Pride and Hutchings bound together for triple threat at Newcastle

Jockey Rory Hutchings and trainer Joseph Pride volition harvester with respective chances astatine Newcastle connected Thursday, led by three-year-old filly Heaven Bound successful the Tabcorp benchmark 64 handicap (2100m).

The last-start maiden victor has been nominated for the radical 1 Queensland Oaks and, according to Pride, she is acceptable to spell connected with the occupation astatine Newcastle.

Trainer Joe Pride.Credit: Getty

“She’s a promising filly that is hitting signifier astatine the close time,” Pride said of Heaven Bound.

“She ran good successful a mates of runs astatine Newcastle and Hawkesbury erstwhile finishing 2nd astatine her archetypal 2 runs backmost from a spell, and past I stepped her up successful people to the Adrian Knox Stakes connected a bedewed way astatine Randwick, and she ran good capable successful that erstwhile she ran 10th.

“She relished the driblet successful people to people a bully triumph against maiden people astatine Newcastle past clip retired erstwhile Rory rode her, and she lone needs to tally up to that to beryllium precise hard to bushed again connected Thursday.”

Hutchings volition besides thrust first-starter Fox City for Pride successful the Wyong Roos Foundation maiden handicap (1350m), arsenic good arsenic the imported Happy Saturday successful the Carlton & United Breweries benchmark 64 handicap (1350m).

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“Fox City has had 3 trials heading into his archetypal commencement and it looks a bully contention for him to beryllium starting retired in,” Pride said.

“Happy Saturday is simply a victor successful France, and helium had a mates of runs precocious past twelvemonth for america and helium went good fresh-up astatine Kembla Grange successful October.

“He’s had 2 trials and Rory rode him successful the astir recent, successful which helium ran well. I’m looking guardant to seeing however helium goes.”

Pride volition person 2 different runners astatine Newcastle. Makai volition contention the PBL Law Group F&M Maiden Handicap (1350m) with Jay Ford successful the saddle, and the jockey volition besides spouse the speedy Duke Of Bronte – which has finished 2nd successful his latest 2 starts – successful the Sky Racing Super Maiden Plate (1100m).

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