Newly acquired galloper, Outlaw’s Revenge has provided the stable with its first Listed Wangoom Handicap winner.
Aptly named the ‘Newmarket of the Bush’, the major sprint race of the Warrnambool 3 Day Carnival was a target race for Daniel as he explained to RSN’s Andrew Bensley after the race.
“I don’t train jumpers, so this race and the Cup are the target races for me.”

At only his second start for the stable, the 5YO galloper was given a super ride by the now three-time Wangoom winner Dean Yendall.
Confident the horse could win, overnight rain and a very heavy track were the only question marks against the horse.
“I set him for the race, I told everyone if it was soft, I was extremely confident, when it got heavy it was just unknown, he hadn’t raced on anything like it.”

To help offset the unknown, the race plan with Yendall was to go forward.
“We decided to race in the first four horses, get him into a rhythm and hope he got through it, Dean rode him perfectly.”
Thankful the owners decided to give him a chance with the galloper, Daniel was also mindful of his previous trainer Ryan Balfour.

“He came to me in terrific condition, very fit, I know its tough when you lose horses to other stables, its happened to me.”
When asked about future plans, a Group One race that already sits proudly among the stable’s silverware came to mind.
“I am not sure maybe a race like the Rupert Clarke, I have only had him for about six weeks, so I am still learning about the horse.”

Begood Toya Mother was a Rupert Clarke winner back in 2019.
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Outlaws Revenge started a $6 chance and held out last year’s winner Frankie Pinot to score by one 1.25 lengths.

Twelve months can be a long time in racing, and for the owners of Bubble Palace, the journey and expectations over that period have been mixed and varied.

Winding back the clock to April last year, the daughter of Rich Enuff was an easy Ballarat Maiden winner, before a big win in the VOBIS Gold Strike for 2YO’s on the opening day of the Warrnambool May Carnival.

On both occasions she led and won easily.

Sent for a spell with Spring in mind, three unflattering runs seen her sent back to the paddock to allow her to grow and mature. And that she did.

This preparation has been based around getting her to settle better and considering her first-up success at Horsham in the Dallas Rintoule Memorial BM64 Handicap over 1100m, Daniel and the team look to be on track.

Melissa Julius has been doing most of the work on the now 3YO filly, and after a beautiful ride, the pair proved too strong for her rivals winning easily by just under two lengths.

The ride and efforts off track were not lost on Daniel.
“It was a top ride by Melissa, and well-deserved for all her work with a tricky filly.”

After jumping well, the pair settled nicely in behind the speed before being produced at the home turn to defeat her main rival in betting, Conclave Prince.
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Daniel indicated a race at Morphettville in the coming weeks could be on the agenda.
Congratulations to all connections!

So She Can Fly continues to build an impressive race record courtesy of a strong win in the Will Barnes Takes on Sportsbet BM64 Handicap at Pakenham’s night meeting last Thursday.

The lightly raced 4YO daughter of So You Think made it back-to-back wins over 1600m to take her career record to three wins and a placing from six starts.

Similarly, three weeks earlier she won over the same trip at Ararat.

A terrific tactical ride by Billy Egan enabled the pair to follow the Peter Moody trained race favourite Lady Court into the race from the 800m mark.

The Pakenham straight can be a testing uphill run home, but Egan’s knowledge of the track seen him allow the mare to stride up under her own steam.

Despite runner-up Smullen looking a danger late in the race, the pair rallied strongly to win running away by more than a length.

The next likely race for SO She Can Fly will be at Flemington next Saturday.
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Congratulations to all connections and thank you for being so patient.