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Mo'unga.
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Thunderstruck
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Noticed this galloper has been transferred from Waller to a new/rookie trainer Annabelle Neasham, is owned by Aquis and have just read an article from last spring where it states "we will be supporting her heavily" as she kicks off her own training gig..no ****! has i dare say been given some fairly good gallopers to kick off with in this bloke and Prague is another i noted and who resumed with a nice close up 3rd last Saturday.
Annabelle whose name i have seen around but know not much about is from the UK i believe.Bit of digging tells me she worked for Gai in 2016 on a working holiday and never left, subsequntly ran The Maher/Eustace's Sydney operation from 2018 and with considerable success too until kicking off in her own right in August last year, so far has had 13 winners from 61 runners at 21%.
Mo'unga is dual nominated for Sydney and Melbourne this saturday last time i looked and is great odds particularly for the flemington race which i think he could win first up, do not know if he is there or in Sydney though.
Has accepted for The Apollo in Sydney also a notably bigger test but the wraps were big for him too.Interesting to watch how he goes...and Annabelle too
She has started well and i think she is VERY highly rated.Smart move would be to "sign up" Tommy Marquand for rides wherever possible(he lobs there this week i believe and will be ready too ride on the 27th Feb),i could see them forging an alliance of sorts for his time here and he used to ride Prague and maybe others for Aquis anyway.
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I really like this horse and he has heavy form so look out I reckon.
A star jockey’s hunt for redemption will provide further fuel for trainer Annabel Neasham’s bid to claim a remarkable maiden Group 1 win with stable star Mo’unga in Saturday’s Rosehill Guineas (2000m).
Premiership hopeful Tommy Berry will continue his partnership with the son of Savabeel after the pair combined for a luckless second in the Randwick Guineas earlier this month.
Berry was left with a wall of horses in front of him in the straight before finally getting to the outside and rocketing home to finish runner-up to the John O’Shea-trained Lion’s Roar in the Group 1.
The gun hoop, who has won 30 Group 1s, is determined to avoid a similar fate this weekend.
“I am excited for his chances and looking forward to redemption,” Berry said.
“He was obviously unlucky not to win last start and since that exciting run has us licking our lips.
“His only run on a wet track, he won quite well up in Brisbane and he is bred to get through the soft ground.”
Lion’s Roar and Brenton Avdulla winning the Randwick Guineas as Mo’unga (right) charges home for second. Picture: Getty Images
TAB.com.au believes Mo’unga can turn the tables and have the colt as the $2.60 Guineas favourite, while Lion’s Roar is $4.60 and two-time Group 1 winning filly Montefilia is $5.50.
Mo’unga will go in search of his maiden Group 1 in just his third start for Neasham after joining the young trainer’s yard from Chris Waller when she took out her licence last year.
The three-year-old has been stakes placed in both runs this preparation.
“He is going super and is moving exceptionally well,” Neasham said.
“He is glistening in the coat and ran very well when unlucky in the Randwick Guineas.
“This is his grand final. The 2000m will suit and hopefully he has got his flippers on if the forecast is right.”
Mo’unga holds nominations for the Australian Derby, Doncaster Mile and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and all three will be considered after Saturday’s Group 1 assignment.
“We will see how he runs the 2000m,” Neasham said.
“It is always tempting to go to a Doncaster with a three-year-old with a light weight, so that is always an option.
“There is the Doncaster, the Derby and, if he is really flying, even the Queen Elizabeth but we will get Saturday out of the way first.”
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