A super home track meeting for Tracey Bartley scoring a winning double with Titanium Miss and Villa Tino.
Bartley had been confident of the chances of both runners and that confidence was rewarded in spades, with both impressive winners.
It was a day of doubles with Peter and Paul Snowden also training two winners, while gun apprentices Zac Lloyd and Dylan Gibbons both bagged doubles.
Villa Tino was the first of Bartley’s runners to taste success, in a great training effort winning first up after almost a year on the sidelines.
The son of Supido put more than two lengths on his rivals in the HOODOO GUROOS @TEG 16TH November Maiden over 1100m.
It was a rewarding win for the stable, with Bartley putting plenty of work into the four-year-old who was returning from a bleeding attack.
He last raced in July 2023 but looked strong in two recent trials.
Partnered by Reece Jones, Villa Tino snuck up the rails in the straight, drawing away to win by more than two lengths much to the delight of his trainer.
“I told Reece to be kind to him early and let him explode late and that’s exactly what happened,” Bartley said.
“He didn’t have to do much on him once he went through the gap. He’s a nice horse and the main thing is that he pulls up well.”
Villa Tino was having his 10th career in the 1200m INDUSTREE GROUP MAIDEN, having been placed in four of his previous runs.
Titanium Miss was also given a positive ride by Ashley Morgan and despite being headed in the straight fought back to win by two lengths.
Bartley had been happy with the All Too Hard filly’s Hawkesbury debut and expected her to improve at Wyong and that she did.
“It was a good tough win today. I thought she’d run well, and she didn’t disappoint. It’s very rewarding to have a home track double.”
The double bringing up 14 wins for season.
Lygon Street may have some heavy hitters in his ownership but that wasn’t enough to secure victory for the import in his debut Australian run.
The Kris Lees trained four-year-old is raced by prolific owner Lloyd Williams and media mogul James Packer and was sent out $2.30 favourite on the back of his Great Britain form.
But that didn’t deter Stephen O’Halloran’s Rico Suave, who stormed home in the straight to win the DE BORTOLI WINES PROVINCIAL CLASS 1 & MAIDEN (2000m) by a length, with Mitchell Bell in the saddle.
O’Halloran purchased the Fastnet Rock gelding in 2022 for just $15,000 and since joining his stable he has brought up two wins and seven minor placings for almost $85,000 in prizemoney.
Lygon Street will definitely improve over more ground, while Kirsten Buchanan’s Opus could be another one to follow.
Snowden Racing’s Evenflow was also sent out favourite in the EVE ELECTRICAL SUPER MAIDEN over 1600m but didn’t disappoint bringing up his first win at start five.
A two-year-old Super Seth colt, Evenflow ($1.55) was a $260,000 Magic Millions yearling.
He was narrowly beaten at his last start at Kembla over 1400m and appreciated the extra distance at Wyong courtesy of a great front-running ride by Zac Lloyd.
Dylan Gibbons followed Lloyd’s lead piloting Verbek to victory in the TASTE OF THE COAST @ TEG 15THSEPTEMBER BM64.
Gibbons took the Robert and Luke Price trained five-year-old to the front from the barriers in the 1600m race, maintaining lead throughout to score a two and a half length win.
The Turn Me Loose gelding was having his 42nd start, with three wins and 12 placings to his name.
It’s rarely a Wyong meeting without a Godolphin galloper greeting the judge and today was no exception.
Epaulette filly Diamond Firetail was resuming from a spell in the SNEDDON BROS. MAINTENANCE 2&3YO MAIDEN over 1100m.
Zac Lloyd, who brought up a winning double on the two-year-old, came from midfield on the turn and was able to run down the The Grey on the line to win by a length.
Diamond Firetail was sent out $2.40 favourite one the back of his impressive trial at Hawkesbury on June 3.
A Snowden double after Mafia proved too strong in the 1100m PLUIM GROUP CLASS 1.
The well-bred son of Written Tycoon was resuming from a spell after two winning trials.
He brought up his maiden win at Wyong in June last year and just over 12 months later scored his second victory at start eighth on the same track with Regan Bayliss in the saddle.
Dylan Gibbons rode his second winner of the last, booting home the Waller trained Unstopabull to success in the 1200m EVE SECURITY SERVICES BM64.
The Russian Revolution three-year-old is building an impressive resume with two wins and four placings from his nine starts.
The meeting was marred by an incident in the enclosure in which popular jockey Grant Buckley was thrown from his mount. He suffered a fractured pelvis and will be off the scene for up to six months.
