In Brief
- Izaha salutes after enjoying cushy run in Danbury Park Cup.
- Trainer unsure of where to go with stable star.
- Bremusa makes it a feature double for Rattray.
Trainer-Driver Todd Rattray has been forced to re-think plans for his classy pacer Izaha after the gelding scored an impressive win in the $12,000 Doug Martin Danbury Park Cup in Launceston on Sunday night.
Izaha started off the equal back mark of 20 metres but the gelding’s victory could mean he will be facing tougher marks in upcoming events that were planned for the son of Roll with Joe.
Rattray had Izaha ($2.60 equal fav) on the back of fellow back marker Illegal Immigrant from the outset and when he peeled out wide to make his charge in the home straight the last time, the five-year-old powered home to score convincingly.
Izaha hit the line almost two metres clear of race leader Koolaz Elvis ($11) with Karalta Dazzler ($51) emerging for third ahead of Illegal Immigrant ($2.60 equal fav).
“Coming off 20 metres in that race has made it very hard for me to place him here in Tassie for the rest of the season.
“If he doesn’t get the cushy run that he got on the back of Illegal Immigrant he probably doesn’t win.
“I haven’t planned to take him interstate so we’ll just have to see what races he can get into without being too harshly treated (handicaps).”
The Hobart Pacing Cup is one of the long-range targets for Izaha, but in the meantime Rattray will endeavour to find suitable mobile events for the lightly raced gelding that has won 14 of his 24 starts for $133,000 in stakes.
Izaha was the second leg of a feature race double for the stable, with Rattray’s talented mare Bremusa ($3.60) winning the $12,000 Shirley Martin Mother of Pearl.
Watch Izaha win the Doug Martin Danbury Park Cup in Launceston on Sunday night.