Sizzling Win for The Fire Trap

Tara Madgwick - Saturday July 14
Promising Sizzling two year-old The Fire Trap ploughed through heavy ground to win at his last start at the Sunshine Coast and showed his talent and versatility when scoring even more easily on good ground at Rosehill on Saturday.

The Fire TrapTrained by Matthew Dunn at Murwillumbah, The Fire Trap (image Steve Hart) was well fancied and downed the favourite Master Ash to win the 1400 metre juvenile contest by the best part of a length impressing winning rider Hugh Bowman.

"He's a good horse,'' Bowman said.

"He's a very sensible two-year-old, he's very athletic, he's got good tactical speed, he ticks all the boxes.''

An $80,000 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale purchase from the Lyndhurst Farm draft for his trainer and Neil Jenkinson, The Fire Trap has proven an astute purchase winning three of four starts and over $166,000 in prizemoney with the promise of much more to come

"This horse's form in Queensland had been good and I expected he would be competitive today,'' Bowman added.

"I still think he will develop more mentally so there is improvement to come from him.

"He showed a nice turn of foot today although the leader was tiring. When this horse learns what his job is he is going to be turning out in better class races.

"Judging on what I saw from him today I think he will run a mile (a1600m) so there is plenty to like about him.''

SizzlingThe Fire Trap is the first winner for Rasteira, a well related Flying Spur mare from the family of Group winning fillies Tulip, Musidora and Sacred Eye.

He is one of six winners for his young Newgate Farm based sire, who also has four stakes horses to his credit, three of them placed in Group races in Sizzling Belle, Secret Blaze and Sizzling Ace..

A Group I winning son of champion sire Snitzel, Sizzling stands at Newgate this spring at a fee of $16,500.

Advertisment
More Reading...
Ears Back Wins Listed Stakes at Wanganui
A two-race North Island campaign has ended on a career-defining high for Ears Back and her Rangiora trainer John Blackadder, who scored their first black-type win in Saturday’s Listed AGC Training Stakes (1600m) at Wanganui.
Winners Flow for Sizzling
Newgate Farm’s Sizzling followed up a winning treble on Saturday with another impressive two year-old winner in Calescent at Wagga on Monday.
Sires With Winners - Saturday May 31
Here is the full list of 116 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
First Stakes-Winner for Sizzling
A half-brother to $2million earner and Group II winner Invincibella, three year-old gelding Secret Blaze became the first stakes-winner for Snitzel’s Group I winning son Sizzling when taking out the Listed MRC Galilee Final at Caulfield on Saturday.
When in Doubt Back a Frankel!
The $200,000 Listed ATC Lord Mayor’s Cup (2000m ) at Rosehill on Saturday attracted a competitive field of 14 stayers, the bulk of them imports and when you strike an open race like that it’s often wise to follow this piece of advice – when in doubt back a Frankel!
Kiwi Bred Campaldino Wins G3 for Darby
Promising New Zealand-bred stayer Campaldino passed his biggest test with flying colours at Eagle Farm on Saturday, stepping up to stakes company and adding the A$200,000 Gr.3 Living Turf Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2400m) to his winning sequence.
First Local Win As New Endeavour (IRE) Records Stakes Success
While it may have taken the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained New Endeavour (IRE) a while to record his first Australian success, connections were rewarded for their patience as the 5yo dominated under Tim Clark to win the Group 3 BRC Lord Mayor’s Cup (1800m) at Eagle Farm.
New Classic Prospect and New Aussie 2YO Winner for Wootton Bassett
The Group III JRA Derby Trial (2000m) at Baden Baden in Germany overnight produced a new stakes-winner for Wootton Bassett (GB) with lightly raced colt Juwelier staking a claim for classic success.
Niance Overcomes Serious Injury to Claim Stakes Victory
Exciting New Zealand-bred mare Niance has bounced back from a serious injury and picked up right where she left off last spring, collecting her third consecutive black-type win in Saturday’s A$175,000 Listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield.
Spring Beckons for Sizzling Filly
After exploding on the scene with an eight and a quarter length romp over 1050 metres at Morphettville in January, the Phillip Stokes-trained Sizzlefly will be given her chance at the Melbourne spring carnival after she kept her record perfect with a dominant performance over 1000 metres at Mornington on Monday.