Gelding chips in for another family win

Supersonic Boom shakes up favourite backers in Clifford Park opener.

Carly Frater guides the Rex Lipp trained Supersonic Boom to victory in today’s Class 5 Handicap at Clifford Park. Picture: Kevin Farmer

RACING: He has some smart family genes to live up to and Toowoomba four-year-old Supersonic Boom put them to good use to wrap up his latest win at Clifford Park today.

Supersonic Boom ($8) notched career win number five with a front-running performance for jockey Carly Frater in the Richard Adams Homes Class 5 Handicap (1200m).

After finding a kick on straightening, Supersonic Boom safely held off the late charge of Mr Tickets ($6) by a length while Rhyming Puppet finished ¾ length back third after trailing the winner into the home straight.

Carly chats about her win aboard Supersonic Boom at Clifford Park today. Picture: Kevin Farmer

Supersonic Boom (Spirit Of Boom-Star Of Kristle) is a half brother to his trainer Rex Lipp’s exciting three-year-old Gem Of Scotland who has raced to six wins from nine starts.

“His mother was unraced but she has done a good job as a broodmare and this bloke is a half-brother to Gem Of Scotland,” Lipp said.

“He’s proved to be handy and is going well at the moment.

“He’s got better as he’s gone along and I always thought he’d improve with a bit of age on him.”

Lipp said Gem Of Scotland was on target to resume racing at Clifford Park on February 26 in the QTIS Jewel Qualifier over 1000 metres.

The remainder of the seven-race card was dominated by trainer Lindsay Hatch and jockey Josh Oliver.

The pair teamed for a winning treble with Love Yers All ($3.10 fav), Gunnobe ($2.50 fav) and Aladina ($4.80).

# MISHANI El Lobo ($10) handed Toowoomba trainer Troy Pascoe his first Saturday metropolitan winner with an all-the-way effort in Saturday’s Open Handicap at Clifford Park.

Earlier Uncle Harry ($4.60) collected his second career win for Toowoomba trainer Steve Kirkwood in the Two-Year-Old Handicap.

Josh Oliver and Love Yers All (left) race to victory in today’s Class 1 Handicap (1300m) at Clifford Park. Picture: Kevin Farmer

THE WIN

MICHAEL Nolan has saddled several smart first-up winners in recent months and KISUKANO joined the party in spectacular fashion with a slick debut under Skye Bogenhuber in the QTIS Two-Year-Old Maiden Plate.

THE TRAINER

LINDSAY HATCH emerged from Clifford Park’s summer Saturday break in top form. Stable wins from Love Yers All, Gunnobe and Aladina extended his premiership lead to seven over Mark Currie and Michael Nolan.

THE RIDER

JOSH OLIVER also wasted no time finding his Clifford Park Saturday night touch to team with Hatch for a winning treble abard Love Yers All, Gunnobe and Aladina.

FROM THE STAND

Race 1: A quiet betting Class 5 to start the night off on. There was no real money for We Built This City and Victory Toast. The connections were on Cliveden at 17.00 and By The Law saw good money at odds also. Macmissile was the bookies worst. The winner Supersonic Boom was ridden a treat by Ms C Frater and got the bookies off to a good start.

Race 2: A good betting race here for the bookie with a lot of small bets written.Whistlindixie Lad had friends at 101.00. Tesarc went into the book at 8.00 and She Likes A Drink had support at 26.0. The bookie’s worst way was Lucky Siren with one cash bet of $250 eachway at 8.50. The connections jumped in early on the winner Love Yers All at 4.00 and no doubt a sling was in order for Josh Oliver.

Race 3: There were good each way bets for Real Patriot at 8.00 with one cash bet of $200 eachway at 8.00. The real money was on Alleviator 3.00 into start 1.90 on the QOP. The money came back to the track and there was a phone bet of $800 at 2.50 and follow-up cash bets on track at 2.40. The winner Fantasay was 5.50 into start 5.00 with no real bets taken and a result for the bookie.

