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Second Effort Wins Bletchingly Stakes

Honest sprinter Second Effort has added yet another win to his tally by taking out the Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday.

Second Effort<br>Photo by Racing and Sports
Second Effort
Photo by Racing and Sports

The Clinton McDonald-trained sprinter resumed soundly in the Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) behind Pago Rock and lined up on Saturday looking to turn the tables.

Second Effort was slow into stride once again however unlike in the Sir John Monash, Rawiller was able to keep the honest sprinter closer to the pace.

Rawiller stayed near the fence throughout with the son of Mossman and rode him for luck saving considerable ground.

The pair got an opportunity to pounce when a gap opened up between Mr Make Believe and Zamorar and it wasn't long until Second Effort was looming large.

Second Effort edged by Zamorar approximately 200m from home and then fended off challenges from both Launay and Academy Jack.

Today's Group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) was Second Effort's fourth black type victory and 11th overall from just 30 career starts.

“He is a great horse,” winning trainer Clinton McDonald said.

“He has been terrific for the stable. We haven't had a lot of luck of late but he just keeps turning up.

“He was very unlucky the other day. We were pretty confident coming into today and he got the job done.

“It was a terrific win and by that win he is still looking for the seven furlongs.”

Second Effort's career best win came in the 2012 Group 2 P.B Lawrence Stakes (1400m) with connections hopeful the rising seven-year-old can defend his title next start.

“Looking towards his next two we are pretty confident,” McDonald said.

“He will go to the P. B Lawrence, a race that he won last year.

“We've been geared up for these first four weight-for-age races the whole way along and the idea for his Grand Final is the Memsie Group 1 and it would be nice to get that against him.”

It was Brad Rawiller's second winner of the day having partnered the Darren Weir-trained Midnight Glory to victory in the Tracy Turner Handicap (1800m).

“He didn't jump brilliant but straight away it was perfect,” Rawiller said.

“There was speed out wide and we straight away got into rhythm on the inside.

“He was solid right to the wire and he is probably about a three to four length better horse in the wet.

“He [Launay] never headed me. He got close and that was when my bloke really wanted to dig in.

“He was up for the fight and so was I and it was a terrific result for the McDonald's.”

Brad Rawiller claiming the final Group race of the 2012/13 season came as brother Nash stamped his authority on the Sydney Jockeys' Premiership at Randwick.

“Nash is the best in Australia,” Brad Rawiller said.

“He has pretty much missed two months with a broken ankle and was never going to be able to get close in the last month.

“It would nearly have to be a record with just how many winners he has ridden this month.”


Racing and Sports

Caulfield Saturday, 27th July 2013

5f212y TURF DEAD
AUD $150,750

Bletchingly Stakes (G3)

AUD $150,750
Type: OPEN
5f212y TURF DEAD
FP Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 3. SECOND EFFORT (AUS) 6yo G
MOSSMAN (AUS) - RELATIVITY (AUS)
BRAD RAWILLER
CLINTON MCDONALD
$5.5
58.5kg
D Romanelli, B Arnhold, Mrs D Henwood, A J Fly, D Mori, A Blackshaw, S Groves, D Richards, G Melwani & Mrs L O'Grady

Sales Information

2nd 9. ACADEMY JACK (AUS) 5yo G
ROYAL ACADEMY (USA) - GDANSK DANZER (AUS)
NICHOLAS HALL
DALE SHORT
$41
58.5kg
J B Dow, K F Lubeck, J C McDonald, B J Schraa, M T Tripp, T M Carroll, P J Hannah, S J Preece & Tripp Racing (Mgr: Mrs C M Tripp)

Sales Information

3rd 2. LAUNAY (AUS) 6yo G
LONHRO (AUS) - EVE IN SEYCHELLES (AUS)
STEVE ARNOLD
PETER SNOWDEN
$6
58.5kg
Sheikh Mohammed
4th 7. ZAMORAR (AUS) 4yo G
SCANDAL KEEPER (USA) - CHLORIS (AUS)
JAMIE MOTT
DAVID BOURNE
$8
58.5kg

Sales Information

5th 5. PAGO ROCK (AUS) 5yo G
ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (IRE) - DANCING PAGO (AUS)
CHAD SCHOFIELD
DAVID A HAYES
$3.75
58.5kg

Sales Information

6th 10. CAPTAIN FANCYPANTZ (AUS) 4yo G
DANERICH (AUS) - TARTINA (AUS)
JARROD TODD
CAMERON TEMPLETON
$31
58.5kg

Sales Information

7th 11. ELITE ELLE (AUS) 3yo F
SHAMARDAL (USA) - MYSTIC ELLE (AUS)
MARK ZAHRA
TONY VASIL
$5
56kg
8th 4. SEA LORD (AUS) 5yo G
STREET CRY (IRE) - DREAM LASS (NZ)
STEPHEN BASTER
STEPHEN BROWN
$12
58.5kg

Sales Information

9th 6. MR MAKE BELIEVE (AUS) 6yo G
COMMANDS (AUS) - SIMPLY BELIEVE (AUS)
LINDA MEECH
PETER G MOODY
$21
58.5kg
10th 8. TACKLEBERRY (AUS) 4yo G
LAGO DELIGHT (AUS) - DANTO (AUS)
DANIEL MOOR
ALLISON SHEEHAN
$41
58.5kg
11th 1. STANZOUT (AUS) 10yo G
GALLO DI FERRO (USA) - STANZA GREY (AUS)
GLEN BOSS
COLIN DAVIES
$51
58.5kg

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