Caulfield Race Day – May 7th

Darren Gauci Handicap

(3yo Handicap - 1200m)

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Winning Horse: Soobooma (AUS)

3yoG Sooboog (Aus) - Makrooma (Aus)(Fastnet Rock (Aus))

9 starts - 2 wins 1 second 1 third $109800

Other Wins

1st Sale 24Th October Sale Cup Mdn 1000m (2021)

Other Placings

2nd Sale No 1 Car Wash/Coffee Pit-Bm64 1206m (2021)

3rd Pakenham 9Mile Fresh Mdn Plate 1000m (2021) (Debut Run)

Race Result:

1st: Soobooma (R Besanko/B McDougall) - $71

2nd: Clemenceau (Team Hawkes/J McNeil) - $1.55F
3rd: Corkscrew (Price & Kent Jnr/P Maloney) - $15

Winning Time: 1:10.69 Last 600m: N/A

Margins: 1 & ¼ lengths x Long Head

Winning Trainer: Ray Besanko

Unlucky run at Sale: “There’s no doubt he should’ve won. Damian (Lane) came in and apologised that things just didn't go right. I think he’s a very good horse and came here today thinking he could win.

On Blaike: “He couldn’t have ridden him any better, he rode him perfect. He’s a very good jockey, Blaike, very good.”

What the win means: “Me and my daughter, she’s a big part of it. I wouldn’t be doing it without her.”

Winning Jockey: Blaike McDougall

How the race unfolded: “He filled me with confidence, the more he got into a rhythm under pressure the better he felt and he let rip down the straight.”

Riding for Ray: “Ray assured me he would (let rip), his run had a lot of merit the other day at Sale. It’s fitting to get a win for Ray on a Saturday, it’s my first winner for him and he’s one of the trainers when I moved down here he’s just been nothing but supportive, he’s always thrown me on. To reward him with a Saturday winner was quite pleasing.”

Om the horse: “The horse has always raced well throughout his career, he’s probably just placed him in quite hard races because he’s got such an opinion of the horse. Down in the weights today, lovely track like Caulfield suited him, there was good speed on and he just does his thing down the straight.”