Third Stakes Winner for Toorak Toff

Mark Smith - Saturday August 14

Lightly raced five-year-old Pintoff made it four wins and a second from his last five starts when opening his stakes account in Saturday’s Listed Evergreen Turf Regal Roller Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.

Pintoff opens his stakes account (image Reg Ryan/Racing Photos)

Ridden by Declan Bates for Ballarat based trainer Richard Cully, the son of Toorak Toff led at every call to defeat Away Game (Snitzel) by a neck with Brave Song (Your Song) a short-neck back in third.

The homebred gelding advances his record to six wins and two seconds from ten starts with earnings of $283,150.

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Bates said the son of Toorak Toff is a tough customer.

“I am absolutely delighted for Richie and his team. They do a fantastic job and that is my first winner for them, so it wasn’t a bad way do get the first one up,” Bates said.

“He had to be tough. He jumped clean enough. He was a touch keen through the first 400m so I let him roll and it was only when he got to the front he relaxed.

“From that point I was happy. I loved the way he extended off the bend so I knew at that point they would have to work to get to me. He was getting a bit tired late but he had done enough”    

Pintoff is the best of five winners from as many to race out of the unraced Pins mare Pinsahoy. He is the final foal of Pinsahoy who was retired in 2019. Pintoff becomes the third stakes-winner for the Group 1 STC Golden Rose Stakes and Group 1 MRC Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes winner Toorak Toff (Show a Heart).

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Race Result - Evergreen Turf Regal Roller LR 1200m

Caulfield Track: Good(3) Time: 1:10.34
1
Pintoff
- 5g Toorak Toff (AUS) x Pinsahoy (AUS) (Pins (AUS))
Tnr: Richard Cully Rdr: Declan Bates 54
2
0.3
Away Game
- 4m Snitzel (AUS) x Elusive Wonder (AUS) (Elusive Quality (USA))
Tnr: C Maher & D Eustace Rdr: John Allen 58
3
0.5
Brave Song
- 7g Your Song (AUS) x Brave Choice (AUS) (Dr Fong (USA))
Tnr: P & P Snowden Rdr: L Currie 56
4
1.0
La Mexicana
- 4m I Am Invincible (AUS) x Cailin Miss (AUS) (Domesday (AUS))
Tnr: A & S Freedman Rdr: Jamie Kah 54
5
2.2
Zou Dancer
- 4m Zoustar (AUS) x Investigates (AUS) (Strategic (AUS))
Tnr: L & T Corstens Rdr: Damien Thornton 54
6
4.2
The Inferno
- 5g Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) x Spina Rosa (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: C I Brown Rdr: Damian Lane 59
7
4.3
Gee Gee Secondover
- 6g Wordsmith (AUS) x Gee Gees Firstover (AUS) (Over (AUS))
Tnr: L, D & T Wells Rdr: Craig Williams 56.5
8
4.5
Outrageous
- 6g All Too Hard (AUS) x Fit And Ready (AUS) (More Than Ready (USA))
Tnr: M, W & J Hawkes Rdr: Jye McNeil 57.5
9
5.8
Never Again
- 7g High Chaparral (IRE) x Rollon Rose (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: C W McDonald Rdr: Zac Spain 54
10
6.0
Free To Move
- 4g Unencumbered (AUS) x Canhill (AUS) (Dangerous (AUS))
Tnr: K & K Keys Rdr: C Newitt 54
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