AMELIA'S REASON FOR SIRES

Smart two year old AMELIA'S REASON has come through his gutsy Karrakatta Plate run in great style and we will now take him through to the Sires Produce Stakes on April 19th. AMELIA'S REASON ran the race of his life on Saturday when running 4th in the big race for two year olds and I an confident that with more luck in the straight the horse would have taken a lot of beating. Paul King who rode the horse made one comment when he returned to scale. "He should have won!"

I said on this site on Saturday morning that I have had mixed luck in the race over the years and I felt that AMELIA'S REASON would take a power of beating. Some things just never change! I was happy with where Paul settled the horse early in the race as I knew he would find the line strongly. Unfortunately there was just a bit to much traffic to get through in the straight and I have to agree with Paul's comments that with clear running, I think we would have made it interesting.

I am not going to dwell on that race any longer but simply move on and look forward to the next race. The winner of the race on Sunday BRAVA FORTUNE, was well ridden and well prepared for the race and will again take a power of beating should it start in the Sires Produce Stakes. Hopefully we can draw a better barrier next time and have a few more things go our way. Either way it will be the last start for my horse for this campaign and he will then have a good spell at Amelia Park for the rest of April and May, right through till mid June.