{"id":239926,"date":"2025-07-05T11:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T11:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/239926\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T11:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T11:03:14","slug":"pride-gibbons-lead-the-way-as-estadio-mestalla-scores-stakes-boilover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/239926\/","title":{"rendered":"Pride, Gibbons lead the way as Estadio Mestalla scores stakes boilover"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cHe\u2019s going better than me, so I\u2019ll have to keep him around.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Ryan<\/p>\n

Ryan and Dylan Gibboins.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Pride earlier relished the win of Storm The Ramparts and looked to the July Sprint at Rosehill in two weeks after the four-year-old defied a betting drift and big weight on the track.<\/p>\n

Chasing a third benchmark 78 handicap win across his past four starts, the gelding known as \u201cThunder\u201d at the Pride stables led under Josh Parr and easily held off his rivals over 1100m carrying 62.5 kilograms.<\/p>\n

Pride said Storm The Ramparts, which has come back from a shoulder fracture, was getting better with age and thrived on wet tracks.<\/p>\n

He said the July Sprint \u201cwouldn\u2019t be out of the question\u201d before quipping, \u201cor we might take him back to Randwick next week and run him in another 78 race and cop the couple of extra kilos\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Trainer<\/p>\n

Trainer Joe Pride.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone was telling me weight was going to stop him today,\u201d Pride said. \u201cPunters\u2019 obsession with weight is ridiculous. My horse is a better horse than [$1.80 favourite] Tarpaulin. I don\u2019t care, throw another couple of kilos on his back, he\u2019s just a better horse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Storm The Ramparts is out of the same mare, Quick\u2019s The Word, as Pride-trained Dragonstone. Pride also has a filly, by Captivant, out of Quick\u2019s The Word.<\/p>\n

The win was part of a double for Parr, who piloted $21 shot Cloudland to a first-up victory for Newcastle trainer Kris Lees in the eighth, a 1200m benchmark 88.<\/p>\n

Force to be reckoned with<\/p>\n

Jockey Tommy Berry believed Raging Force could catch his rivals napping in spring features after the Peter Snowden-trained gelding was dominant in the two-year-old (1100m) handicap at Rosehill.<\/p>\n

The son of Cosmic Force made it three from three this preparation after taking a sit behind Lull on Saturday before racing through a gap late and powering to a two-length win.<\/p>\n

Berry believed Raging Force, which was spelled after an injury on debut in the Breeders Plate, was a preparation away from his best but could test the top three-year-olds in the spring.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s up and running now, heading to the Run to The Rose, Rosebud, Golden Rose, where the horses who have already proven themselves at the top level are still getting fit,\u201d Berry said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s the fit horse on the scene and he might be able to catch them napping hopefully,\u201d Berry said.<\/p>\n

He was proud of how Raging Force handled the changing race tactics, after they initially went for the lead.<\/p>\n

\"Tommy<\/p>\n

Tommy Berry wins on Raging Force.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just shows his versatility, how smart he is now and how much he\u2019s willing to work with us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Snowden stable plan to give Raging Force a short let-up before plotting a spring campaign.<\/p>\n

Diddle Dumpling sweet for spring goal<\/p>\n

Trainer Gerald Ryan was eyeing early spring stakes races for Diddle Dumpling after she broke through in town with a front-running ride from Tim Clark on her home track.<\/p>\n

\"Diddle<\/p>\n

Diddle Dumpling.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

The three-year-old Deep Field filly, a $325,000 Magic Millions buy for John Singleton, led and kicked well late for a one-length victory over Matt Smith-trained, Gerry Harvey-owned Golden Straand.<\/p>\n

Ryan said Diddle Dumpling overraced early in her career but had been racing better this time in. She won well at Gosford the start previous with a front-running ride from Nash Rawiller and connections opted to try the tactic again from a wide gate on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll probably try to win another one of these, but we\u2019re hoping to get black type with her,\u201d Ryan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe handles wet ground, so maybe a couple of those early mares races in August-September might be all right for her.\u201d<\/p>\n

African Daisy finally blossoms<\/p>\n

Jockey Tim Clark believed the quick back-up, addition of blinkers, the inside draw and a soft surface were key factors in Jason Deamer-trained African Daisy winning for the first time in 889 days at Rosehill on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The six-year-old, a $9.50 Sportsbet chance, won the Midway 1200m benchmark 72 handicap on a soft 7, a week after finishing last in a 1300m edition of the grade on good going at the track.<\/p>\n

Loading<\/p>\n

Clark gave the Dynamic Syndications mare a sit behind the leader from gate one before pushing out to make clear running at the 300m on the way to a half-length victory over Equilibrist.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was plain the other day, so they went quick-up, blinkers on, for something different and it worked,\u201d said Clark, who rode African Daisy at the end of her last preparation.<\/p>\n

Ciaron Maher-trained Hi Dubai made it a double for Dynamic Syndications with a gritty front-running effort in the 1100m benchmark 78 for fillies and mares.<\/p>\n

Yes Yes Yes to Gooree Park<\/p>\n

Everest winner Yes Yes Yes will stand at Gooree Park Stud this spring after a switch from Coolmore.<\/p>\n

Yes Yes Yes, which won the 2019 Everest in track record time, will stand at the Mudgee stud for $16,500 in his sixth season as a stallion after injury limited his racing career to eight starts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cHe\u2019s going better than me, so I\u2019ll have to keep him around.\u201d Ryan and Dylan Gibboins.Credit: Getty Images…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-239926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-racing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114800296768192366","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}