Race 4: A quiet betting maiden race, with good eachway bets written on The Hand at 10.00. Knucklebox was specked at 11.00.The real money was on the favourite and winner Gunnobe 2.60 into start 2.50. There was one good phone bet of $1000 at 2.50 and follow-up cash bets to give the bookie his worst result for the night.

Race 5: The connections were strong on Niatross and they put plenty on. The favourite The Potato Pontiff was very hard to lay and the bookie was 3.50 at the jump with no takers. Moss Go Now was backed eachway at 10.00. The winner Aladina was 6.00 into 4.80 on the QOP and the bookie missed a bullet here to win on the race.

Race 6: Here punters only wanted to watch and see how good the tip was on Kisukano. The early shoppers got 4.00 on the corporates and that went off quicker than you could blink. The mail was right and when Kisukano got away from the barriers the race was all over. The short price of 1.35 on track was warranted and Kisukano sailed home for an easy win.

Race 7: A quiet race to finish the night off on, with little bets written. Happy Bibi was unwanted in the betting and was 3.00 at jump time and no takers. Wealth’N’Power saw small eachway bets. Steady Star was backed by the connections and could have been a bad result for the bookie. Home sailed the winner Sheindlin to save the bookie and sent him home a winner on the night.

CLIFFORD PARK RESULTS

Track: Good 4

Rail: Out 1 metre entire course

1._ CLASS 5 HANDIAP, 1200m: 8.00 SUPERSONIC BOOM (b g 4yo Spirit Of Boom-Star Of Kristle) 55.5 (Carly Fratere) 1; 6.00 MR TICKETS 58.5 (Skye Bogenhuber) 2; 5.00 RHYMNIG PUPPET 57.5 (Emma Ljung) 3.

Then followed: 3.90 We Built This City, 17.00 By The Law, 21.00 Cliveden, 2.90 fav Victory Toast, 31.00 Macmissile last.

Won by len., ¾ len. Time: 1:04.51. Last 600m: 35.31.

2._ CLASS 1 HANDICAP, 1300m: 3.10 fav LOVE YERS ALL (br m 4yo Love Conquers All-Miss Pettifog. Trainer: Lindsay Hatch) 55 (J. Oliver) 2; 8.00 TESARC 59 carr 57 (N. Fazackerley) 2; 9.00 GASPARINI 56.5 carr 54.5 (N. Masuda) 3.

Then followed: 18.00 All Ellie, 5.50 Buzzer Beater, 26.00 She Likes A Drink, 61.00 Raku’s Secret, 7.00 Sara Man, 9.50 A Little Crafty, 9.00 Lucky Siren, 101.00 Whistleindixie last.

Won by

3._ BENCHMARK 62 HANDICAP, 1100m: 5.00 FANTASAY (ch m 4yo Rothesay-Princess Qualo. Trainer: Ben Ahrens) 54 (C. Bayliss) 1; 8.50 WINE BARREL 59.5 (Carly Frater) 2; 8.00 SEE FOR YOURSELF 57 (Stephanie Lacy) 3.

Then followed: 5.00 Last Armageddon, 31.00 Turbo Teddy, 8.00 Real Patriot, 91.00 Tin’s Pocket, 1.90 fav Alleviator last.

Won by lg hd, len. Time: 1:06.00. Last 600m: 36.21.

4._ MAIDEN PLATE, 1050m: 2.50 fav GUNNOBE (br m 4yo Wicked Style (USA)-Matranka. Trainer: Lindsay Hatch) 55.5 (J. Oliver) 1; 8.50 KNUCKLEBOX 57.5 carr 55.5 (N. Masuda) 3.

Then followed: 21.00 Real Smiles, 26.00 Our Shania, 19.00 Saddle Boy, 31.00 That’s A Wrap, 151.00 Coalbank Cavalry, 9.00 Haraldigo, 41.00 Rhetorical, 8.00 Encumbered Soul, 21.00 Donkey Kong, 31.00 The Hand last.

Won by len., 1½ lens. Time: 1:02.65. Last 600m: 35.88.

5._ BENCHMARK 65 HANDICAP, 1850m: 4.80 ALADINA (b m 5yo Darci Brahma (NZ)-Pavan (NZ). Trainer: Lindsay Hatch) 55 (J. Oliver) 1; 3.10 fav THE POTATO PONTIFF 55.5 carr 52.5 (Montanna Savva) 2; 3.90 MR MISUNDERSTOOD 58.5 (K. Yoshida) 3.

