Consistency Pays Off for Jet Spur's Spurcraft

Mark Smith - Saturday December 7

Lightly raced 6-year-old gelding Spurcraft hasn’t been off the board in 14 starts and his consistency paid off with a well-deserved maiden black-type success in Saturday’s Listed Bribie Handicap (1050m) at Doomben and credit jockey Les Tilly and trainer Charlotte White with their first stakes winner.

Having his first start since undergoing a tie-back throat operation in May, the son of Jet Spur led every step of the way to defeat Badajoz (Commands) by two and three-quarter lengths with three-quarters of a length to Tycoon Ace (Tycoon Ruler) in third.

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White, who divides her training duties with her job as the deputy head of the Clifton State School, said Spurcraft would make his next start in the Listed Falvelon Stakes at Eagle Farm with the hope of gaining a wildcard entry into the Magic Millions Snippets race on January 11.

"He had a tie-back operation after he ran second in the Bat Out Of Hell in May. We decided to give him a really long break and it is paying off," White told AAP.

"I knew he was back after we gave him two jump-outs and he won them easily."

Tilley said that Spurcraft should have had a stakes win to his credit before the Bribie.

"I think I stuffed up when we were second in the Listed Chief De Beers earlier this year. This win made up for it," he said.

"Now he is breathing properly he will be hard to beat in anything."

The Rogers family homebred is the first live foal of the Starcraft mare Carnivale Queen who is a half-sister to Blackrock College (Volksraad) the Joint third top filly on The 2001-02 NZ 3YO Free Hcp with a pair of Group III wins and a second in the Group 1 NZ One Thousand Guineas.  

Spurcraft becomes the ninth stakes winner for Corella Stud’s Flying Spur stallion Jet Spur who stands the current season at a fee of $3,850.

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Race Result - Sidekicker Bribie Hcp LR 1050m

Doomben Track: Good(4) Time: 0:59.45
1
Spurcraft
- 6g Jet Spur (AUS) x Carnivale Queen (AUS) (Starcraft (NZ))
Tnr: C J White Rdr: Leslie Tilley 55
2
2.8
Badajoz
- 7g Commands (AUS) x Jerezana (AUS) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: James Cummings Rdr: L V Cassidy 57
3
3.6
Tycoon Ace
- 7g Tycoon Ruler (AUS) x Meg's Ace (AUS) (Buck's Pride (AUS))
Tnr: Tony & Maddysen Sears Rdr: James Orman 57
4
4.7
Invincible Al
- 6g I Am Invincible (AUS) x Miss Alberta (AUS) (Magic Albert (AUS))
Tnr: T J Gollan Rdr: Jake Bayliss 54
5
6.0
Spirit's Choice
- 4m Spirit Of Boom (AUS) x Deb's Choice (AUS) (Snippetson (AUS))
Tnr: M A Kropp Rdr: M Mc Gillivray 54
6
6.2
Snoopy
- 7g Lope De Vega (IRE) x Oomph (AUS) (Flying Spur (AUS))
Tnr: Chris Munce Rdr: Justin Huxtable 54
7
6.9
Goldfinch
- 5m Written Tycoon (AUS) x Blevola Miss (AUS) (Blevic (AUS))
Tnr: R S Englebrecht Rdr: Deanne Panya 54
8
7.0
Lim's Lightning
- 4g Lope De Vega (IRE) x Wayne's Gold (AUS) (Golden Snake (USA))
Tnr: M J Dunn Rdr: Ron Stewart 54
9
9.3
Whypeeo
- 5g I Am Invincible (AUS) x Sunset Boulevard (AUS) (Fasliyev (USA))
Tnr: A J & T Edmonds Rdr: Ms S Thornton 54
10
10.8
Piracy
- 5g Exceed And Excel (AUS) x Plagiarize (AUS) (Stravinsky (USA))
Tnr: Tony & Maddysen Sears Rdr: Dale Smith 54
11
11.3
Latin Boy
- 7g Roman Emperor (NZ) x Miss Hinze (AUS) (Shrewdy (AUS))
Tnr: R & M Freedman Rdr: J Byrne 54
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