Phillip Stokes stable lands an early double at Morphettville Parks

Trainer Phillip Stokes found good success with a small team at Morphettville Parks on Saturday.

Trainer Phillip Stokes scored an early double at Morphettville Parks on Saturday. Picture: Brett Holburt/Racing Photos

The Phillip Stokes yard had a small team head to Morphettville Parks on Saturday but found plenty of success.

The stable got on the board as early as race 1 with veteran galloper Jenkins before Global Turn broke through in impressive fashion two races later.

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Global Turn, a four-year-old daughter of Star Turn, took the sit just behind the leading duo before peeling off and reeling in one of the more impressive races across the eight race card.

The official margin in the Sportsbet Handicap (1250m) was two lengths with Tosen Water in second spot.

Stable representative Tom Stokes was surprised in how well Global Turn won but did expect a strong performance from the galloper heading into her second-up contest.

“I’m probably surprised in how well she won but we were confident she was a winning chance,” Stokes told Racing.com post-race.

“She was very good first-up and we think she’s in career best form right now.

“Her trackwork has been super and she’s just a mare that’s in a really good head space at the moment and Kayla (Crowther) gave her a good ride today.”

Global Turn opens up a massive margin & secures a double for @pstokesracing 🔥@KaylaCrowther2pic.twitter.com/9GrucaGVXY

— Racing.com (@Racing) November 16, 2024

The win qualified Global Turn for next week’s $105,000 Viddora Series Final (1250m) at Morphettville but Stokes indicates it’s unlikely that she will be seen on the seven-day back-up.

“Will she back-up next week? Probably not,” Stokes said.

“We like to space her runs and she likes to go for little freshen ups in between.

“So I’d say that’s what we’ll do.”

Nine-year-old galloper Jenkins was as impressive as his stablemate, winning the opening race on the card by a comfortable three lengths.

Ridden by jockey Lachlan Neindorf, Jenkins showed massive improvement on his last start effort.

“Being an old horse, maybe he was a bit cunning last start but credit to the team, they switched things up in between,” Neindorf said.

“It was a very simple race they found and he was too good.”

Meanwhile, the Richard and Chantelle Jolly stable also chalked up an early double on the card with Dancing Storm scoring impressively in race two before Great Maximus was able to win the fourth.

The stable thought enough of Dancing Storm last preparation to tackle the Group 3 Breeder’s Stakes and he’s enjoying the easier company this time around.

Dancing Storm runs them into submission 🕺🌩️@RJollyRacingpic.twitter.com/cr9Pxv3f0l

— Racing.com (@Racing) November 16, 2024

Jolly told Racing.com that Dancing Storm is likely to be seen back at Morphettville in seven days time.

“He’s just a good, consistent horse,” Jolly said.

“Picked up some prizemoney today and he just keeps ticking along.

“He’ll run next week in the final provided he pulls up all right today.”

Originally published as Phillip Stokes stable lands an early double at Morphettville Parks