In Brief
- Stevenson and Jordan combine for four winners.
- Aristopolos dominant on debut.
- Shayleigh relishes a return home.
Trainer Glenn Stevenson and jockey Codi Jordan have been a formidable tandem in recent years, and they were at their brilliant best in Launceston on Wednesday night.
The pair combined for four winners on the nine-event card, the haul a career best for Jordan, who won the Tasmanian Jockey Premiership as an apprentice in 2021/22.
Of her 227 career wins, 105 have come for Stevenson, and based on Wednesday’s success, that tally will grow rapidly over the Summer Racing Festival.
Jordan quickly identified the pattern for racing on the night, landing all-the-way wins aboard Eaglefurther ($7) and The Longest Yard ($3). She sat second in running with Megalita ($4.80) and Blameitontheboogie ($5).
“The team really deserve these results because, jeez, they work hard, and we’ve had some shocking weather lately, and they just do a good job,” said Glenn Stevenson.
With Kelvin Sanderson riding both feature winners on the program, as well as a maiden with Beau Warrior ($7.50), seven of the races were shared between two riders.
“I’ve never ridden four winners before, it’s been super, and you can see tonight the support from Glenn and a bit of confidence goes a long way,” Jordan said after the last of her four winners.
Newcomers impress
Wednesday night’s program opened with the first two-year-old race of the season, and it was won emphatically by the John Blacker-trained Aristopolos ($2.30).
The colt is the first Australian winner by Coolmore stallion St Mark’s Basilica. Out of Flying Krupt, she was bred at Armidale Stud and was a $60,000 purchase earlier in the year at the Tasmanian Magic Millions Yearling Sale.
The win of Aristopolos was particularly impressive as he was slow out of the barriers and was the only winner on the night to come from a worse-than-midfield position.
“He’s a nice horse going forward, and I think at Carnival time we will see a nice horse over 1200m,” Blacker said.
Quicken Up (S.Ingelse) wins a BM64 in Launceston.
The night concluded with a first Tasmanian win for New South Wales-based apprentice Shayleigh Ingelse.
Ingelese, a former Tasmanian, partnered the Rowan Hamer-trained Quicken Up ($12) to victory in a BM64 (1200m).
“This would have to be one of my most exciting winners on home soil back in Tassie, and Rowan has been great to me since the minute I got off the plane,” Ingelse said.
“I was originally from here, and my first job was in the stables for Adam (Trinder).”
The well-travelled Ingelese has over 100 career wins to her credit.