Ben Pearce racing will supply three runners to the Ascot turf club race meeting on Saturday, February 14 with three runners to contest for the prize with fine conditions forecast racing on a good 3 with the stable supplying chanzig to the feature magic millions classic for two-year-olds with prize-money in excess of $230,000 to be dispersed.
The first of the stable runners Mad Brad will come out in race three first up from a spell with Ben Patterson aboard jumping from barrier 2 in a field of 11.
9 MAD BRAD (Blks)
4 year old bay gelding (14-10-2010) Sire: Zentsov Street (USA) Dam: Belgrave Square (Octagonal (NZ)) View Pedigree Report
Breeder: Yarradale Stud
Owners: B M Pearce, B P Jones
Colours: Red, Black Horseshoes, Dk. Blue Sleeves And Cap
Mad Brad is a four-year-old Bay gelding having start number 12 with four wins and five placings earning prize-money in excess of $89,000, recent efforts before the break were both at Belmont, the first of which on September 6 finishing third of 9 over 1400m with Peter Hall the pilot landing 2 1/2 lengths behind the winner was last seen at the same venue on September 13 finishing third of 10 with Joe Azzopardi aboard landing one length behind the race winner in a time of 1:24.13, the three runs prior to these outings rewarded owners three wins in a row at the Belmont track.
The second of the stable runners Prince Friar coming out in race six in the make your own magic challenge stakes over 1500 m of listed quality with Alan Kennedy aboard jumping from barrier 10 in a field of 12.
8 PRINCE FRIAR
3 year old bay gelding (30-9-2011) Sire: Blackfriars Dam: Princess O’lara (Langfuhr (CAN)) View Pedigree Report
Breeder: Mr B Regan
Owners: Miss C Chatfield, R M Viney, M A Didco, R Barrett-Lennard, G J Nelson, R M Cronan, D J Regan, Ms C Coates, H J Regan, P R Brace, S J Orrock
Colours: Red, Black Horseshoes, Dk. Blue Sleeves And Cap
Gear Changes: Winkers OFF FIRST TIME
Prince Friar is three-year-old Bay gelding having start number seven with one win and two placings earning prize-money in excess of $18,000, after winning at Pinjarra on January 14 he contested at Bunbury finishing second of 16 over 1410 m with Glenn Smith aboard landing half a length behind the winner on that occasion and was last seen on February four finishing fourth of 11 over 1200 m with Alan Kennedy the pilot landing 2.25 lengths behind the race winner in a time of 1:12.04 with the last 600m in 35.6.
The final runner Chanzig will enter in race seven at 4:52 PM with the feature magic millions Perth two-year-old classic over 1100 m being the highlight of the day with Alan Kennedy aboard jumping from barrier nine in a field of 14.
1 CHANZIG
2 year old bay or brown gelding (18-10-2012) Sire: War Chant (USA) Dam: Fairy Fix (King Ivor) View Pedigree Report
Breeder: Mr G R Daws
Owners: B M Pearce, G J Smith, G J Nelson, S J Orrock, G R Daws, A J Fairey
Colours: Red, Black Horseshoes, Dk. Blue Sleeves And Cap
Gear Changes: Blinkers OFF FIRST TIME
Chanzig is a 2-year-old gelding having start number four with one win and one placing earning prize-money in excess of $70,000, with his career kicking off at Ascot on November 22 finishing first of nine over a thousand metres when ridden by Alan Kennedy landed the prize by three quarters of a length, then ventured to Ascot on December 6 finishing second of 9 over 1100 m with Kennedy again aboard finishing .25 lengths off the winner in a race time of 1:06.28 and was last seen at Ascot on January 31 finishing ninth of 11 over a thousand metres with Alan taking the reigns again finishing ninth of 11, 5.75 lengths from the winner in a race time of 59.11 with the change of gear being the blinkers not holding the key, so Ben has elected to remove them for this occasion.
The stable would like to wish all connections the best of luck at Ascot on Saturday and fingers crossed the young trainer can chalk up another career highlight.
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Race 7 – 4:52PM MAGIC MILLIONS PERTH 2YO CLASSIC (1100 METRES)
Of $232,000.1st $142,500, 2nd $37,500, 3rd $18,750, 4th $6,250, 5th $4,500, 6th $4,500, 7th $4,500, 8th $4,500, 9th $4,500, 10th $4,500
Set Weights, Two-Years-Old, Apprentices cannot claim.
1 129 CHANZIG Ben Pearce Alan Kennedy 9 56.5kg
2 3×21 SENSO Paul Jordan Ryan Hill 6 56.5kg
3 410 DIAMOND TONIQUE Ted Martinovich Jarrad Noske 5 56.5kg
4 14x FREMOND Neville Parnham Steven Parnham 4 56.5kg
5 61x LUCKY STREET Trevor Andrews Paul Harvey 2 56.5kg
6 12 SHADY GRAY David Caruana Lucas Camilleri 3 56.5kg
7 42×6 SNATCH ’N’ GRAB Jesse Byrne Troy Turner 12 56.5kg
8 244 DICKEY Simon Foster Peter Hall 14 56.5kg
9 1 CHANTSKI Dion Luciani Ms Jerry Noske (a) 16 54.5kg
10 1 PUTERI JEWEL Simon A Miller Shaun Mc Gruddy 13 54.5kg
11 712 LIGHT UP THE SKY Neville Parnham Brad Parnham 1 54.5kg
12 533 ESPERANCA Neville Parnham Patrick Carbery 15 54.5kg
13 42 INCOMING TIDE Daniel Morton William Pike 10 54.5kg
14 03 LUCKY LEGACY David Harrison Shaun O'Donnell 7 54.5kg
15e 3 ORBIT THE SUN Trevor Andrews 8 56.5kg
16e 765x AMOURIO Paul Jordan Craig Staples 11 56.5kg