER (AUS) - LUNULAE (AUS)
LOUISE DAY
GEOFFREY CROTHERS
$101
54kg

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