Then followed: 10.00 Moss Go Now, 3.40 Niatross last.

Won by ¾ len., ¾ len. Time: 1:56.92 (class record). Last 600m: 35.38.

6._ 2-Y-O MAIDEN PLATE, 1050m: 1.30 fav KISUKANO (br f 2yo Bel Esprit-Kiss For Gran. Trainer: Michael Nolan) 55 (Skye Bogenhuber) 1; 12.00 URSULA 55 (Emma Ljung) 2; 11.00 RED WABBAT 55 (Kenji Yoshida) 3.

Then followed: 6.50 Bean Bag, 15.00 Best To Hurry, 51.00 My Bye last.

Won by 7½ lens, 1½ lens. Time: 1:02.12. Last 600m: 34.97.

7._ MAIDEN HANDICAP, 1300m: 21.00 SHEINDIN (b or br m 4yo Trusting-Miss Slingshot (NZ). Trainer: Garry Osborne) 54 carr 52 (M. Shimodaira) 1; 2.15 fav HAPPY BIBI 59 (C. Bayliss) 2; 5.50 SARASUN 57.5 (Skye Bogenhuber) 3.

Then followed: 14.00 Tinder Loving Care, 5.50 Wealth’n’power, 16.00 Steady Star last.

Won by sh nk, 3 lens. Time: 1:07.49. Last 600m: 36.97.

DALBY

Track: Good 4

Rail: Out 2.5m 600-300m

True the remainder

1._ BENCHMARK 50 HANDICAP, 1400m: HEY DOLL (Skye Bogenhuber, 8.00) 1; Enchanted Reign (M. Schrapel, 3.80) 2; American Summer (Montanna Savva, 11.00) 3.

Then followed: Positive Spin, Stormborn Angel, Glenbawns Dutchess, Foxleigh, Coolmunda, Bombay Bullet, Cavitation.

Won by .1 len., .5 len. Time: 1:23.50 (hand timed).

Winner trained by Ken Waller.

2._ MAIDEN PLATE, 1200m: SMARTY JACK (J. King, 6.50) 1; Drogon (S. McGovern, 10.00) 2; Caught Redhanded (M. Schrapel, 21.00) 3.

Then followed: Grey Noise, Nzuri Mwali, Roman Ruby, Ballingall Duke, Megamax, Massie Whisper failed to finish. Late scratching: Babylon Express.

Won by .3 len., 1.25 lens. Time: 1:11.55.

Winner trained by Norma King.

3._ RATINGS BAND 0-60 HANDICAP, 1200m: MAC’S BOY (Tessa Townsend, 5.00) 1; Rather Salubrious (Leeanne McCoy, 6.00) 2; Leroy Rocks (P. Romeo, 8.00) 3.

Then followed: Prior Engagement, Wait A Minute, Sequasi, Shiver Me Timbers, Jackpot, Extra Shot, Homeland Security.

Won by len., len. Time: 1:10.24 (hand timed).

Winner trained by Ben Park.

4._ CANNONBALL FLYING HANDICAP, 1000m: PUZZLING WONDER (N. Tomizawa, 5.00) 1; He’s A Moral (Leeanne McCoy, 3.00) 2; Music Scene (P. Romeo, 8.00) 3.

Then followed: Bris Vegas, Scarlet’s Choice, Mellore, Bagger Chance.

Won by .5 len., .5 len. Time: 57.33.

Winner trained by Wayne Oakenfull.

5._ CLASS B HANDICAP, 800m: CATHVALANNA (K. Wilson-Taylor, 6.00) 1; Strawberry Deluxe (Minonette Kennedy, 7.00) 2; Another Sheila (Beau-Dene Appo, 4.60) 3.

Then followed: El Demonio, Spirit’s First, Grace Darling, Mayfair Lady, Our Boy Borris.

Won by 1.5 lens, .5 len. Time: 45.18 (hand timed).

Winner trained by Luke Berger.