Jockey Vlad Duric looks set to continue his stellar run for Peter Snowden when he rides Tiryns in the Arrilla Retirement Village Restricted 68 Handicap (1612m) at Kilmore this afternoon.
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Duric has been in stellar form for Snowden this season riding at an astonishing 26 per cent with 25 winners from 97 starts. He’s also placed in 24 of those giving him more than a 50 per cent top-three strike rate when wearing the famous Darley colours.
Incredibly those numbers are a shade down on his career winning strike rate for Snowden, which sits at an imposing 27 per cent.
The classy hoop didn’t ride Tiryns at Sandown Hillside last start where the three-year-old son of Lonhro could only manage 10th in Restricted 72 grade.
He settled just off the pace on that occasion but was shuffled back during the run and never really let down. The performance earned a weight-adjusted Timeform figure of 71, well down on his previous effort.
That was two starts back at Ballarat in Restricted 68 grade where Duric took Tiryns to the front and was just pipped on the line, returning a weight-adjusted figure of 79.
Today’s race is arguably the horse’s easiest career assignment today, and it looks a shrewd piece of placement by Snowden with Tiryns carrying 58.5kg.
He’s also taken the winkers off first time in his bid to orchestrate the horse’s third win at his ninth career start.
He’s untried at this track and over this trip, but Tiryns possesses a higher peak Timeform rating than all of these here, and the numbers are suggesting he’ll prove too classy this afternoon.
Numen Lumen poses the biggest challenge to Tiryns today, although he profiles much differently to the top pick.
This is start number 31 for the Dean Binaisse four-year-old who is shooting for a second-straight win, and a fourth of his career.
He was too good at Cranbourne over this trip in similar grade 17 days ago winning by 0.8L and returning a weight-adjusted Timeform figure of 77.
Duric rode Numen Lumen to victory on that occasion, but Jamie Mott jumps on board today for the first time with Duric taking the Tiryns ride.
Don’t be surprised if those two gallopers quinella this one.
The third-up King Manu looks next in line after two solid runs this campaign.
He ran third resuming at Seymour in similar grade over 1309m netting a weight-adjusted Timeform figure of 76.
Twenty days ago he was three lengths away in fourth at Yarra Valley against Restricted 68 opposition, running to a figure of 72.
Those numbers should have him well in the mix today.
