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49.
Another Big
Weekend for Rubiton
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22/10/2002 |
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Quality
sprinter Rubitano (1999 Premier $95,000) returned to his brilliant best, with a
dominant win in the MRC National Telecoms Group Sprint Gr 2. Lugging 58 kg and
sitting three-wide throughout from a wide gate, he cruised away from his rivals
in a sustained display of speed.
"When things go right he is a very powerful animal and he was always going
to make his own luck from that alley," said trainer, Brian Mayfield-Smith.
Mayfield-Smith has done a terrific job to keep the five year old at his peak,
given the amount of racing he's had this season, seven starts since mid July
when he kicked off with a win in the MRC Sir John Monash Stakes L.
The win is yet another highlight for grand sire Rubiton who has enjoyed an epic
renaissance this spring, through the deeds of Fields of Omagh, Innovation Girl
and of course Rubitano.
The Tony McEvoy trained Fields of Omagh (1999 Premier $50,000) ran the race of
his life in the MRC Caulfield Cup Gr 1, going down by a half neck to the
champion Northerly. It's a harsh reality in life that sometimes your very best
is not quite good enough.
To bump into a Cox Plate winner of Northerly's ability running in a Caulfield
Cup, is a sizable stumbling block and in nearly any other year we would surely
be hailing Fields of Omagh as the Caulfield Cup hero.
Rubiton continues to feature at the business end of the leading sires list for
this season, holding down third position behind Northerly's sire Serheed (USA)
and the indomitable Danehill (USA).
We anticipate this stellar burst of racetrack success will follow his progeny
into the sales ring next year and with some 20 Rubiton youngsters entered for
the 2003 Premier Yearling Sale, he is sure to be a major player in proceedings.
Highlights among the Rubiton draft include a full brother to Rubitano, and a
half-brother to mighty speedster Brawny Spirit.
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