Gordon Hoping for Another Gavelhouse Bargain Success Story

Media Release - Wednesday July 16

Foxton trainer Suzy Gordon has enjoyed a good run of success in the tried horse market and has welcomed another well-performed newcomer to her stable.

Gordon’s latest acquisition is Turn The Ace, a multiple winner from Andrew Forsman’s stable who recently changed hands on the Gavelhouse platform for $9,750 to dissolve the syndicate that raced the son of Turn Me Loose.

Turn The Ace has joined the Foxton stable of Suzy Gordon after his sale through gavelhouse.com.   Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images)

“The best part is that he’s all ready to go and will have a quiet trial at Foxton next week over 800m,” Gordon said.

“We’re obviously learning about him, he’s been very good and is probably not the soundest horse, so we’ll be careful with him.”

A half-brother to the Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m) winner Here To Shock, Turn The Ace has nine victories to his credit including the Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre Stakes (1100m) as a juvenile.

“He’s certainly worth a try and I’ve had some nice Gavelhouse horses,” Gordon said.

Among them is Ka Ying Lucky who will attempt to seal a spot in next month’s $100,000 Polytrack Championship (1200m) at Riccarton when he steps out on the synthetic track at Awapuni on Thursday.

Gordon’s hand has been forced to run the son of Zoustar in the Tomo’s Aluminium Services Handicap (1000m) in a bid to guarantee a berth in the southern final.

“I would rather have gone straight to Riccarton, but I’m a bit worried he might not make the field,” she said.

Ka Ying Lucky was a $10,500 purchase and that quickly proved to be a smart piece of business.

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“I bought him and in his first start for me he won a $35,000 race and has since won another two and probably should have won the other day, he was pretty unlucky,” Gordon said.

“He was a hard horse to follow, but in his last few starts he seems to have gained a lot of confidence.”

Meanwhile, Ka Ying Lucky’s stablemate Doubtful Sound, a $4,700 Gavelhouse buy, is on target for the $100,000 Polytrack Championship (1400m) at Awapuni on August 3.

The son of Not A Single Doubt has won two of his last three starts on the all-weather track and was a last-start third on the Riccarton synthetic surface.

Yet another online purchase, this one for $7,250, is the Proisir mare Prioress who will bid to cap off a consistent run of form in the Sandfords Rural Carriers Handicap (1200m) at Hawera on Saturday.

She has a pair of runner-up finishes at Wanganui and Otaki and a fourth at Trentham from her last three appearances.

Prioress was also nominated for the Listed Sinclair Electrical @ Refrigeration Opunake Cup (1400m), but Gordon opted for the softer option.

“It would be nice to have a go at black type with her, maybe further down the line,” she said. – LOVERACING.NZ News Desk

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