Patinack Farm's John Thompson produced another promisng juvenile at Warwick Farm on Saturday when Nechita ran away with the Ambassador Travel Services 2YO Plate (1100m) on her race debut.
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Under Christian Reith the win appeared little more than a barrier trial for the Fastnet Rock filly stopping the clock at 1.04.42 and 34.60 on the Good track with Reith at no stage taking the filly out to an extended gallop. Over the final 50m he checked the in-field screen for the margin and then sat up on the filly as she went to the line.
Nechita broke well from barrier five in the six horse field and Reith eased her back to allow Diamond Earth and Peter Robl to take up the running followed by Master Shep and Kathy O'Hara taking over after 200m.
Reith was happy to settle in third racing two out and as they reached the turn he went up three wide with the minimum of fuss. Passing the 200m Reith let Nechita stride forward and the race was over as the filly put a gap on the rest with ease with Reith keeping a hold on her.
It was an impressive performance by Nechita with a decisive margin of 3.5 lengths back to Diamond Earth in second with Ptolemy a further long head away in third.
Andre Rabbett, Warwick Farm foreman for Thompson, said that right from the moment Nechita entered their Randwick stables after trialling well in Queensland Thompson had declared the filly to have potential.
“But he said that she would go to the track when she was ready to go,” he said.
“He just wanted to wait until she was ready to go to the races.
“It was scary to watch at first but it was pretty good to get it over and done with. I was worried that he was going to over race a little when she jumped so well. Christian sat quietly on her and that let herfind her feet, and it worked out,” he said.
Rabbett said that he was not sure what the next step would be for Nechita but a spell was a possibility.
“John wanted me to ride her a touch quietly and the pace was steady so I was happy with where I was, and she let down really well,” said Reith.
Reith was hoping that Patinack would take notice of his ride for future assignments on the filly with other senior Sydney jockey's riding at Eagle Farm on Saturday, but he also hoped that she would not be racing again for three weeks as he is about to commence a suspension picked up from last Saturday.
