Cawbourne Waves His Magic Again In Summer Distance Plate Heats

Cawbourne Magic
continued his winning ways in the Summer Distance Plate Heats (Picture: )

Gun stayer Cawbourne Magic continued his winning ways at on Saturday night when taking out a heat of the Group 2 Summer Distance Plate at over the 720m, recording his 6th consecutive win and 11th victory from his past 12 outings.

Exiting from box 8, the son of Fernando Bale and Cawbourne Ruby had to work hard to chase down Victorian leader First Picked who gave a great sight out in front from box 1.

The -trained chaser ate away into the lead, scoring by three quarters of a length in the end in a slick time of 42.06.

It was his 20th career win from 46 starts. Zipping Abigail for Richard Muscat finished 17.75 lengths away in third, while Cawbourne Roses for Chris O'Brien also qualified for the final in fourth position.

2023 Summer Distance Plate Heat 1 – Cawbourne Magic


Cawbourne Magic will need to again from the outside alley next week, drawing box 8 for the 4th time in his past 5 outings.

The second heat also went to another in-form chaser, also exiting from the outside alley in Ritza Piper.

Having clocked a sizzling 34.21 performance at The Gardens over the 600m in recent weeks, it was somewhat surprising to see her at odds of $4.40 with online bookmakers, considering her personal best time of 41.88 over the distance was the fastest of the six runners.

An even dispatch at box rise, saw the daughter of Ritza Lenny and Ritza Vonny work hard to cross her rival runners and take the lead entering the home straight on the first occasion.

While eventual runner-up Zipping Neutron battled on gamely, the Joe Scerri-trained chaser prevailed by 4.5 lengths in the end, clocking a speedy time of 42.16.

A luckless Out Lee flashed home to finish third, while Victorian chaser qualified in fourth position.

Weighing in at just over 25kg, she will find next week's assignment much more from the coveted inside alley in the $40,000-to-the-winner final.

2023 Summer Distance Plate Heat 2 – Ritza Piper


2023 Group 2 Summer Distance Plate Box Draw


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