{"id":180994,"date":"2025-10-06T00:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T00:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/180994\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T00:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T00:54:11","slug":"kalgoorlie-highlights-from-cup-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/180994\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalgoorlie Highlights from Cup Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s something not all that uncommon in British racing but seldom seen in Australia: the 48-hour back-up.<\/p>\n

Argyle Star ($2.80f TABtouch) triumphed at Thursday\u2019s Kalgoorlie meeting in a 1760m event at an almost-identical price and returned to the scene of the crime in Saturday\u2019s opening event, however, this time, over 2200m.<\/p>\n

Despite the rise in trip, new jockey Pat Carbery made a move 700m from home that carried the seven-year-old to the front soon after.<\/p>\n

Developing an unassailable lead, the mare ground out a length victory over Sluice Box ($6.50) to reward trainer Josh Brown for a programming masterclass with the four-time winner.<\/p>\n

Although he took 11 starts to break his duck, Saturday Sesh ($2.70f) has certainly found his mojo.<\/p>\n

Pouncing upon the lead under Steve Parnham, the four-year-old bowled along strongly upfront and kicked off the home turn to lead by more than two lengths.<\/p>\n

The Ash Maley-trained galloper kept up the tempo to record an easy two-and-three-quarter-length success, making it three out of his last four appearances.<\/p>\n

The Jester\u2019s Son ($2.75f) continued the theme of favoured and in-form runners under three-kilo claiming apprentice Zephen Johnston-Porter.<\/p>\n

Tardily away and buried against the fence, Johnston-Porter worked the five-year-old away from the inside and up behind the pacesetters around the turn.<\/p>\n

Extricated to the outside and cut loose at the 300m, The Jester\u2019s Son grabbed the lead over the final 50m to defeat Feuding ($6) by a half-length.<\/p>\n

William Pike is not usually seen in front (early, not at the end) but Exceltrain ($3.90) sprung quickly and allowed the leading hoop to control the tempo.<\/p>\n

Nursed to the 150m mark, Pike finally committed the six-year-old for the judge but had challengers looming left and right, including Close At Hand ($3.50f), who began to squirm up his inside.<\/p>\n

In a desperate struggle to the line, Pike got every bit out of Exceltrain and staved off Close At Hand to get home by a half-head.<\/p>\n

Positively ridden, Don\u2019t Wait For Luck ($8) seized the early initiative and Lucy Fiore found the five-year-old a glorious rhythm that had the opposition chasing a fair way out.<\/p>\n

Skidding into the straight two lengths clear, Fiore got stuck in and her old pal responded purposefully, sizzling to a three-and-a-quarter-length success.<\/p>\n

Since his WA arrival only months ago, Immortal Bliss ($1.80f) has carried high wraps.<\/p>\n

With two wins and two seconds to his name from just four local appearances, it was no surprise to see punters rally behind the four-year-old, who got his first dry track in the State.<\/p>\n

In ninth place and with a mountain to climb at the 400m, Pike got busy on the bay and brought him to the outside with a rush.<\/p>\n

Making up ground hand over fist, by the 200m, he already had them covered.<\/p>\n

Coaxed home to make sure, the son of I Am Immortal ran riot over the concluding part to trounce his chasers by three lengths.<\/p>\n

In the inaugural $1 million Develop Golden Saddle (1200m), consistency came to the fore.<\/p>\n

Evergreen seven-year-old Magnificent Andy ($2.40f) was robustly supported in betting and didn\u2019t let his supporters down with a typically courageous first-up showing.<\/p>\n

Half a beat slow from the barriers, Brad Parnham settled the Magnus gelding in seventh place before shoving three wide at the 500m.<\/p>\n

Pumped along by Parnham, the chestnut responded manfully to his rider\u2019s call and boomed to the front 200m out.<\/p>\n

Despite a furious final burst from Yonga Lass ($10), time ran thin for the mare and Stephen Miller\u2019s galloper held on to win by a neck.<\/p>\n

Golden Saddle Replay Here<\/a><\/p>\n

Local guru Peter Fernie added another cup to his trophy cabinet by preparing Sentimental Hero ($2.70jf) to success in the Listed $150,000 Kalgoorlie Cup (2300m).<\/p>\n

Onlookers would\u2019ve felt a wave of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu from the Boulder Cup as Fiore plugged the eight-year-old into the one-out, one-back position before peeling three deep down the Charles Street side of the course with 500m left.<\/p>\n

Blasting past the front-runners on the bend, the son of Al Maher kept up the gallop to score a resounding two-and-a-quarter-length triumph, providing Fernie with his third cup in the last 11 years.<\/p>\n

It was Fiore\u2019s second Kalgoorlie Cup victory after saluting in 2019 with her father Justin Warwick\u2019s Spiritual Warrior.<\/p>\n

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Kalgoorlie Cup Replay Here<\/a><\/p>\n

Fernie and Fiore finalised the day with a flourish, producing lightly raced five-year-old Treble Maker ($2.75f) with an irresistible flurry.<\/p>\n

Trapped on the fence with a wall ahead rounding the corner, Fiore thread the mare through narrow gaps, splitting the front-running Commissions ($4) and Dreamers Never Die ($26) over the last 100m to snatch a three-quarter-length win.<\/p>\n

HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY<\/p>\n

Great mates Stephen Miller and Brad Parnham combining for a big payday as pioneers of the Golden Saddle. The trainer-jockey combo have shared some top successes but this rises to the beginning of the list.\u00a0Magnificent Andy\u00a0had not won since June 2024 but had earned $750,000 in the 16 months prior, showing how invariably brave he is at an esteemed level.<\/p>\n

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HORSE TO FOLLOW<\/p>\n

Immortal Bliss (Race 6)<\/p>\n

This horse was jet-propelled. He\u2019s shown a lot, but this success showed he could be the real deal. He picked them up instantly and roared away with the seldom seen arrogance of a nice horse. In the right care to go on with the job.<\/p>\n

Hayden King<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s something not all that uncommon in British racing but seldom seen in Australia: the 48-hour back-up. Argyle…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-180994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}