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A delighted Steven Burridge did not fail to thank his son Wade
for picking Sunday winner Jazz It Up at last October¡¯s Magic Million
Ready-To-Run Sales.
Then a two-year-old, the Dubai Destination gelding went under
the hammer for A$135,000 with prominent owner Tang Weng Fei one of the main
partners to buy into the shares under the TSL Stable banner.
Burridge said his son, who is the Asian representative for
Magic Millions, liked his type and was also drawn by the pedigree on the
dam side.
Jazz It Up (Vlad Duric) holds off
a late lunge by Dominator (Mark Ewe) to
win Race 2 on Sunday.
¡°He¡¯s by a very good dam, Ruffles, who is a Newmarket Handicap
(1200m) winner,¡± said Burridge.
¡°I¡¯m very happy for Mr Tang Weng Fei who became one of the
partners in the horse. This sale does have sorts who carry lots of class
and this is where I will be heading to buy horses for next year¡¯s
two-year-old series.¡±
The 2010 champion trainer, who had the lucky hand with Dark
Matter in the inaugural Singapore Golden Horseshoe series this year, would
however not put Jazz It Up, his 50th winner for the season,
in the same league.
Jazz It Up was sent out the $11 joint favourite with Magical Sunset (Joao
Moreira) who, after running in the leading bunch, found nothing in the home
straight to finish down the field.
¡°He¡¯s no champion but I think he can definitely improve from
today¡¯s run,¡± said Burridge of Jazz It Up who scraped him by a nose from
the fast-finishing $217 longshot Dominator (Mark Ewe).
¡°He got a bit lost when he hit the lead in the home
straight, but he¡¯s done a good job to get there on time.¡±
Winning jockey Vlad Duric was also relieved the winning post
arrived on time and agreed with Burridge that Jazz It Up still has room for
improvement.
¡°He bounced out quite well but started to throw his head
around,¡± said Duric. ¡°In all fairness to him, he was caught three wide and
he only started to overrace when he came back for me.
¡°I felt he also got to the front way too soon. There is a lot
more to come out of him after this race.¡±
After being one of the best away, Jazz It Up was eased out in
third to allow the pair of Bale (Alan Munro) and Cool Luke (Saimee Jumaat)
to battle for the lead.
Turning for home, Jazz It Up made his bid on the outside of
Bale as Cool Luke gradually dropped out of contention. Well ridden by
Duric, Jazz It Up looked all poised to collect the victory but
Dominator, revelling in the rain-affected track, flashed home on
the outside to collar him right on the line, but the photo finish showed
that Jazz It Up had held on by the barest of margins.
The winning time was 1min 13.09secs.
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