Guineas no upset to trainers

Brian and Shane Anderton were far from surprised by Raise You Ten’s defeat of his fellow three-year-olds in Saturday’s Listed Gore Guineas.

The father and son training combination were quietly confident about their 41-1 longshot’s chances in the Liquorland-sponsored feature.

“I think he’s one of the better horses we’ve had for a fair while,” Brian Anderton said.

“Since we gelded him he’s knuckled down and he’s a real racehorse now.”

Ridden by Courtney Barnes, Raise You Ten came with a strong finishing burst to down Showemup and the well-backed Starvoia.

The son of Raise The Flag is now likely to make his next appearance in the Listed Dunedin Guineas on February 4.

“He’s raced by his breeder Frank Conway, who’s 90 now and he also raced Mayo Gold,” Anderton said.

An outstanding galloper of the late 1960s whose many wins included the Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes and the Railway Handicap, Mayo Gold also features in the pedigree of Raise You Ten.

Earlier in the programme, Princess Brook bounced back to winning form in the MLT/DB Breweries Gore Cup.

She had been successful at Wingatui on Boxing Day before she could only beat one runner home in the Waikouaiti Cup on New Year’s Day. Regular rider Barnes said the five-year-old had failed to handle the back-up.

Freshened by trainer Terry Kennedy, Princess Brook was a different force at Gore where she came with a well-timed run under Barnes to beat the front-runner Gallant Boy.

The meeting was also a memorable one for the Singapore apprentice Ruzaili Yatim, who rode his first New Zealand winner aboard Katango. The 27-year-old, who is in the employ of Neill Ridley, broke his duck at his 37th ride.