In Brief
- Owner-trainer combination strikes again.
- Deep Knead remains a work in progress.
- Gelding just beats NSW floods.
Owners Richele and Phillip Loane have had their share of success over the years with horses trained by Michael Trinder and it looks like they have another that might make the grade.
Deep Knead faced the starter for the first time in Tasmania in the Kevin Sharkie Maiden over 1150m and was up against odds-on favourite Dramazing ($1.90) that was considered the best bet on the eight-event card following an eye-catching second on debut two weeks earlier.
Deep Knead ($4.80) shared the lead with Velino ($31) to the home turn where rider Bulent Muhcu called on Trinder’s gelded son of Deep Field for an effort.
The Beekeeper ($3.80) loomed to threaten while Dramazing (Brendon McCoull) was hot in pursuit but coming from a long way back.
With the favourite laying in under pressure, Deep Knead held an unbeatable advantage and hit the line a half-length clear of the favourite with The Beekeeper a close-up third.
Deep Knead (Bulent Muhcu) winning a maiden 1150m in Devonport last Sunday.
Deep Knead, a former Sydneysider that made his way to Trinder’s stable after the Loanes parted with $9500 via the Inglis Online Bloodstock Auction.
The three-year-old Deep Field gelding had only one start for Sydney trainer Clare Cunningham for a last of 11 in a Group 3 race at Queanbeyan, after which he was placed on the market.
“I was looking for a horse that might have some staying ability and came across this one, but he almost didn’t make it to Tasmania,” Ms Loane said.
“He was spelling at a property in the Richmond Flatlands (NSW) when the floods hit, and we got him out just before the roads were closed.”
The gelding arrived in Tasmania in March and according to Trinder, he was and continues to be a work in progress.
“I’ve had to put a lot of work into this horse because when he arrived, he had no idea about how to be a racehorse,” Trinder said.
“But eventually we got him switched on and after his trial here at Spreyton I told the owners we might have a bit of a chance of winning a few.”
Deep Knead is the first by boom sire Deep Field to win a race in Tasmania.
Watch Deep Knead score an impressive win at his Tasmanian debut in Devonport last Sunday.