So We’re Interested in This Winner

Tara Madgwick - Sunday February 16

He didn’t win a stakes race on Saturday, but there is clearly a larger plan in place for this talented four year-old son of So You Think that has now won five of seven starts and his last four races in a row.

Revelare goes on his winning way at Flemington - image Scott Barbour / Racing Photos

Trained by Robert Hickmott and ridden by Ryan Hurdle, Revelare was sent out favourite for the Benchmark 78 event over 2000m at Flemington on Saturday and despite striking traffic in the run was able to overcome difficulty to score a length win under 59.5kg.

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Revelare broke his maiden at his second start on the synthetic track at Ballarat in July last year  before spelling and has been unstoppable over the summer racing five times since December 19 for a first up second and then four wins over rising distances and increases in grade.

Robert Hickmott was pleased to see Revelare maintain his winning run and has high hopes for the gelding in the long term as a serious stayer with the Melbourne Cup on his radar.

"Looking to the immediate future, there is a benchmark 84 (2000) the week after the Australian Cup Prelude. This is all about a seasoning preparation for him, he hasn't had a lot of racing, the horse, so we won't be over-taxing him,” said Hickmott.

"We'll be mindful that he's had a longish prep and you don't want to go to the paddock bottomed out so we'll just really assess him when he gets home and have a look at him throughout the week and see if there's another one in him."

"You always have hopes of a Melbourne Cup horse, don't you? Looking at his breeding suggests that he's a chance of getting it (3200m). You don't know until you do give them a crack at it, but he's got a lot of attributes of a good horse, the way he can relax.

"Today he was a little stronger within the run, but he's got a good turn of foot.

"We'll just look after him this prep and hopefully he can start to measure up. This is only benchmark racing, although he's still winning there is a long, long way to go."

Revelare and his owners are hoping to be back at Flemington in the future - image Scott Barbour / Racing Photos

Revelare was a $130,000 Inglis Premier purchase for his trainer from the Daisy Hill draft and has already banked over $200,000 in prizemoney.

He is certainly bred for long distances being the best of three winners from Reveal the Goddess, a 2400m winning Zabeel mare that is a sister to stakes-placed Sheezababe from Group I AJC Sydney Cup winner Honor Babe.

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Race Result - TAB We're On (Bm78) 2000m

Flemington Track: Good(4) Time: 2:05.60
1
Revelare
- 4g So You Think (NZ) x Reveal The Goddess (NZ) (Zabeel (NZ))
Tnr: Robert Hickmott Rdr: R J Hurdle 59.5
2
1
Kings Valley
- 4g Territories (IRE) x Crystal Etoile (GB) (Dansili (GB))
Tnr: C Maher Rdr: Ethan Brown 58
3
2
Fam Gorman
- 5g Impending (AUS) x Warrington (AUS) (Fastnet Rock (AUS))
Tnr: C Vidotto & C Beasy Rdr: M J Dee 54
4
3.8
Shiny New Deel
- 4g Dundeel (NZ) x Sparkle And Shine (AUS) (Exceed And Excel (AUS))
Tnr: Gavin Bedggood Rdr: Logan Bates 53
5
4.2
Tarvue
- 4m Tarzino (NZ) x Vamoose (JPN) (Admire Moon (JPN))
Tnr: J D Sadler Rdr: H Coffey 54
6
5
Miss Tarzy
- 5m Tarzino (NZ) x Grise Leigh (FR) (Green Tune (USA))
Tnr: A & S Freedman Rdr: B Melham 57
7
5.5
Claim The Crown
- 6g Acclamation (GB) x Crown Light (GB) (Zamindar (USA))
Tnr: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald Rdr: D Moor 58
8
5.6
Kapakiri
- 5g Kermadec (NZ) x Oriental Lady (GER) (Doyen (IRE))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: J B Mc Donald 58.5
9
5.7
Le Zebra
- 4g Rip Van Winkle (IRE) x Angel Del Dinero (NZ) (My Halo (ARG))
Tnr: E & D Browne Rdr: Jamie Melham 59.5
10
5.8
Fagin
- 5g Fiorente (IRE) x L'inquisitor (AUS) (Blackfriars (AUS))
Tnr: P Stokes Rdr: D W Stackhouse 56.5
11
8
Truly Inspired
- 8g Dundeel (NZ) x Truly Special (AUS) (Jeune (GB))
Tnr: Mitchell Leek Rdr: Ben Allen 60
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