Trapeze Artist Carrying More For Theo Marks Stakes
Everest favourite Trapeze Artist at Rosehill Gardens this weekend, carrying a record breaking 61kg in the Gr.2 A$200,000 Theo Marks Stakes. According to trainer Ryan, the four year old colt is looking to cement his popularity in the A$13m race.
Last weekend defending champion Redzel served a reminder that he’s returned in top form and now it’s up to Trapeze Artist to throw his own gauntlet down.
Ryan, who won the Theo Marks last year with what would be his Everest runner Deploy, is wary of the expectation on his horse and deliberately selected the race to kick off his Everest bid.
In modern times, the likes of Shogun Lodge (2001) and Racing To Win (2009) have carried 60kg to win the Theo Marks while back in the 1950s and 1960s both Caricoa and Time And Tide lumped the equivalent of 60.5kg and 60kg respectively to victory.
It’s something Ryan said he almost never uses on his horses in trials, preferring to keep the shades for race day, and finishing just over two lengths from Redzel, who wore blinkers, in his second trial is a big tick in the trainer’s books.
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