Winning Horse: Blinder (AUS)

5yoG Snitzel (Aus) - Passiflora (USA)(Empire Maker (USA))

21 starts - 5 wins 3 seconds 3 thirds 3 fourths $276685

Other Wins

1st Hamilton Ace Radio-Melb Cup Carn.(Bm70) 1400m (2020)

1st Bendigo Rankins Catering (Bm70) 1500m (2020)

1st Caulfield Ladbrokes Info Hub Hcp (C1) 1440m (2018)

1st Sale Tac Mdn Plate 1100m (2018) (Debut Run)

Other Placings

3rd Sale Lords Cleaning Service (Bm78) 1400m (2020)

3rd Sandown-Lakeside Mrc Foundation (Bm78) 1200m (2020)

3rd Flemington Cup Carnival Ctry Final (Bm80) 1600m (2019)

2nd Hamilton Ace Radio Melb Cup Carn.-Bm70 1600m (2019)

2nd Flemington Furlong Bar (Bm70) 1400m (2019)

2nd Moonee Valley Brown Baldwin (Bm64) 1200m (2018)

Race Result:

1st: Blinder (Busuttin & Young/D Moor) - $21

2nd: Pesto (Team Hawkes/J McNeil) - $3.40 fav
3rd: Maritana (J R Welsh/Ms C Hefel) - $15

Winning Time: 1:24.56.xx Last 600m: 36.30

Margins: Long Neck x 1-¼ Lens

Winning Trainer: Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young (racing manager Sam Griggs speaking)

“He’s gone fantastic today. His work indicated he would put in a really forward showing. He jumped out well at Cranbourne and “Buckets” has given him a great ride today.”

Concerns in the run: “At the 600 (metres) I was saying a little prayer and to get out as I could see he was trapped in, but once the gap come he really applied himself.

“It’s great to see him win in those colours. They’ll go around in a Group 1 later today for Seymour Bloodstock up in Sydney, so it’s a really good start for the day.”

Team optimistic about his prospects this campaign: “Through the winter there is fantastic prize money on offer on a Saturday, so we’ll just try and pick off as much of it as we can.

“We’ll leave that to Trent and Nat, but I daresay we’ll see him at a mile second-up and and off that he will be hard to beat.”

Winning Jockey: Daniel Moor

“He jumped better today from one and travelled a lot closer than he has been. He has been blowing the start and getting back and making ground.

“He had the A run today and I just had to be patient. He had a good turn of foot off a moderate tempo.”

Confident of getting out: “I knew the way I travelled up that if I did get a split I would sprint. He loaded up well. He was kind, and waited for me to push the button when the split did open up.”

Carnage behind: “It was a moderate tempo, so it does lean to that sort of a run race, a muddling, ordinary messy race, so there was going to be luckless runners, but credit to my horse he loaded up. Like I said he was kind, didn’t overdo it and I knew I had to be patient.

“We were the ones to have luck.”

Luck a few years ago: “I won the Easter Cup for Saab (Hasan) after we had a really good run, but now he doesn’t put me on anymore.

“I like Caulfield, it’s a happy hunting ground. Hopefully there will be a few more.”