25.09.2008, MITCHELL BEADMAN BOUNCES BACK

 Apprentice Mitchell Beadman’s recent move to trainer John O’Shea’s camp has paid quick dividends with the youngster landing a winning double at Canterbury.

The 18-year-old transferred from John Hawkes to O’Shea just two weeks ago.

Beadman scored a race-to-race double for trainer Chris Waller when he guided Hartmann home in the Canterbury Park Event Centre Hcp (1900m).

Earlier he produced a brilliant frontrunning ride to win on Miss Nikki in the opening race of the day, the http://www.theraces.com.au/ Hcp (1550m).

Beadman, who finished third in last season’s Sydney apprentices’ premiership, was delighted with the victory – his first since June at Canterbury when he scored on Cartoon Character.

“It’s great to be back here riding winners and it’s great to do it for Chris too, he’s been a great supporter and I’m glad to repay him like this,” Beadman said.

“Mr Hawkes was very good about the whole switch and I’ve really enjoyed my time with Mr O’Shea, he’s also very good to work for too.”

Meanwhile, three-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Glen Boss didn’t pull any punches in the stewards’ room after his winning ride on the Guy Walter-trained debutant The Astronomer in the Rosehill Gardens Event Centre Hcp (1250m).

Boss had to severely check his mount and at one point was standing in his irons after Nash Rawiller crossed his path on third-placed Central Role near the 800 metres.

Rawiller maintained that the horse took the run and not him, but that didn’t wash with Boss.

“The reason you went in there was that you could see my horse was kicking up,” Boss said.

“It was an unbelievable effort for this horse to win after what happened.”

Rawiller, who is one of leading trainer Gai Waterhouse’s stable riders, was handed a five-meeting suspension by stewards over the incident.

The ban starts on September 30 and Rawiller will be eligible to resume on October 7, meaning he will miss Saturday week’s bumper Randwick meeting featuring four Group Ones – the Epsom Handicap, Metropolitan Handicap, Spring Champion Stakes and Flight Stakes.

Waterhouse’s apprentice Daniel Ganderton also landed himself in trouble with stewards.

He was given a four-meeting careless riding suspension for his ride on Dancing Havana in the Canterbury Park Event Centre Handicap.

It was ruled that Ganderton shifted in near the 1700 metres on the runner-up when insufficiently clear of the winner Hartmann, causing that horse to be checked and lose his running.

Ganderton was outed for four meetings beginning on October 3 and he will be able to resume riding on October 9.

24.09.2008, HONOUR POISED TO UNLEASH

ROSEHILL trainer Chris Waller has sounded a warning: Doncaster winner Triple Honour will bounce back to his best in Saturday’s George Main Stakes at Randwick.

And a start in the Epsom Handicap at the track the following week has not been ruled out, although a dominant George Main victory would result in Triple Honour being sent straight to Melbourne for a crack at the Yalumba Stakes.

“The horse has done great in the stable since he ran second to Gallant Tess in the Chelmsford,” Waller said yesterday, unconcerned about the defeat as an odds-on favourite.

Triple Honour was spelled after the Doncaster win and resumed with a victory in the Premiere Stakes at Rosehill. After consulting jockey Glen Boss, Waller elected to remove the blinkers for the Chelmsford. “The blinkers will be back on the horse in the George Main and I think they will switch him back on,” Waller predicted. “He ran well enough in the Chelmsford and possibly the step up from 1200 metres to 1600m and a few weeks in between runs told over the last bit of that race.

“If he won the George Main really well, he would push on towards the Yalumba and Cox Plate, but if he only just won, or ran second or third, then the Epsom is there for him Saturday week.”

Triple Honour is the likely favourite for the weight-for-age George Main, in which the David Payne-trained and Jeff Lloyd-ridden Gallant Tess again lines up.

Gai Waterhouse will have Ashikaga (Blake Shinn) and Theseo (Nash Rawiller) in the event, while John Hawkes sends around Randwick mile specialist Mentality with Corey Brown to ride.

Boss rode Fiumicino to win the Hill Stakes at Rosehill at the weekend and was stood down following the event when sapped of energy because of the effects of a virus.

Racing NSW chief steward Ray Murrihy said yesterday Boss would need a doctor’s clearance before he could ride this week.

Trainer Anthony Cummings has booked Melbourne jockey Craig Williams to ride his three-year-old Duporth at 49 kilograms in the George Main but the Golden Rose-winning colt is not a certain starter. “He galloped on Saturday morning and ran a pretty good time but I’ll see how he goes this week before I decide on a start in either the George Main or the Stan Fox or no run at all,” said Cummings, who added that Duporth showed no signs of any problems after veterinary tests came back clear last week.

Cummings said his Epsom favourite Raheeb would run a barrier trial at Randwick on Friday, while stablemate and The Metropolitan favourite Red Lord would also have a trial.

The Kevin Moses-prepared Rhyno Chaser, which is favourite for Saturday week’s Spring Champion Stakes, could be a surprise runner in the George Main with 49kg, although Moses is leaning towards starting the horse in the Dulcify Quality instead. Danny Nikolic, who cannot compete at 49kg in the George Main, would ride.

Waller has booked Brown to ride Love And Kisses in the Stan Fox, having elected to miss the Tea Rose Stakes at Rosehill won by Samantha Miss. “After watching Samantha Miss dominate again, I think I pulled the right rein by dodging her,” Waller said.

Waterhouse has Dreamscape in the Stan Fox, while she will also have Bianca (Rawiller) in the Colin Stephen Quality.

Waterhouse’s Frank Packer Plate winner Rockwood (Shinn) resumes in the Bill Ritchie Handicap, and the Epsom-bound Kiloton will contest the same event (Hugh Bowman).