Pride of Jenni Not for Catching at Caulfield

Media Release - Saturday May 3

Caulfield has been a happy hunting ground for Pride Of Jenni in recent weeks, and the reigning Australian Horse of the Year produced another spectacular front-running performance at that venue in Saturday’s A$175,000 Listed Tile Importer Anniversary Vase (1600m).

Pride of Jenni scores her tenth career win at Caulfield - image Grant Courtney

The Ciaron Maher-trained Pride Of Jenni has now had 38 starts for 10 wins, 12 placings and A$10.44 million in stakes. She was a triple Group One winner in last season’s Empire Rose Stakes (1600m), Champions Mile (1600m) and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m).

The daughter of Pride Of Dubai has had some ups and downs as a seven-year-old this season, but announced her return to form with a powerhouse performance in the Gr.2 Peter Young Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield on March 15. After another blip in the Gr.1 Australian Cup (2000m) two weeks later, she headed back to Caulfield on Saturday and again demonstrated her extraordinary front-running prowess.

As expected, Pride Of Jenni was sent straight to the lead by jockey Craig Newitt and dominated the race from the front.

The $2.70 favourite began to pour on the pressure approaching the home turn, and she kicked away at the top of the straight. None of her seven rivals were able to make much headway down the straight as Pride Of Jenni swept to victory by two and a quarter lengths.

“She’s always fun to ride,” Newitt said. “She was good in the early part of the race, but I just wanted to get to the top of the hill at the 1300m, 1400m there before I let her roll.

“She knows where she is – she was trained here originally – so she got to the top of the hill and she changed stride, and then she started to string them out.

“I reckon the speed we were going at the 1000m mark was the same as the speed we were going at the winning post. She never quickened any more, but she never weakened either. She just maintained her gallop, which was good. Probably the last 200m was the most impressive, because her stamina kicked in and she just kept up that good gallop.”

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Pride of Jenni is a ten time winner of $10million! image Grant Courtney

Owner Tony Ottobre is now keen to take Pride Of Jenni to the Queensland Winter Carnival.

“She’s fantastic, isn’t she,” he said. “To see a horse do what she’s just done there, it’s incredible. I’m glad that she’s back.

“She’s still got a bit more condition than we’d like, so there’s more to come for the Doomben Cup (Gr.1, 2000m). We’re looking forward to that race.”

Pride Of Jenni was bred by Trelawney Stud and is out of the O’Reilly mare Sancerre, who was prepared by Cambridge trainer Tony Pike to win on four occasions for the stud. The star mare stems from a family fashioned over generations at the famed Kiwi nursery, which has been in the Taylor family’s ownership since 1993, having been established by Seton Otway in the 1930s.

Group Two winner Real Success, the taproot of star Trelawney Stud graduates Vouvray, Loire, A Touch Of Ruby and Pride Of Jenni and many others around them, was one of the first families the Taylors bought into upon taking ownership of Trelawney.

Pride Of Jenni was sold at the Sydney Classic Sale for A$100,000 through the Segenhoe Stud draft, where she was purchased by Tony and Lynn Ottobre’s Cape Schanck Stud.

Sancerre has a two-year-old filly by Per Incanto which has been retained by the Taylors named Pouilly Fume. The mare foaled a filly by Hello Youmzain last spring, which unfortunately died, but she is back in foal to the young Cambridge Stud stallion who has made a promising start with his eldest just two. – NZ Racing Desk.

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Race Result - Tile Importer Anniversary Vase LR 1600m

Caulfield Track: Good(3) Time: 1:35.62
1
Pride Of Jenni
- 7m Pride Of Dubai (AUS) x Sancerre (NZ) (O'reilly (NZ))
Tnr: C Maher Rdr: C Newitt 61
Pride Of Dubai
Inglis Classic Yearling Sale $100,000
Seller: Segenhoe Stud Australia Pty Ltd, Scone
Buyer: Cape Schanck Stud
2
2.3
Scheelite
- 4g Real Steel (JPN) x Miss St Tropez (AUS) (Magnus (AUS))
Tnr: K & K Keys Rdr: Beau Mertens 54
MM Adelaide Yearling Sale $80,000
Seller: Collingrove Stud, Murchison, Vic (As Agent for Arrowfield Stud)
Buyer: Ken Keys
3
2.5
Pounding
- 6g Exceed And Excel (AUS) x Silent Entrance (GB) (Beat Hollow (GB))
Tnr: P G Moody & Katherine Coleman Rdr: Ethan Brown 55
4
3.7
Hellsing
- 5g Dandy Man (IRE) x Souzie (IRE) (Le Havre (IRE))
Tnr: Annabel & Rob Archibald Rdr: Will Price 54
5
4.7
Regal Zeus
- 4g Zoustar (AUS) x Quiet Kitten (USA) (Kitten's Joy (USA))
Tnr: John McArdle Rdr: Zac Spain 55.5
6
6.5
Makram
- 8g Make Believe (GB) x Spontaneous (IRE) (Sinndar (IRE))
Tnr: Ben, Will & Jd Hayes Rdr: L Currie 54
7
8.7
Electric Belle
- 7m Power (GB) x Kool Gal (NZ) (Danroad (AUS))
Tnr: Reece Goodwin Rdr: Jye McNeil 54
8
8.9
Quickster
- 4m Shamus Award (AUS) x Special Favour (AUS) (General Nediym (AUS))
Tnr: P G Moody & Katherine Coleman Rdr: Luke Cartwright 54
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