Cranbourne Washout
July 11th 2011 08:01
Cranbourne Washout
A Neil Murray report for RacingWrite and Thoroughbreds Worldwide. Photography and words by Neil Murray.
Winter can be tough on turf racing. Last Sunday at Cranbourne its icy showers put paid to the eight race program after five races. A small crowd of hardy punters, rugged up in coats, scarves and beanies had turned up on a chilly, windy day.
Despite the threatening black clouds, the rain held off for the first three races on the Slow 7 rated track. In-form apprentice, Daniel Stackhouse, won the first race on the Bryan Stanway trained Te Kawana. In the second, Brad Rawiller won on the Michael Kent trained Canonized. In the third, Jason Benbow won in a tight finish on the $20 outsider, Tailorman, trained by John Gilligan.
Then the storm hit, drenching the track, and many of the punters. By the time the starters came out for the fourth race, the waterlogged track had quickly deteriorated to a Heavy 9. Despite the conditions, Adam McCabe got the $3 favourite, Tenno, through the going to score its maiden win. This completed a training double for Michael Kent
And the rain kept tumbling down.
In the fifth race, the heavy going suited the Denis Phelan trained Border Express. Michael Carson stayed ahead of the field and the flying mud on the 5 year-old Aristotle gelding to score a convincing win in the Country Showcase Series Heat 4 over 2060metres.
But that was the end of the day’s racing. As the horses were on their way to the mounting yard for the sixth, the course broadcaster, Brian Markovic, announced that the meeting had been abandoned.
A Neil Murray report for RacingWrite and Thoroughbreds Worldwide. Photography and words by Neil Murray.
Winter can be tough on turf racing. Last Sunday at Cranbourne its icy showers put paid to the eight race program after five races. A small crowd of hardy punters, rugged up in coats, scarves and beanies had turned up on a chilly, windy day.
Despite the threatening black clouds, the rain held off for the first three races on the Slow 7 rated track. In-form apprentice, Daniel Stackhouse, won the first race on the Bryan Stanway trained Te Kawana. In the second, Brad Rawiller won on the Michael Kent trained Canonized. In the third, Jason Benbow won in a tight finish on the $20 outsider, Tailorman, trained by John Gilligan.
Then the storm hit, drenching the track, and many of the punters. By the time the starters came out for the fourth race, the waterlogged track had quickly deteriorated to a Heavy 9. Despite the conditions, Adam McCabe got the $3 favourite, Tenno, through the going to score its maiden win. This completed a training double for Michael Kent
And the rain kept tumbling down.
In the fifth race, the heavy going suited the Denis Phelan trained Border Express. Michael Carson stayed ahead of the field and the flying mud on the 5 year-old Aristotle gelding to score a convincing win in the Country Showcase Series Heat 4 over 2060metres.
But that was the end of the day’s racing. As the horses were on their way to the mounting yard for the sixth, the course broadcaster, Brian Markovic, announced that the meeting had been abandoned.
Daniel Stackhouse clear on Te Kawana in the first race
Tailorman, winning the third race. Jason Benbow aboard
The mud flies as the field approaches the end of the straight with a lap to go in the fifth race
Michael Carson put Border Express in front for an all-the-way win in the fifth race
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