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Buffering the forgotten runner in Doomben 10,000 as he attempts to break Group 1 Hoodoo By:Ray Thomas Courtesy :The Daily Telegraph Buffering's awkward 12 barrier hasn't dampened Rob Heathcote's enthusiasm that his sprinter can atone for his fourth placing in the BTC Cup. TRAINER Rob Heathcote is bemused Buffering has become the forgotten runner in the Group 1 $650,000 Doomben 10,000 (1350m) at Doomben today. "It was only two starts back when Buffering bolted in with the Victory Stakes," Brisbane's premier trainer said.
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Solzhenitsyn Scores Consolation Win Michael Rodd produced one of the rides of the Brisbane winter carnival to land Solzhenitsyn a consolation winner at Doomben on Saturday. Solzhenitsyn was being set for the Group One Doomben Cup (2000m) on Saturday but trainer Robert Heathcote missed the early acceptance pay up! The gelding was then entered for the Group Three Lord Mayor's Cup (1600m) where he was sent out the $2.40 favourite despite drawing the outside alley but he had won the race last year !
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Solzhenitsyn may dodge potentially wet track at Doomben By:Ben Dorries Courtesy From:The Courier-Mail ROB Heathcote has come to terms with his blooper with Solzhenitsyn and says there is a growing chance his Group 1 winner may dodge a potentially wet track on Saturday and could head straight to the Stradbroke Handicap. After Heathcote inadvertently missed the acceptance deadline for this Saturday's Doomben Cup, Solzhenitsyn was then set for the 1600m Lord Mayor's Cup on the same day. But after an early morning gallop on a heavy track at Doomben yesterday, Heathcote indicated he would scratch last spring's Toorak Handicap winner if the track did not dry out significantly before Saturday. " He clearly is not at his best on a wet track", Heathcote said.
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A Morning Session with Rob at Trackwork

 

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What a Difference a Week Can Make

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Funtantes thrilled us with her Group 2 win in the Champagne Stakes as a two-year-old and she is still thrilling us as a rising 7 year old mare

Story and Photos Courtesy of Graham Potter and www.horseracingonly.com.au

Robert Heathcote is the leading racehorse trainer in Brisbane. 'Rob's Shout' - the personal blog of the multi-premiership and Group 1 winning trainer will appear every Thursday on HRO, workload permitting.

Hello once again,

Yes, it is amazing what a difference a week can make!

Last week the blog headline was "Happy to put a tough week behind me' and well, we did that with Solzhenitsyn and Funtantes bringing up a stable double on a big carnival race day and then we backed those results up with another stable double on the Sunday at Caloundra.

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Funtantes has brought her connections an enormous amount of joy ... from her winning debut run as a two-year-old when she broke a 12 year old class record to last Saturdays win.

She thrilled us with her Group 2 win in the Champagne Stakes as a two-year-old and she is still thrilling us as a rising 7 year old mare.

Her group win as a two-year-old has pretty much meant she has carried big weights throughout her career so it made some sense claiming a couple of kilos off with Priscilla's Schmidt's claim.

Priscilla gave us a little gem of a ride and she put Funtantes into the right spot at the right time and when she pressed the 'go' button at the top of the straight, our bonnie mare shot clear for a top win.

Winning on any race day is a thrill but even more so on the big days. Talking about a thrill though, Priscilla had a beaming smile on her face when she came back into scale and why not? It sure is great for the apprentices to win on the big race-days!

Priscilla is sure to have a successful career as a jockey and an even brighter future in the media later on!

Funtantes has come out of the race in great order with her next assignment being the Listed Bright Shadow on Oaks day, the 1st June.

That looks an ideal race for her even though she will get her share of weight and it's a non-claiming race so one of the senior boys will more than likely take over from Priscilla!

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It was an enormous feeling of satisfaction when Solzhenitsyn just out-lasted Transporter to win the Group 3 Lord Mayors Cup.

Satisfaction and a fair bit of relief to be honest as we missed the pay up for the Cup, as did the runner-ups team, so this was a nice consolation prize for the owners of 'The Big Russian'!

The wet tracks he encountered in Sydney culminating in his scratching from the Doncaster and then missing the Cup was another hiccup so the owner's cheque here is sure to make them feel better.

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