Tarzino Gelding Wins $500,000 Country Cups Final

Media Release - Saturday November 16

The Paul Preusker-trained Torranzino has come from near last to score a narrow victory in the A$500,000 Hyland Victorian Country Cups Final (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

The five-year-old son of Tarzino was the first emergency and gained a start care of the scratching of You Betcha Woo.

Going back from the widest barrier of 15, Torranzino carried 52kgs with Celine Gaudray’s claim, and worked into the race at the right time, coming widest to defeat Charterhouse and the game Arran Bay.

Torranzino scores a narrow victory in the A$500,000 Hyland Victorian Country Cups Final (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday.  Photo: Bruno Cannatelli

Torranzino has been in work since May and the quirky yet talented galloper has now won A$512,540 in prizemoney.   

“He’s been a handful,” the Preusker said. “He’s brutal tough. Emily who rides him all the time at home - I chime in every now and then - she does well persevering. Quite a difficult horse but in saying that a good galloper.

“He’ll go home tonight, he’ll eat, and he’ll be bucking tomorrow. That’s just him. Whether he’s mentally quite right, I don’t know, but anyway we’ll keep plodding along and I thought if he won today we might go to the Ballarat Cup.”

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The A$500,000 Listed Ballarat Cup (2000m) is on December 7. 

“They’ve done a terrific job with this horse,” Gaudray said. “He still does a bit wrong. He wants to over-race and wobble around. I had to do my best to keep him straight. He does want to lay in.

“We drew a sticky gate and we always planned to come out neutral but he had a bit of toe about him today so I had to get him to relax and the track is starting to deteriorate on the inside and I was probably on the better part of the surface.”

By Westbury Stud stallion Tarzino, Torranzino was bred by Payne Family Racing Pty Ltd. He is the first foal to race out of the Helmet mare Goldilicious, who is a half-sister to the Group Three winner Showbeel, who in turn is out of Champion Stayer Showella.

Torranzino was offered by Janine Dunlop’s Phoenix Park as a yearling in Book 1 of Karaka 2021, where Preusker bought him for $75,000. – NZ Racing Desk

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Race Result - Hyland Victorian Country Cups Final 2000m

Caulfield Track: Good(4) Time: 2:02.92
1
Torranzino
- 5g Tarzino (NZ) x Goldilicious (NZ) (Helmet (AUS))
Tnr: P A Preusker Rdr: Celine Gaudray 52
NZB Karaka Book 1 $75,000
Seller: Phoenix Park
Buyer: Mr PA Preusker
2
0.3
Charterhouse
- 7g Charming Thought (GB) x Crocus Rose (GB) (Royal Applause (GB))
Tnr: C Maher Rdr: M Zahra 58
3
0.5
Arran Bay
- 6g All Too Hard (AUS) x Stolen Girlfriend (AUS) (Canny Lad (AUS))
Tnr: P Stokes Rdr: L Nolen 60.5
4
2
Claim The Crown
- 6g Acclamation (GB) x Crown Light (GB) (Zamindar (USA))
Tnr: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald Rdr: Jett Stanley 51
5
2.2
Sunsets
- 4g Dundeel (NZ) x Waterloo Sunset (AUS) (Fastnet Rock (AUS))
Tnr: T Busuttin & N Young Rdr: D Moor 53
6
2.3
Keats
- 8g Galileo (IRE) x Airwave (GB) (Air Express (IRE))
Tnr: Gavin Bedggood Rdr: Jamie Kah 58
7
3.5
Picaroon
- 7m Fiorente (IRE) x Naughty Moments (AUS) (Dr Green (NZ))
Tnr: Tom Dabernig Rdr: Tom Madden 53
8
3.6
Dublin Journal
- 7g Teofilo (IRE) x Ceist Eile (IRE) (Noverre (USA))
Tnr: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes Rdr: Jye McNeil 53
9
5.1
New York Hurricane
- 5g Manhattan Rain (AUS) x Al Dhakira (USA) (Elusive Quality (USA))
Tnr: Liam Howley Rdr: M J Dee 53
10
5.2
Lottaroc
- 6g El Roca (AUS) x Lotta Luv (NZ) (Dubawi (IRE))
Tnr: D M Noonan Rdr: Teodore Nugent 53
11
5.7
Mystery Island
- 8g Victoire Pisa (JPN) x Mystique (GER) (Monsun (GER))
Tnr: Shane Jackson Rdr: Craig Williams 55
12
12.7
Jimi Hendrix
- 6g New Bay (GB) x Planchart (USA) (Gio Ponti (USA))
Tnr: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald Rdr: J Mott 59
13
13.5
Milford
- 7g Savabeel (AUS) x Etiquette (NZ) (O'reilly (NZ))
Tnr: Michael Moroney & Glen Thompson Rdr: Declan Bates 58.5
14
13.8
Win O'clock
- 8g Australia (GB) x Gee Kel (IRE) (Danehill Dancer (IRE))
Tnr: Tori Madigan Rdr: Ms J Kennedy 53
15
25.8
Bonny Ezra
- 9g Road To Rock (AUS) x Ascolini (NZ) (Bertolini (USA))
Tnr: Ms R Frost Rdr: C Newitt 54.5
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