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No Catching Steps In Time

Lightly raced stakes winning mare Steps In Time kicked off her new campaign ideally by leading throughout to claim the Goldners Horse Transport Handicap at Canterbury on Saturday.

Steps In Time<br>Photo by Racing and Sports
Steps In Time
Photo by Racing and Sports

Not seen at the races since the Queensland Winter Carnival, Steps In Time regardless was sent out as a near even money favourite on the back of two solid barrier trials this month.

Steps In Time did not disappoint and under the guidance of Jim Cassidy made all to take out the $70,000 Goldners Horse Transport Handicap (1250m).

The latest success of Steps In Time was her third in a short six start career with the victory boding well for the autumn prospects of John O'Shea's Danehill Dancer mare.

“She has been looked after and hasn't been heavily raced at all. She has matured well this time in and is much much stronger,” Stable Representative Amanda Goode said.

“We were a little bit concerned with how the backmarkers had been coming home so far today but still thought she would have it. It was a heartstopper but she got there.”

It was a clinical win by the four-year-old who was sent to the lead with Jest Crewsin' and News Alert in pursuit.

On straightening Steps In Time kicked while main rival News Alert was the first horse beaten.

Fitness may have given out over the concluding stages however the mare had still done enough to win by a half length over Canberra galloper Onthelookout and Todd Howlett-trained Star Of Octagonal.

Suspended jockey Nash Rawiller who rode the mare in her two trials this preparation was replaced by another strong whip rider for today's event in the form of Jim Cassidy.

“She is a lovely big strong mare and John [O'Shea] was very confident today that she would do the job,” Cassidy said.

“He said be positive, be a bit aggressive and take it to them and we did that and got a nice win.

“She will take a lot of benefit from today's run, it was a good effort.”

Steps In Time will now attempt to further build on her black type résumé this preparation after recording two Listed placings late last autumn before becoming a stakes winner when taking out the Listed Daybreak Lover (1400m) at Eagle Farm in June 2011.

The mare now has three wins and two minor placings from six starts with prizemoney earnings of more than $180,000.


Racing and Sports

Canterbury Saturday, 28th January 2012

6f47y TURF DEAD
AUD $70,000

Goldners Horse Transport Hcp

AUD $70,000
Age: 3yo and up Type: OPEN
6f47y TURF DEAD
FP Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 5. STEPS IN TIME (AUS) 4yo M
DANEHILL DANCER (IRE) - RARE INSIGHT (NZ)
JIM CASSIDY
JOHN O'SHEA
$2.25
54kg
N J Hoar, M J Everett & J S Jackson
2nd 7. ONTHELOOKOUT (AUS) 6yo G
BEAUTIFUL CROWN (USA) - KYRIE (AUS)
ADAM HYERONIMUS
BARBARA JOSEPH & PAUL JONES
$16
53kg
Mrs B M Joseph, G E Guthrie, G J Payten, P A Payten, Dr C L Pate, M Walcott, G R Lundstrom, L A Payten, Mrs N Stevenson, P Payten, P A Jones, Mrs J A Crawford, Ms M P Larance, A G Pate, B Stevenson, Ms S Hieatt & Mrs J D Lundstrom
3rd 6. STAR OF OCTAGONAL (AUS) 5yo G
OCTAGONAL (NZ) - JOYCE (NZ)
ROBERT THOMPSON
TODD HOWLETT
$10
54kg
P Moore & L Moore

Sales Information

4th 2. SNIPER'S BULLET (AUS) 8yo G
BITE THE BULLET (USA) - YALLAH TERRACE (AUS)
SAM CLIPPERTON
TRACEY BARTLEY
$15
58kg
5th 4. JEST CREWSIN' (AUS) 6yo G
BRAHMS (USA) - JESTER CREW (AUS)
PETER ROBL
JAN BOWEN
$8.5
55.5kg
6th 3. EIGHT BILLS (AUS) 6yo G
OCTAGONAL (NZ) - TYPHOON BILLIE (AUS)
BLAKE SHINN
GARY PORTELLI
$5.5
56kg
7th 1. NEWS ALERT (AUS) 7yo G
DANEHILL DANCER (IRE) - BREAKING NEWS (AUS)
SHAUN GUYMER
JOSEPH PRIDE
$7
59kg

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